A Womans' Prayer for her family

I came across this wonderful prayer and thot of sharing this with all of u!

FAMILY

Lord I Pray /Praise you for...

1. God will be the centre and head of our family
2. Intimacy, love and good understanding between me and my husband
3. Peace, Joy and Unity within our family always
4. Both me and my husband will always remain absolutely faithful to each other
5. Prosperity, abundance & profit in our family and no lack, debt or loss
6. Good Health and no sicknesses or diseases
7. God’s canopy of protection through his blood, angels, word of God and no evil will enter
8. Model family to our neighbours, relatives and friends
9. Peaceful and loving relationship with both our in-laws
10. God’s favour, anointing, blessings, goodness and mercy in our lives everyday


HUSBAND

Lord I Pray for my husband for...

11. his work, his finances that God will give him the strength to go higher and prosper
12. his purposes, his choices, his decisions that God will give him wisdom to pursue the
right ones
13. his mind, his affections, his emotions that God will rule them all
14. his integrity, his reputation, his self-image that God will guard them all
15. his priorities, his relationships, Role as a Husband & Father God will guide him to be the
best
16. his faith, his walk with God that God will give him mercy and grace to be a son that he
can trust

WIFE

Lord I Pray for myself that I will ...

17. A Proverbs 31 Woman of Virtue...
18. A good wife, good mother and extend good influences over them
19. Have wisdom & strength to prioritize and manage well my family, house, work, ministry,
(Studies)
20. Bring my family to the Lord’s feet through Family Prayer everyday
21. Build my family in every way and not break it down in anyway
22. Have humility and respect my husband and care for him
23. Teach my children the ways of God, when we are sitting, eating, sleeping and waking up


CHILDREN

Lord I Pray for my children that they ...

24. Will grow in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and Man
25. That they will obey us parents, and be disciplined and well-mannered
26. They will be like fresh olive shoots around our family table
27. Love the Lord, Walk in is ways, and not deviate from them even when they are old
28. Be filled with talents and abilities and will use them for God

My Angel

I bought a T-shirt for L and it had beautiful lines written over it, right in the front. It goes like this."I have an angel watching over me. I call her mom."
I read this to L and explained the meaning to her. Papa asked her the meaning of those words again and u could guess what she told.
L: There's an angel watching over me and and I call it mom.

Call of my land

Hello Bloggy,
Feel like ages since i've written. Hardly knew that October went by so fast.
Hello to November. The feeling of November is exciting for me coz I know Christmas time is soming soon....Wow!!...Goosebumps when i think of it!

The Month of October went by traveling a lot and to tell u the truth , its more often to my native place , Kerala. And every time I go there , I long to be there more. Its like the rootsof my native are calling to my inner self, to go and settle there. Strange that me, who likes more of a fast townlife, is wanting more to go back and live a more peaceful village life. The feeling was more this time as I fell in love with the nature there. More vegetation, pollution free air (as my dear husband tells often), fresh fruits and vegetables from ur own land. Being near our loved ones and paying visits to relatives,etc.

The love of the hens being raised (hehe, seen them since they were chickens), that come to be fed all the time, was so endearing. L and G spent a great deal of time chasing and feeding them, learning to look after them and watching the hens way of living. The hens used to go to sleep up on a tree at night for protection, as there were no coops built for them. Collecting the eggs laid by them and making the laying of eggs comfortable for the mother hens in rag- filled baskets kept here and there. There was one particular basket placed in an old store room full of old wornout stuff.

Then we have small pond there too where they had put in some aquarium fish which have mulitplied over time. It was fun to watch and study the different types and feed them too. Close to it ,we have a nice big cage with a few Love birds were bought a month ago. The cage is almost like a palace with swings for them and food and water kept for them in plenty. Recently it had four new additions and it was so cute to watch them grow and see the way the moms were feeding the young ones. They would eat the leaves of a medicinal plant which L and G loved to pluck and give.
We were there only a week but were so happy to be there. Probably its more exciting now as we go there once in a while, don't know how it will be ,if by chance we plan to settle there, once for all.

