Ok since I am feeling supremely confidant, i thought why not give my opinion on ‘Abortions’

I am pro-choice but in situations like rape, incest, and life threatening conditions to a mom.
I also feel that federal funding should cover abortions for teen agers.
I completely disagree with the idea of, well she has layed her bed, now sleep on it.
If the girl wants to stay pregnant and give up the baby for adoption then fine, otherwise there is no harm in first trimester abortion.
I personally have witnessed mothers who did not want a child and always cursed their luck that they could not get out of the situation. I feel of the two sins, neglecting an unwanted child is bigger sin than having an abortion.
I think those girls are very brave who carry on their pregnancy and give up their child for adoption but if that girl did not have that kind of support and she wanted to have a second chance at life (college and other joys of youth), she should be given that chance.

As a society we should encourage better outlets than having sex and promiscuity in the first place.
If a girl does get pregnant as a teen, we as parents, teachers, friends and peers have failed her.

I am talking only about teens here, on the other hand as an adult, it should be our own responsibility and if women want to have such coverage, they better buy a separate policy. I am hoping that as adults they are more responsible and can choose the plan they like.

Shraddha

Its time to share some awesome photos with the world of my beautiful holiday.

Hello to readers if any?

Just back from a holiday at Disney Cruise ship.I guess i must be very fortunate to have experienced it with my daughters on their fourth birthday.

We got to kiss the dolphins, enjoy the sea, enjoy beautiful, motivational live programmes.

Also, i apologize for all the drama that has been witnessesed on this blog. I hope that my good ‘karma’ will bring me all the good luck, like it has been till now.

Believe it or not, i was just kidding in the posts that i deleted. Ok, so i kinda freaked out over some silly things but after the most wonderful holiday, i am hoping things will be back to normal.

So, hoping to have a drama free, self loving, amazing, nice, life for myself and my daughters.

I have learnt to things:

1. if its not my problem, do not look, i am not Nancy Drew
2. I am very fortunate.Only good things will happen to me.

Thanks for reading my journal

Shraddha

*This poem is for One Single Impression Poetry Prompt – Gold*

Never felt the value of gold
Till i realized its worth
24 karat that mom gave
I never wore or cared
Till insecurity rushed my veins
Reality in my face like truth or dare
That day in India
When i opened my locker
My mother in law beside me
The pride
The love
The care i felt
That went in making that jewelry for me
Its my dad’s sweat
My mothers planning
Their desire to build something for me
Its my security
I thank you now
A bit late now
But I understand the worth of gold

Visit One Single Impression to enjoy other’s take on the prompt – gold

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Last year i have been very bad about the awards that i receive and give to others.2010 is going to be different and i am going to accept and share all the awards i am ever given henceforth.
Jaymie very kindly gave me Kreativ blogger award and i am passing it on to 7 people.

7 things you did not know about me:

Award goes to 7 of my bloggy friends:

1.Scholastic Scribe
2.Shadowplay
3.The Mom Writes
4.Yaya
5.Sara Fryd
6.Mohan
7.Madhu

*Celebrating many faces of a festival in different Indian Styles: Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Lohari*

As a Punjabi by birth I celebrate today as Lohari or lodi.With Bhangra as a dance, check out this video :

Pongal: I celebrate this fastival with my in laws family.It is known as festival of harvest.This video is really nice depiction.

Makar Sankranti:Celebrated in many states of India.
I am sharing the kite flying video.It is the most fun thing i remember.Look at the fun video.

Lets not forget about the sweets and yummy treats during these festivals.
Kajji Kaayalu
Ariselu
Bandaru Ladoo
Sweet pongal
and other such yummy treats.

Wishing everyone joy and success on this special day!

Edit: Just read my very good bloggy friend Yaya’s Blog

She and her hubby have been selected to be parents of sweet baby boy

Alex, who is 3 years old!!

I am so very thrilled for them!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Shraddha

*This poem is for one single impression.It is about my spiritual journey and finding what i always had, Hare Krishna*

My wanderlust is quenched now
I have found you
My wings have done their work
They braught me to you

I am happy that i wandered
I am happy that i did not stop
As when i did find my bliss
No doubts were left in my heart

Opportunities have been my wings
I used them to my best
I welcome what life brings
I am not scared of any test
I have found Hare Krishna in my heart
Thank you for the gift

Shraddha

*This photo is of an apparently very hungry squirrel to brave all the snow.My darling twin daughters went wild watching this cute squirrel*

I hope readers will enjoy the large photos as much as I am!
I hereby declare my blog holiday over!I have found my ‘that’s it’ theme!
I will not be changing this theme for couple of years! except the header!
Its wonderfully customized to my needs!
If you are wondering if i figured it out by myself, then no!
I just have an awsome friend, Mihir Lakhani, who did it for me!

Mihir Lakhani is awsome and can be found at following places
@ Twitter
@Facebook
@Artha Technologies
@Mihir Lakhani Web Page
@Premier Leagues News
If you are wondering how the magic happened.Follow the link here.

