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This day twenty-seven years ago, together we started a Journey

And in that Journey, we have this beautiful little young happiness which grew and still accompany us

We met people, agreed and disagreed, cooked and ate, choked and chilled, shouted at each other and consoled each other, laughed and cried together

Yes, we shared our struggles and hunger.

Intimacy was about mutual respect

We are shoulders for each other… to lean on, to rest the tearful cheeks when the heartaches trickle as tears.

What we learned was about accepting the wholeness of relationship, knowing fully that we are fallible and we make mistakes and we are allowed to do so and correct them as much as we can

Small dreams culminating in smaller realities and knowing the difference between needs and desires, competing with self and aiming for small strolls that roll into scrolls of contentment

You know the beautiful Malayalam poem “Saphalamee Yathra (A Journey of fulfilment) by NN Kakkad “. 

A weak attempt to translate it.

“Time will continue its inevitable and relentless roll

And with it Onam, Vishu, and Monsoon

Every sprouting bud will flower and fruit

And then who knows what will be and who will be

But, let us welcome “Aardra”

With calm and kindness

Let us reflect the Old mantras

And

Oh, my dearest friend,

Come let us stand together

Like two walking sticks that prop up each other

A Journey of fulfilment…

A Journey of fulfilment. “

Let hyggae have more meanings than hugs.

And let us call it life together. A journey of togetherness. 

PS

Aardra has two meaningട. One, that which ooze kindneടട and the other a star.