Sorrow and Joy

There wudn't be

Ups In life

If there weren't Downs.

Beauty is more

When the Ripples form

In Still Waters.

Scars in life may appear

Its the inevitable price

U pay, to get Scepters.

The hours before Dawn

Are the darkest of day.

But its only coz of that,

That we Thirst to see

The Break of Day.

Sorrow and Joy,

Complement each other.

They make life special

Like Sugar and Spice.

A Sad Toddler

The Loud cries of a 2 year old toddler have been ringing throuout my Apartment corridor. Our front door neighbours(A grandpa and a Grandma) runs a creche and so we guessed that the new child's mom would have started working and wants her child to get accustomed to the creche for the first time in its life.
2 weeks back the mom just dropped the child just for 1 hour to check out her toddler's reaction. Since the owners of the creche did not want the rest of the kidsin their creche to get disturbed, they thought the new child could walk in the corridor with a caretaker while they keep their door closed to the cries of the new child. After hearing bouts of loud cries, I opened my door to see the sad child and thought of ways of comforting her but she just refused to be comforted. I noticed that the caretaker(a young woman) was making the child walk to and fro in the long corridor. The child would be murmuring some unknown language as (it was obvious that) she hasn't learned to talk yet and in between she would burst out loudly and cry. It even seemed that she had only recently learned to walk. I was wondering how a mother could do this to a young child. A few moments later the mom comes and takes her child home. It was releif that now the babe was with its mom. I didn't see her after that day.Yesterday I was returning after my daily swim and saw the same child in my corridor. This time the child was lying down in the caretakers lap in a sleeping positon almost tired of crying and also half sleepy. She would scream and cry in between after restoring some of her baby energy. I told the babe a Hi but she was not in a mood to acknowledge. Poor thing! In the past 4 years,I haven't seen kid crying so much like this child . Today too I heard cries, but with lesser intensity. Probabaly she'll get used to it and who knows even her Mom mst be feeling sad to drop the child the first few days. But its heartbreaking to see a 2 yr old baby cry loudly througout helplessly.

I'm a Diehard fan of Agatha Christie !

Like I told u in my previous blog that I read the Autobiography of Agatha Christie during the time I went for a Holiday to my native. I have always been her fan ever since I read her first mystery book.
My Love for Mysteries goes way back to the time when I was in the 4th Std. My favourite then was (U guessed it right!) Nancy Drew. Even Now I feel the excitement I used to have then, whenever I used get a Nancy Drew Mystery book. We still have a collection of Mystery Books at my parents house. I remember those days when the bell used to ring for the Library period in school, I used to run fast in order to reach first to get a Mystery book before anybody else laid hands on what I had not read. Then I came to know of many more books of the same category like The 3 Investigators, Hardy Boys, Famous Five, Secret Seven.....wow!! i used to be lost in the world of investigating and solving puzzles, reading those books..

Sometimes I used to put a story book inbetween my text books half-folded and pretend to study when infact I was reading a mystery. Then when the lights used to be out to sleep ,I would strain to read the book in the faroff streetlight that would slightly light up our room through the window at night. I was too crazy about such books then. When i got to college I would still read Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. As time passed I got lesser access to books and I stopped reading until now. I have revived my reading habits now as I am making ways of finding time to read .

After reading Agatha Christie's Autobiography , I feel even more impressed about her. She has mentioned every tiny detail of her exciting life even from her childhood, with absolute sincerity and humility. She's even given tips on how to write detective stories which I am planning to follow shortly ;) ;)...jst kidding! I took my own time and read it without taking much breaks coz I was so engrossed in it. Inbetween I would imagine about writing my own autobiography probably naming it as "The Autobiography of a Nobody "!....I am sure it wud be a hit. ;)

Agatha has written on every aspect of her life in her book, even on her marriage, her experiences as a nurse, her relationships with every member of her family, as a mother etc with such dignity and poise. She had such great respect for everbody. Sometimes I wish if I could meet her face to face. Even though she's no more now, I salute this great Lady of the Detective World. Her books r a must read.

