Family... Do you have one as I do?

Mine is a very small family, just over a billion ;-).... Wouldn't it be nice if we all in India think the same?

BILLION? screams my mom...issssttttt, she just bowled my head wicket with a tomato bouncer...... ok..ok.. calm down Sachu, I will stop the philosophy here... else I might not bat again ;-).

Yes, billion... if you think that I am joking, you are wrong. We are just 29, but I see a billion kilos of love, billion characters, billion expressions, billion behaviours, billion cherishing moments...
....and ofcourse billion problems (aha, surprise me by saying it is news ;-)).

Traditional and bald Grand parents...
Loving and Cribbing parents...
Witty and Serious uncles...
Traditional and Modern aunts...
BIG & small brother...
Innocent and smart sisters...
Calm and Wild cousins...
not the least... Tons of Bags of Love... ;-)

Yeah... that is what our family is all about...

We are an amazing little mob of characters roped with each other in...
Sharing toothpaste, soap, shirt and blanket...
Craving for one another's chocos...
Fighting for next plate's chicken...
Stealing eggs when the next seater is looking away...
Hiding towels and clothes and teasing the half naked...
Watering the face when in deep sleep...
Making a lap seat when there is no place to sit...
Putting our arms around and being there for each other...
Sharing a great laugh... Singing and dancing...
Borrowing money... Locking each other in the toilets...
Causing pain and calming down instantly...
Undressing boys while swimming...
Playing funny card games...
Whiskying our dads and uncles when Grandpa is away...
Screaming out loud to say Pongal-o-Pongal...
loving, laughing, defending and... sad when we all shoot out in our own ways.

Everyone is unique, Everyone is caring, Everyone is loveable... hence Everyone is not together ;-). Yeah, we are not a joint family anymore...

"I know many of us want to press the "Joint Family" button if the access is given...;-). Keep the desire burning guys, that is an one another nerve ties us all together".

in my life...most of my greatest and the happiest moments were...

not when I topped the college...
not when I got my first job...
not when I flew abroad...
not when I earned more money...

it was... when I was with my family. I cherish every milli second of those moments. I must thank God, for not trusting my choice and gifting me a great family like a diamond ;-).

"Maybe the flesh and blood makes us relatives, but only our heart makes us a family".

Corners of the Diamond :

Senniappan, Masiniammal, Rangasamy, Rajamani, Kumaresan, Natrajan, Thilagam, Panneer, Nagaraj, Thangaraj, Thangavelu, Saraswathi, Rathna, Laxmi, Easwari, Padmavathi, Karikalan, Chakravarthi, Laxmi Bharathi, Ilavarasi, Tamilarasi, Stalin, Ilakiya, Malar, Priya, Nagendran, Vignesh.

I counted 29 at the beginning... did I get it wrong?... naah!... Tamil and Stalin scored 2 each.. ha ha ;-).

Do you have a family as I do? if so, write here about it and never forget to share your interesting moments ;-).

WATCH OUT FOR THE POSTS ON EACH CORNER OF OUR DIAMOND FAMILY.

It's just the beginning...

...a usual New Year started some days ago...well, it was not as usual as I thought... it brought lots of changes to my near and dear ones...

Yet another Republic year, for my country...
New life, for my friends...
Next generation thoughts, for my parents...
New plans and partnerships, for my collegues...
New bondings, in my family...

Along with that...
A beginning of the long awaited Blogging initiative now, for me...

Yeah, it is time to blog. A long awaited one... do not ask me how long... you would be surprised to hear my answer ;-). Thought I would never start blogging in this life... thanks for my disbelief in next life ;-).

...not the new year, every day is special to start anything good...
...not the money, I had been without it...
...not the loneliness, I am not alone... and I am not lonely ;-)...
triggered me to begin now...

Then what? hmmmm, I really do not know... just thought I must not push it further.

Maybe it is just the thought that the secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings, so kicked this off now to keep my savings and ofcourse to earn more.... (hey hey, hang on... not money... people ofcourse ;-)).

or Maybe this Pongal trip to my farm with my entire family...
or Maybe it is due to what happened recently in my previous organization...
or Maybe my friends who are blog freaks...
or Maybe I have time now to breathe for myself ;-).

or Maybe... ufff... is it so important to know what triggered me? well no... if I find it, I will go nowhere else than this place ;-).

Now my friends.. let us move on...

I know initiating is just one third of the work. In my experience, none of the initiatives are successful if it is not owned. The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. I am glad that I am making that first step now, hoping that my friends and family will join me in this journey...

Feel free to walk with me... It's just the beginning...