Home Sweet Home

Writing a blog seems harder than I thought it might be. There are so many thousands (millions) of blogs written everyday – and most of them interesting – and about different topics! Why is it so hard for me to start writing!

I am not the quiet person who has nothing to say. Hand me a phone and I can talk for hours about everything – and everyone J but thinking of one topic to write about is just so hard!

Do I write about an incident? A movie?  Should I write my opinion on something – that would make me feel judgmental – and I am constantly trying not to be just that!!

So I think I should settle for narrating incidents – funny, silly, boring, exasperating, scary – u name it – I will try to find an incident to match the emotion!

Here’s the first one that comes to mind:

I live in the US now and hadn’t been back home (India) for more than two years. For me, that was the longest I had been away from home – parents, sister, grandparents, uncles, aunts, friends and my good old Bangalore. I missed India a lot! And everyone here in the US, who has been here for just two years can vouch for that! (After that US feels more like home J - and I think I am slowly getting there)

So, I got on a plane, the first of three, with my two year old. I was going to be traveling alone and that can be a challenge with a two year old! But mine was really excited to go on an “airplane”. We got through security check (where I managed to get my laptop back from someone who accidently picked up mine as his!!) and got onto the plane. The first leg was the shortest – 1.5 hours to Chicago. So, I think – that should go by quickly!! Half way through the first flight – I hear “All done airplane mama!! Let’s go out!!” Ha Ha Ha… wait till the next flight sonny – that’s 8 hours long J

I can go on like this – but long story short – I had a fun filled journey with my son, but it was stressful with all the luggage and walking and changing flights. So, when the flight landed in Chennai I was exhausted, just waiting to get out and go home. A bad mood had set in and the excitement of going back home had died down just a little bit!

But thank you Lufthansa for cheering me up! The best part of my journey on Lufthansa was yet to come! After traveling in a terrible seat (no seat could take all my luggage!), with terrible food (never take vegetarian!!) and having long airport layovers – we land – and the nice lady announces “ welcome to Chennai international airport – blah blah blah (in monotone) “ and then.. wait for it… “ and for some of you… Welcome Back Home” !!!! Yipeeeeeee I was HOME!!! It brought such a rush of emotions to my heart – I had to smile and wipe away some tears!! I was HOME! That was the best feeling EVER! All the energy that had drained out in the last 24 hours came back with just one magical line! Thank you lady for bringing on the big smile that I had lost during a terrible journey! It made me forget (atleast for a few minutes) all the fatigue from the journey and I couldn’t wait to get up and get going again – full of cheer! Journeys home are always worth it J