Some little joys and some random yada, yada........

The last 10 days of December saw me witnessing some joyous personal  moments.

To begin with:

• My parents were here on a 10 day visit along with my 10 year old niece. That is a major  joy, but we had some special moments.
• I was witness to the beautiful bonding moments of the grand children with their grand parents. It was a delight to see my parents learn about computers and downloading mobile apps and games( They liked talking tom specially) from their grand children. For some moments, i was lost, i did'nt know where i belonged, i felt like an outsider during those bonding moments.
• My dad and mom playing with them board games like daya kattai, chess and games like carrom.
• My mom lapping up nearly 7 novels in ten days. She is a voracious reader, in between she took off time to make pickles and traditional dishes.
• My dad, an excellent cook flipped masala dosas  and a special alu curry for his grand children who are great fans of his cooking.
• Our  trip to Nirmal got cancelled but we had a visit to Lumbini park overlooking Hussain sagar,  we had lovely moments watching the bhageerathi and bhagmati mini-cruise. It was a meditative feeling to watch the water boats along with the cruise creating ripples  in front of Buddha statue. ( we had no time for the cruise as we were booked for the 7.15 laserium show) 
• Our time at the Laserium ( a laser show which is one of its kind in India) at Lumbini went off well amidst tight security.For the first time, i experienced  such tight security checks, never have i experienced such security checks at the cricket stadium or railway station before.( this was the venue of  the 2007 twin blasts of hyd)  
• My mom and her cousin( atthai's daughter)  meeting after a long time during her short visit to Hyderabad. Her cousin was in Zambia and later after retirement moved to Coimbatore. But her frequent visits to US to take care of her two sets of grand children saw her being in India for lesser time. So, it was a joyous occasion when they met and talked for hours together about their childhood. 
•  After a long time, i witnessed the Kids creative event  of our Christmas carnvial. Since my children don't participate any more, i hav'nt witnessed in the past 3 years. This time i took time off since my niece particpated in the greeting card event and was amazed at the children's creativity. Each greeting card looked like a master piece.
• My daughter gets an allrounder  scholarship of 12K from her school for scoring good marks in Grade XI balancing studies and extra curricular. (She is one among the 3 out of 150)
• Spoke to all my relatives and friends on Jan 1st till  noon 2'o clock. It was a special feeling and made me feel blessed for having many well wishers.
• At the countdown party, I had great time with my friends but the oft repeated phrases apart from "Happy new year" were " I wonder how time flies, this year has gone by really fast". Although most of them rephrased or paraphrased the words, the meaning was the same.

Do you also feel the same way? why?

Is it because our lives are fast paced or is it because many of us have no time to pause and contemplate?

Also, I will share with you one more happy news shortly:) Meanwhile,  Any guesses?