Category: Experiences

• Thankful Thursday – Infinitely grateful

  

  I chanced upon this blog hop, Thankful Thursday hosted by Brian, today and I just had to participate. I’m thankful that I got a clean chit from the doctor today. After two months of a health scare, blood tests, an ultrasound, a minor surgery and a hysteroscopy, the doctor took less than thirty seconds to […]

  Smitha V

  July 28, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #blessed, #eugi'sweeklyprompt, #gratitude, #inspiration, #photoprompt, #poetry, #thankfulthursday, #Thankyou, #truth

• Thursday Doors: Fort Kochi III

  

  Last week, I could not participate in the ‘Thursday Doors’ as I was stuck in the hospital. And though, after seeing my blood pressure at 180/110, the doctor had repeated for the nth time, that it was a minor procedure, I wondered if I would get out to share another post. I’m not exaggerating. I’m […]

  Smitha V

  July 28, 2022

  Experiences, Photography

  #doors, #experience, #India, #kerala, #life, #Mumbaihospital, #photograph, #thursdaydoors, #travel

• Waiting

  

  If a month had a theme, then July’s would definitely be ‘Waiting’. I feel all I’ve been doing through July is, waiting- waiting for the rains to give us a break from the heat, waiting for my daughter to return from University, waiting for my younger one’s grade 12 results, waiting for my older one’s […]

  Smitha V

  July 22, 2022

  Experiences

  #diary, #doctors, #experiences, #faith, #gratitude, #hospitals, #lessons from life, #life, #publishing, #randomrambling, #truth, #waiting, #writing

• Kerala Diaries: Travel- In and around the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’

  

  Fort Kochi is called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. It gets its name from Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European fort on Indian soil controlled by the Portuguese. I’d been to Fort Kochi in 1995, a long time ago, with my parents. I remember we had lunch there- a fresh catch of fish […]

  Smitha V

  July 7, 2022

  Experiences, Photography, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #familyholiday, #food, #fortkochi, #fun, #HotelTrident, #kerala, #keraladiaries, #life, #loveoftravel, #people, #travelogue, #travelwithkids

• Kerala Diaries 2: Travel From Thrissur to Cochin

  

  After spending six days in my husband’s parents’ home which is in a village near Thrissur district, we left for Cochin which is two hours away. I left with a heavy heart. The below lines by Robert Frost came to my mind as I said goodbye. The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #Cochin, #explore, #family, #familyholidays, #India, #keraladiaries, #life, #love, #monsoons, #nature, #people, #SouthIndia, #travelogue, #truth