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Our Stories @ Austin

Are we in the USA?? It was 11:30 on the Wednesday night of 8 th August 2007 when we (me and my husband Gaurav) found ourselves flying over Austin ….a city we had never been to before …..thousands of miles away from home, it was the strange city that we intended to make ours for our future years to come. The feelings were very mixed. We were landing into the totally strange city in a not so strange for Indians, country, USA . Like most Indians, we had also pictured a glamorous image of America in mind during our childhood and career making years of college. And I think most of you will agree that images made in childhood fantasies are so strongly preserved in our minds always that they refuse to fade away easily, no matter how much we know or have known in reality in our present. So, inspite of all the idea we gained about USA through reading blogs and more than that, the fact that I had been to northern states of US for 4 months before already, we both were experiencing same sense o

Thanks to the Almighty

Thankful to the Almighty ….. Oh! God, the father, The creator of this world, I am thankful to you for what I am today. I am what you want me to be, I am a tiny particle, in this vast creation of thee, I grew and developed in the care of my parents, Blessed by you, nourished by love, Thanks for giving me everything I want. Thanks for the beautiful life, High blue sky to rise, The Sun, the Moon, and all good weather, Thanks for the great people around to live together. Thanks to you for being in my heart, Filling me with confidence and giving me strength Coming with me wherever I go, Thanks for being a great companion. Thanks for guiding me in all those testing moments, Thanks for giving me the virtues I have, And for imparting those values that I stand, I am still a student, Thanks for giving me a purpose, Thanks for the every moment, as I can smile, As a tribute to you my lord! for the gift of wonderful life,