*This informative poem is for One Single Impression Poetry Prompt -Departed.Its about the story of my preemie twin daughters born at 32 weeks and 7 days*

I was 25 weeks into my pregnancy
My twins were thriving inside my womb
On that day of january i got the bad news
My cervix was too short
Twins were ready to depart from my womb

The shock of it is hard to explain
My fear is palpable in its memory still
I was too far in pregnancy to get the cervical stitch
Complete hospital bed rest
Drug called Procardia did the trick

It was late January now
My marriage anniversary day
It was the day we found out
Cervix had started funneling
It had started to open from inside

Introduction to NICU was inevitable now
What is NICU?
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The days passed by
One day at a time
Hospital was our home now
Every day of pregnancy was a blessing

We made it till 32 weeks
32 weeks and 7 days
Cervix was still doing great
Thank you Procardia!
But i developed hypertension
High enough to indicate start of preeclampsia!
We do not want that..
If left untreated it can progress to toxemia
Mom can have seizures and stroke!
So Cesarean was planned
And my twins really departed from my womb

They departed from my womb
and went to an incubator
It is a best artificial womb
Helps maintaining temperature
Prevents from infection
Lets the little one live

I am thankful to researchers who developed incubators
This precious artificical womb is a life saver
They departed from my womb
As it was not a safe place any more
The research let them live
We are thankful to core

Things can even be better
Even more little preemies can be saved
We all can help
Spread awareness
Donate for this important research

Photo by Ceejayoz at Flickr

Photo by Ceejayoz at Flickr

This is a republished post from 16th Nov.

There is so much more: About one of my girls receiving CPAP , Need for locked down mode

*Ecomeg writes about her New Year’s resolution list for self improvement*

For the first time in years, I wrote a list of New Year’s resolutions on January 1.  Or maybe it’s more a to-do list for the New Year.  Ironically, I wrote it on the back of an envelope.  My husband, thinking it was garbage, almost threw it out.  And maybe it is garbage, but I don’t usually figure that out about New Year’s resolutions until about January 15.

Anyway, here’s my list.  Most of it is pretty typical, I think.

1. Organize my files.  You should see my husband’s file drawer.  If I didn’t know better, I’d think he irons his paperwork.
2. Stick to my budget.  Always important to do, but especially important in this economy.
3. Exercise more.  I know I always feel great after I work out – why is it so hard to remember that?
4. Finalize our last will and testament (I wrote about these efforts here), as well as some other financial planning items.  This is my husband’s goal, too, but I know it will fall to me to get it done.
5. Finish the short story I’ve been working on with my older son.
6. Figure out what I’m going to do career-wise after son number 2 starts school next year.
7. Start – and hopefully finish – writing that book I’ve been contemplating.  If I can ever find the time.
8. Catch up on my scrap booking (I still have to put together last year’s albums), sort and store my kids’ memorabilia in their “memory boxes” rather than the brown paper bags my husband shoved it all into after I let it pile up a bit.
9. Don’t let little things get to me.
10. Take a look at, and then let go of, some metaphorical baggage.  As long as I’m getting my house in order, I should take a look at my head and heart, too.

This last item required me to sit quietly and figure out what really ticks me off or makes my heart ache.  I’m sure there’s a lot more for me to wade through in the cobwebbed recesses of my mind, but I decided I should set myself up for success and keep the list small.  I won’t bore you with the details, but I boiled #10 down to three things that I think have really been holding me back.  These things have made me miserable from time to time over a multi-year period.  Why am I dragging all of this around??

Resolving these three issues will involve planning (knowing myself as I do), forgiveness (of myself and others), a more positive attitude (to shake some of it off), some discipline (as with everything in life) and some spirituality (offering difficult things up).  I’ve always been a believer that God helps those who help themselves, so I’m taking the time to do whatever I can to alleviate my burden, then plan to ask for help from above.

I know that a happier Meg makes a happier family, so for myself and my family, I want 2010 to be my happiest year yet.  With a little hard work, it just might be.

*This blog is about developing self love.My blog is a part of myself. While talking to many, i have heard them comparing their blog to a toy, their camera and even a job.My blog to me is home.I want it to look pretty, reflect my style.I want it to be known in its social circles just like me.Social circle of a blog being blogosphere*

I am not supposed to be blogging and plan to spend all my time next month learning coding and html.
Its just something i am attracted to.
As codex wordpress says: ‘CODE IS POETRY’
As i spent my time trying to learn new things today, I managed to change this theme a tad by just a simple code change.
I managed to get the comments section down after the post instead of being on the side.
This gives me more space for photos so that i can enjoy having large photos on my blog.I guess people who are following me from wordpress.com know how much i love those!
I absolutely loved andreas 09 theme for that but it does not look good if i add google friend connect widget etc on to it hence i had to change my theme.
Now in next few days my aim is to figure out how to be able to have large sized images here on the posts.
Currently by default they shorten to 500 px!

Ok so that is what i have been doing today but my main purpose was to brag about being on the right track as far as my page rank sculpting goes.

The plugins that i added, the meta tags added and all the internal linking that i did produced results and my page rank is 3 now.

It has jumped from PR 2 as i announced on november second.Yes in short span of two months my PR has increased!

Not only has the PR increased.My google friend connect numbers are 300+
and facebook fans page has already hit the 100 mark!

This proves to me that i am on right direction and i am as happy as can be!
Thank you for all your encouragement and support!
This blog gives me so much happiness that i can not explain.
It has given me a creative outlet with resources like One Single Impression and Acrostic Only.
Friends like Amity, Jaymie, April, Swaram, Carma, Melissa, Pam and so many of you, whom i would love to meet in real life too!

It has given me self confidence that one can learn from the past and have an absolutely wonderful future!
Thank you!

Happy New Year to all!
I guess its pretty obvious taking bloggy leave is going to be really hard!Lets see!