New Year, New Phase - 2

As I was saying, 2009 was much an eventful year for me, for people in my life.  A new life got added this year - we were blessed with my daughter,  Lakshanya Priyadarshi.  She stepped into our life in a human form on March 2, and it has been a new life for all of us since then.  Everything is now focused towards her.....what to do, when to do, where to go, how to go....and in bigger sense, gives a new dimension to our overall thought process...overall planning for future....

Lakshanya has been a real blessing....to me, to all.  She is.

It was the morning of March 2, when she came into my arms, within 3-4 minutes of arriving in this world.  It was the most divine feeling, to see her, to see her movements, her little fingers, efforts to get adjusted to her new environment.  Her eyes were still closed, breathing normally, though the face was showing bit of discomfort.  I was holding her in my arms, her very tender feet touching me just below my chest.  After few seconds, she opened her eyes, for the first time, and looked straight at me.  It was an immediate connect, and  beyond time.

Next few hours were pure bliss for me, for Namrata, for all of us.  Since then, everyday is a new wonder, a new experience, mystery unfolding.

As I retrospect, I see her arrival a divine intervention.  She has helped all to be happy, to be able to manage all difficulties and stress.  Had she not been there, life would have been very tough.


Well, now over to 2010...the new year, the new phase.   2009 was the year when I became papa, and the year which would have impact on me, and many other lives in coming years.  2010 hence becomes the year of new phase for me.   I often used to feel that I have been a child blessed by God.  Last few weeks of 2009 made me believe this aspect more.  With every serious downturn, there was a twig of hope; with every loss, there was something or the other happening, giving me a subtle message that life goes on, think positive.

With this at back of my mind, I begin 2010.