SS 60 Good News - Page 110

Originally posted by moonwearer

<font color="#CC0000">Kalpana ...how very true
The worst thing in the world is to feel helpless about the situations that your loved ones are stuck in, when we can do nothing but pray and hope that your loved one is safe.
After a close shave in such situations such as this what we do is send a silent prayer of thanks now and then on the fortune we were showered upon to have a lucky escape and may be also have a guilt feeling in us to be selfish to have thought like that.

<font color="#000000">i have been reading watching and listening with despair to the updates from chennai. I have atleast 20 close family members in their 80s or nearing 80s who have chosen to live on their own terms since children are overseas. They have chosen to be in Chennai as it is cacheri season . Live in the ground floor. All i can do is twirl my locks twiddle my fingers and wait and watch...Situations like these when he are away only makes us panic further. My parents have finally moved late last evening with my brother so atleast they i don't have to worry about now...but there are others marooned...some moving up...my husband's aunt recouping from a spinal surgery is in bed . her caretaker comes in ...i wonder how she is...Chennai is a mess thinking makes me messier.</font>
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Originally posted by Errantnomad

Oru dharava sonna nooru dharava sonna madiri.
Oru incident comes to my mind now.
Baasha had just released then. First day night show . Dragged my parents to the movie.
Rajni entry adichavudene I started hooting and clapping forgetting I was watching the movie with my parents and not friends. My dad looked at me like how Mr. Iyer would do
.
They were really not a care in the world kind of days .
I guess I'm thinking about how we were back then
And comparing it to an incident just related by my daughter in school. Her jazz band mate, consumed 18- 20 pills cos of a break up and also tried to shoot himself. Luckily his parents saved him by a whisker.
What complications the teens get in to ille these days?
What a waste of life it would hv been?

Originally posted by moonwearer

Suria often think how tough life is . How people manage to adapt to life in altered circumstances in new locations where we make our homes. How we become careful of little things we take for granted when life is smooth and we are soaked in the love and care of all our loved ones. One moment like this brings us to our state of awareness. Take strength from the memory and stay happy and courageous.

Originally posted by Errantnomad

Sri, I have been trying to get my uncles for the last two mornings. My parents moved out of chennai last year and they hv also not been able to reach them.
Some buses are plying out thru Arakonam so people can evacuate . But the problem is to get access to these areas .
Car parking lots are all gone Sri.
Sri , Hope and pray for your loved ones and elders to get hrough this without much damage.
I have left a msg to my cousin to see if they can get thru to my uncles .