Shimmering Spirit

She loved to dance, to jump and to climb the trees too! 

Country side settings of her upbringing has groomed her free spirited nature & never say no attitude. She was always ready to explore new, more and exciting. Nothing seemed to have stopped her. The scrutinizing eyes, the gloomy looks and the sarcastic remarks never failed to clamp her spirits...

A chance window shopping glued her eyes to the shimmering shoes. 

"They must be of Cinderella", she reflected! They had the same twinkle and shine as she had it in her spirits. "Same pinch", she said!

"One day, I too will wear that", she promised herself. She pushed her wheelchair ahead...eyes brimming with hopes and heart with faith... that one day she will stand tall on her feet!

-------By MocktailMommy Anagha

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Diet Plan For Grey Cells #MondayMusing

It was the time of the year for my Sister In Law's visit. This time around it was going to be special, as she had many days to spare! Actually, we being twin souls, the idea of getting to spend more time sounded so very bright! The D-Day arrived...as expected her plane had landed on right time and it being the night time, she reached home just before midnight. Ding Dong went the bell. Yeh...she was finally here!!! With the child like enthusiasm, I opened the door. And I got..speechless...not because of the overwhelming joy of meeting her after a year but because...of her ballooned figure!!!

After two three rounds in the market and some shopping "spa" treatments, I warmed up to her and suggested her to see the dietician. She agreed instantly. Thanks to the mirrors in the changing room and many of my trips up and down the aisle to get her next size of the chosen garment! She confessed over the coffee that her thinner self was trapped inside and was crying out for help...

After some days, when I sat back with my laptop to jot down the post, I realised that my grey cells also needed a make over... they needed to be in shape. How about the diet plan for my grey cells, I wondered?? Please don't get me wrong... I was not thinking about some super foods to perk up my creativity or about consulting the nutritionist... Rather I was pondering about the staple diet of creativity mixed with variety and discipline, for the writer bug inside my mind! I could see some twinkles in my eyes!!! The idea sounded like a challenge for me to come up with a plan to help my creative juices to flow graciously. How about a weekly plan, said the fat grey cells from the corner of the brain...I agreed, lets take baby steps... Se here I set off to make writing more disciplinary...with my Diet Plan For The Grey Cells!

Week usually starts with Monday. Blues of the Monday sometimes play havoc on me and also on many around me...So why not write about the same and call it a "Mood Shades Monday". Well begun, I thought!

On Tuesdays, I usually venture out for some routine shopping to buy groceries, vegetables and fruits. Markets are fascinating and vibrant places. Wouldn't it be a good idea to write about the places of interest in and around the city, I asked self. "Travel To Those Places Tuesdays" came the quick response from the writer bug!

I always had a picture of Wednesdays as a mature and balanced person. "Wise Wednesday" would be the most fitting idea to share the wisdom from the quotes and stories new and old, I thought. So it was...another entry in the diet plan. 

I had a come across the prompt "Thankful Thursdays" and also had contributed a post sometime last week on the same. So I decided to continue the line!

As the Friday dawns, the mood to let loose creeps in...Few hours and the week end sets in! A light feeling starts prevailing over the drudgery feeling of the week gone by. "Funny Friday" or "Fiction Friday" would do justice to my diet plan. This would add the necessary humor or the fiction component in my writings! Bingo!

Saturdays for me are family time. Best investment in the family, I have noticed, comes from the time spent while playing some game together. Saturdays thus give me chance to be sporty and enjoy the team spirit. This could well translate into a post. So..."Sporty Saturday" would help me write on the experience of the day.

Last day of the week, my darling...Sunday! It allows me to be lazy. The french window opposite my bed throws in the open canvass of the sky. I have started believing that, the skies do turn up clad in different costumes every Sunday! May be they do so even on other days, but I am unfortunate to let it pass by for short of time. Can I not just capture the Sunday skies as a piece of prose or poetry or even at times in my lens ?? Good thought...so "Scenic Sundays" would be the best thing to be on the list!


That brings me to the closure of the week. My diet plan for the grey cells is ready to be followed! So I can now keep the writer bug leaner and in shape with this! Now the million dollar question... will I follow it? No marks for guessing.. most probably "NO"! Most of my resolutions have died the very day they were born!!!

-----------MocktailMommy Anagha

I am writing this article as a part of #MondayMusing hosted by www.everydaygyaan.com 

All images courtesy Pixabay.

The Best Thing About Our Country!!

The prompt given this time, ideally first made me realize that Independence Day is coming.....why is it so we are patriotic only during those National Festivals around!!!

