Tag: Experiences

• Friday Flowers

  

  It feels like a long time since I wrote a post and since I’m still a little dazed (happily so) after the holidays, I figured I’d kickstart my blog with pictures of flowers I took during my holiday. I should’ve taken many more photographs but I’d been far too busy doing other things like meeting […]

  Smitha V

  July 23, 2021

  Experiences

  #blogaweek, #blogger, #fotd, #fridayflowers, #life, Experiences

• Published : Waiting

  

  I’m very happy to say my poem – ‘Waiting’ has been published by Silver Birch Press under the ‘I am waiting series’. Below is the first stanza of the poem. I waited for a callMy alkaline blood curdlingThe pungency burning my insidesI tasted harshness on my tongueAnd bitterness in my skinI was a wisp of […]

  Smitha V

  July 17, 2021

  Experiences, Poetry

  #blogaweek, #blogger, #blogging, #death, #healing, #inspiration, #life, #loss, #metaphor, #people, #truth, #waiting, Experiences

• My journey to healing: going away from the familiar

  

  This year we did not celebrate Christmas because of all the losses in the family. On 26th December it was one month since dad passed away and I still felt extremely low. I did art, reading, writing and while it did help me feel better, it was short-term. I had no idea what to do […]

  Smitha V

  January 23, 2021

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #dealing with loss, #familyholiday, #goingaway, #healing, #holiday, #India, #madurai, #meenakshitemple, #SouthIndia, #spiritualjourney, #travelogue, Experiences

• Mumbai Diaries: After a break

  

  A big ‘Hello’ to all my readers. Its good to be back after a hiatus of two weeks and four days. I needed the break after thirty days of NaPoWriMo. Despite a few glitches, I did manage to charge my batteries and here I am…with you’ll again. I hope you’ll are doing well too and […]

  Smitha V

  May 18, 2020

  Experiences

  #55days, #coronatimes, #India, #inspiration, #introspection, #life, #lockdown, #lockdowndiaries, #mumbai, #mumbaidiaries, #readers, #stayathome, #Thankyou, #truth, #writing, change, Experiences

• Goa – All Girls’ Trip

  

  Of the 10 girls’ in our MBA class, 5 said ‘Yes’ to the proposition. This was 3 months ago. The other 5, like most people, had reasons that did not make coming possible – priorities of children’s exams, work, managing home etc. One even said she felt too lazy to make it. More often, it’s […]

  Smitha V

  December 2, 2019

  Experiences

  #bonding, #Doit, #forties, #girls, #Girlstrip, #goa, #inspiration, #life, #takeabreak, #truth, #weekendgetaway, Experiences, My diary