Lifz Beautiful

Halted due to a slow moving traffic,  I rested my head on the backrest. The words outside stared starkly at me,  through the narrow slits of my eyes. 'This was my actual destination but I took a life time in reaching here' I looked beyond the carved words  and realized  my eyes were on a cemetery ground. The words did state the truth... where we begin, where we head and finally where do we reach... For every little emotion in life, we always have a choice - for love, we've hate and for laugh, we've cry.  But at the end, do we really have any say? That's the only place to go once life turns away.  Why don't we then, learn to live without a choice?  Why can't we just love and only laugh? Why do we then frown, when it's only our smiles  that will beautify each stride of our lives. The traffic eased and the car rolled ahead, I glanced back to behold the words again, The meaning of 'Life' manifested thru

And this follows the 'The most desired sojourn'... Goa or Kerala??? The decision was made by a surprise that made things easy for us, literally! Our daughter, the drama queen that she is, 10 days prior to our Anniversary, post dinner, in middle of a family tête-à-tête,  takes the centre stage in our humble living area and asks for attention in no uncertain terms. Once gained, she with her nose up in the air (very loyal to her this distinct trait) and hands animatedly spread, as if those were the parts that were to do all the talking, announces - 'Yoohoo, you are booked for Kerala!!! Travel, stay and authentic Southie meals all taken care of (more exclamation marks)!!! You both just have to pack and leave home in 4 days and stay out of my way for 10 days after that.' Husband and I look at each other and give the daughter our trade mark look, husband - a frown and me - a smile. Please explain, I demand. She nonchalantly looks at us and factually states,' oh, you