That Flag hoisting individually by all the societies followed by cultural program and a get together....why is it all so??

How many of you, be true to yourself, see the program of Flag hoisting at Red Fort on T.V....forget of going to Delhi.....and its not about only program ......what do we actually do for our country......other than remembering it on National Festivals is what you called patriotism???

INDIA (BHARAT)

What is the best thing about our country???? is this the prompt ????

TO ME: I LIKE AND LOVE INDIA and the one whom you love, you love everything about it.

If its good Its good because of us.....and if its bad its because of us and we need to correct it.

To make it best-est place to live for us and for our future....so lets take any one tiny initiative to make it best-est ........as we all know its a best place to live in!!

I being a teacher .......will take an initiative Or  you can say my oath for best-est India!!

Anytime,anywhere in my lifespan  I would educate at least one child.........other than my own kids....to be a better citizen of India.

I promise my part ...............how about your's ???.......I don' expect any comments on my blog but please do take your oath on this INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!

                                                 

                                                 -------------By MocktailMommy Karishma

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

IF We Were Having Coffee!!

What if I don't like coffee??? This question raised in my mind when I was given this post to write about.......

Options or choices should be given to make it more fancier.......Jokes apart!!

But here I would like to share the only 2 times I mean it, when I liked to have coffee.

Firstly,

Phone bell rings, voice from the other side yells.................why don't you pick the call when we call you the first time. Why are you always busy......busy with your phone, your work and your commitments.........and blah blah continuously for say 5 minutes....

Ideally she called me when I was very busy with something very important (Let me tell you not as important as hers)...........and she just called me to discuss very obvious thing that her husband didn't complimented her....on she being gorgeously ready for some family function.......How stupid!!

This reminds me of Airtel advertisement.......Har ek friend **@#** hota hai!!!!!!!!!

But, now what......just to pacify her or you can just say to avoid her for sometime I just said why not we meet today ...if you are soooo depressed!!! And she readily agreed.........at my place sharp at 5pm so I can tell you about him everything everything before he returns back from his office...

OK!!!BABA!!!!LET"S MEET..........BYE!!! and I disconnected the phone to get back to my work.

I rang her doorbell sharp at 5 pm otherwise you can make out my plight...no marks for guessing that right....with a small gift for her.....nothing more expensive only a chocolate....because she is very fond of having it in her extremes......too excited or say too depressed.

I was comfortably seated on her huge cushioned couch ........and now the stage is all set and..........here she comes with something ......

Snacks and......Coffee.......uhhhhh!!!

And the conversation went on for hours and hours.....began with her complaints and went through the time when we spent together, when we were not there for each other and ended up by cherishing all the happy moments that we had ......this brought a small smile on her face and made my day as well!

In short, we calculated the life of what we expected and how it went and not to forget the most important thing discussed was BUCKET LIST!!! Times when we actually wanted to express something but we missed the chance to do so...we did it today.....

Indeed it was a heartfelt communication .......

Here, this reminds me of  the latest hp laptop advertisement!! Love You Zindagi and you are not alone!!

And, the second time was when we (Mocktail Mommies) had our first meeting with our prospective sponsor-er at Coffee Cafe Day......CCD!!! short form which I came to know that particular day. Discussions over the coffee ended up with having a new friend in our fold!

And here it reminds me of Idea Advertisement, Hook Hook Coffee pe hua hook!!

And if these are the situations wherein if we were having coffee.......I wish I will happily have it  as many times as possible......even though it's not my personal favourite!

---------------- MocktailMommy Karishma

Karishma is a multifaceted person who runs the play group and nursery, "Chubby Cheeks", is brimming with all new ideas and a wonderful business person!

*All images courtesy Google

I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words #6

A New Lease Of Life

She was toiling hard, all nights and days, may be for decades... who knows??? She had forgotten the count. But did she really bother? Of course not! Finally it was going to be immaterial...

The mirrors were her darkest enemies and so was the sunlight. They both made her insecure and the onlookers to shudder, at her sight! Was it her heart that was uglier or her face... No one had answer, including herself! 

The witch that she was, couldn't stop making and trying potions. Spying and prying on the noble souls and their blood made her potions magical enough to help her face the sunshine!

She now wore a forever young look! A snow white with dark history and even darker heart was just born... A vile smile spread across the pretty face. The walls heard the loud egregious laughter.

And then she pushed the curtains back...

-----By MocktailMommy Anagha

This article is posted as a part of the Friday Foto Fiction co hosted by 

www.tinabasu.com and www.sirimiri.in