🧡 The Garden Bench: A Mango Orange Memory

🧡 The Garden Bench: A Mango Orange Memory

There’s a bench in my garden — old, weathered, and quietly sacred. It’s not the one at Golden Acre Park, though that one holds its own story. This bench sits by the greenhouse, nestled in the rhythm of daily life. It’s over 20 years old, and in my father’s final year,...
A Heartfelt Tribute to Manhar Patel: A Legacy of Love

A Heartfelt Tribute to Manhar Patel: A Legacy of Love

It is hard to believe that it is been eleven years since my father, Manhar Patel, passed away. He was not just a father, but my best friend, confidant, spiritual teacher, and soul mate. Single-handedly raising me when it was rare for fathers to do so, he became my...
One day to the 11th death anniversary.

One day to the 11th death anniversary.

Tomorrow is my Dad’s eleventh death anniversary and as I approach this day I do not feel good. All this month I was telling myself that I will approach this day with gratitude in my heart, and I am thankful that my father is free from his earthly existence, but I also...
4,000 days!!!

4,000 days!!!

4,000 Days Today Without My Father: Lessons in Grief, Resilience, and Legacy.🙏10 years, 11 months and 1 day to be precise.These are the ten lessons I’ve learned during this period of my life :1. Grief is real, natural and it is as unique as our DNA, yet it is a...
Marooned on an Island….

Marooned on an Island….

Here I am after a long time. We have gone past mid-November, and I sense the heaviness as I approach the end of this year and yet another death anniversary. Eleven years without my father’s physical presence and why am I still feeling empty, and alone? The voice...