356 Days of Gratitude

Thanks Zainab...

2013-01-03T11:49:00.004+04:00

It has been a long time since I thanked anyone on my Grateful Blog... Looks like I became complacent & quietly slipped back into routine.

Suddenly I found a comment waiting moderation on this blog which I had taken to be dead.

Thanks Zainab. I don't know you but today the post is dedicated to you. Thank you for reading and commenting. Suddenly a ray of hope has shined upon this blog. Since I am a medical student, let me describe the blog as an entity on life support system. Yes, the blog was there but Zainab, you infused new life into it.

I decided to take the blog off life support because it is now ready to be alive again.

Lots to thank for...

I am soon starting a series of Thank You Sweethearts on this blog...

Zainab, you are the sweetheart today... Thanks :)

Thanks Brother!

2011-07-30T08:29:00.000+04:00

Okay...when I wrote the heading I was doubtful of whether it should be the other way round...brother thanking me...Let it be.
Thank you for coming into my life on a Friday, 12th July 1996... You always took my side. I took yours. we were more the elder sister and younger brother than you and Ayesha. You both behave as if born days apart. :P

You couldn't stand anyone irritating me and as a kid used to make it impossible for them to do so...You grew out of this habit sooner than I would have liked. No problem...I know you are still my knight in shining armour when time comes...Did I go overboard with my emotions but that's what you've been from the beginning. Over the top!

You have tolerated me as your most strict teacher. Taking your advice I'll never go into the teaching line otherwise according to you students will commit suicide. No I'm not contributing to that ever-increasing trend. Never.

You've always prayed for my heart's desires and though you may never be able to say I know it from your eyes how much you miss me when I'm not there by your side.

Love you Imran!

Thanks Sis!

2010-11-19T23:46:00.000+04:00

Ayesha - not exactly the love of my life but a major part of it. 18 years of my 19 to be exact.

I love her. She loves me. I hate her. She hates me. I can't stand her. She can't stand me. I can't do without her. She can't do without me. You see we agree on everything. ;)

Thank you Ayesha for being there. I know we do get on each other's nerves a lot but then again LIFE won't be the same without you.

If you don't know how a girl could love her sister and strangle her to death at the same time...You probably never had a sister.

Mum's the World!

2010-11-12T23:41:00.000+04:00

Thank You Mum!

I know I can never thank you enough even if I tried to combine the water in the seven oceans to write about you...You simply do too much perhaps because you are.... mummy dearest.

All these days I haven't been posting is also thanks to mum....I have successfully cleaned the house surpassing her expectations as always(finally!). That's the only thing I can do to make her smile - Cross all the heights set by her.

Giving up in life is all too easy. But for you I would have given up long back. Thanks for all those times, all those incidents which ingrained in me the spirit to Move Ahead.

Anyone out there who'd like to share their special moments with mum? Do write in.

My SUPERB Uncles

2010-11-08T19:09:00.000+04:00

This post is dedicated to my mother's brothers - Rashid Khan & Salman Khan, whom I affectionately call Rashid Mamma & Annu Mamma. Two wonderful people of the superlative degree. Humans are not perfect. No one is perfect, nor are you. That doesn't matter. Thanks for everything you do and all that you are.

Usually kids cry for their parents on the first day of school, I was crying for my uncles. The sweetest part was they rushed all the way from Dubai to Sharjah, leaving all their office work, just to make sure I was ok.

Thanks for being there. I know life has come a long way... Slowly but surely even the closest people do drift apart. There are many big & small changes which take place in relations, in people & in situations. However...

Near or far
Wherever you are
I'll always respect you
I'll always love you.

Hello World!

2010-11-07T12:01:00.000+04:00

After complaining, cribbing, ordering, demanding and feeling dissatisfied....I realised we forget to do one important task. We forget to thank. We forget that there are so many things in life whose value we don't realise until they are lost. On the other hand there are so many things which may seem disturbing at first but get better with time.
So last night I decided to thank all those who have been a part of my life....no matter how insignificant.

In my first post I'd like to thank Allah for helping me, taking care of me & for His innumerable blessings. Some may call on Him by another name or just believe in a nameless higher power or not even believe in Him....Each to his own.

Hope you enjoy reading my blog. I expect to be regular and realise how much we have in life to be grateful for in these 356 days.

Take care.