Tag: #inspiration

• Book review: The winding road by Miriam Hurdle- A journey of survival

  

  I want to thank Miriam for writing this book which is a real-life account of her battle with cancer in 2008. In the foreword, she says, ” Life is precious and it’s worth fighting for. If I died, my pain went with me, but I would leave pain with my loved ones. My life is […]

  Smitha V

  September 20, 2022

  Book Review

  #belief, #bookreview, #cancerstory, #faith, #feelgood, #hospitals, #informative, #inspiration, #life, #newbook, #novella, #survival, #truth, Experiences

• Moving Part 2 – Letting go

  

  When you’ve moved several homes and countries, you don’t have the clutter that people who’ve never shifted end up accumulating over years. You end up spring cleaning each time you move and what finally remains are the things that have earned their place to stay, over all the other things you possessed. Because, you had […]

  Smitha V

  September 4, 2022

  Experiences

  #blogaweek, #cities, #diary, #fear, #howIfeelnow, #inspiration, #learning, #lettinggo, #life, #lookingforward, #moving, #mumbai, #mumbaidiaries, #odetoacity, #truth, change

• Thankful Thursday 2 : Joy of Giving

  

  This week I’m feeling very thankful. First, my daughter was finally able to donate her hair to cancer patients. She’s been trimming it and getting split ends removed so that her hair is healthy. That’s one of the criteria other than the fact that it should be a minimum of 12″ long and should not […]

  Smitha V

  August 26, 2022

  Art, Experiences

  #artforcharity, #cancerdonation, #charity, #feelinggood, #giving, #gratitude, #helping, #inspiration, #life, #maketheworldabetterplace, #makingadifference, #motivation, #positivestrokes, #thankfulthursday, #truth

• Tanka Tuesday: Fly like a butterfly

  

  This week’s #TankaTuesday prompt from Wordcraft poetry is to write an ekphrastic poem based on the below image provided by Reena. Here’s my tanka, which is a Japanese form of poetry with a syllable count of 5/7/5/7/7. My wings opened wideOver the divided earth,the fish in the sea,the flowers and the green leavesI fly in faith, […]

  Smitha V

  August 23, 2022

  Poetry

  #butterfly, #courage, #ekhphrasticprompt, #faith, #inspiration, #photoprompt, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #TankaTuesday

• Mumbai Diaries : The countdown’s begun

  

  After four years in Mumbai (my husband completed 5 in July), we are moving again. We knew we would eventually move out, but we had no idea when and where. We’ve been waiting to know what’s next. Finally, we now have a date and a place and we’re excited. Fortunately, my husband and I love […]

  Smitha V

  August 19, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #diary, #experience, #history, #India, #inspiration, #life, #lookingforward, #love, #move, #newplace, #people, #truth, change