Hello October

First blog this month.
Today is a special day as it happens to be the Birthday of my elder girl L . Many Many Happy returns to L, my dear child who's been a blessing to me and I hope she be blessed throughout her life forever. Last year we didn't celebrate her BD in our apartment, instead we did it in our native. Mostly her BD comes during the time of the Puja and Dussehra hols...This year it happened to fall during the same slot, so we called her friends and had a small BD party at home before we came to our native place. She had a great time and got many good presents this time, mostly books....:) Today we plan to have a small cake cutting in the evening. She is already having a blast this holiday, travelling almost everyday.
I am also with my mom now, as I was not there when she underwent a surgery and so I'm happy to be with her for a few days. She's getting better and has improved a lot after seeing us. Its more exciting to get to hear all the Gossip of my near and dear and also meet them face to face.
Plus I am also doing some holiday homework, so that my girls get to enjoy their holiday....haha.. For the past 2 days...i did 4 activities.....Cotton work on Sheep , Dal Work on Sunflower, Hand painting (G's homework) on an old T-shirt , Flower mask to be made on a paper plate. Not bad !Have a few more activities. Mean while I am also reading the Autobiography of Agatha Christie in between....my favourite author. Very Interesting Indeed!

Onam Celebration in our apartment

Hello Bloggy

Been a long while since I've excercised my grey cells. Past 2 weeks were all busy,busy for all the ladies here.

We wanted to do a small Onam program in our apartment here and since it was exam time in almost all schools during this month, we couldn't make it extravagant like last year. So we decided to put up some games for all ages and as fillers we would put some groups songs(malayalam) of small kids and adults as well. Me and my other half decided to join for singing. I had the job of collecting the kids for practice everyday. Also I had to go door to Door in my block for inviting people personally to ensure maximum participation. We also had a Pookalam Competition. There were about 9 teams. Surprisingly there were Non-mallu teams who put up a good show. They even won prizes.

L and G were also there in group songs. Kids were excited and it was fun to see them learn the songs with actions. G wanted to participate(she was the smallest in the group) but she was too shy to do the actions. Few games included Picking the nuggets for the small kids....for bigger children it was passing water and filling a bottle. There was a Mythological Quiz for kids according to their apartment blocks. Couples had a grocery list game where the partners would sit 20 feet apart. One group had to called out the grocery items and their quantity...the other side would have to write out what they hear from their partner in the right order...this was all done simultaneously and so it was fun to watch one whole side screaming out their items. It would be a different list for all teams. Since dad and me were suffering from sore throat,neither of us sould scream. So I chose another friend who was interested in participating. We just missed the first prize coz of 1 item. Instead of Custard powder I heard Instant Powder...haha

The highlight of the day was the Vadamveli(Tug of War) for which even the small children wanted to participate. Finally there was team of equal men on either side. It was most anticipated event and we decided to have the best of 3. After the first attempt the guys switched sides and as everyone watched eagerly, on the second attempt the rope snapped off. It was disappointing. So they split the prize to both sides. Then there was Uriyadi(breaking the hanging pot with a long stick). Three people would be selected by a lucky draw. Age criteria was above 11 years of age. They would be blindfolded and have limited time to break the pot with the stick in their hands, meanwhile the children could splash water at them to their hearts content. The second boy won the prize. By the way the children were splashing water , I thought all 3 people would give up the game.

There were cash prizes for all the events. It was a fun-filled evening yesterday. G surprisingly sang with actions but her sound was not clear coz she had chocolates in her mouth and it was dripping out while she was singing. :)

Scary Intentions

G: Mama,I want to be Superman!

Mama(surprised): Why do u want to be Superman, dear?

G(in animation): I want to scare everybody!

Dad: Then u have to be Supergirl not Superman because u r a small girl.

G: No, I only want to be a Superman !

Trip without Mama

G finally enjoyed her trip to kerala without me and L. She recently went with dad to our native for Onam. L was having her tests and so we had to cancel our(mine and L's) tickets. We thought of letting G visit her grandparents , tho we had doubts whether she would leave till the very last moment before the train journey. The journey to our native is only 1 night's sleep in the train.

L could also study well for her tests without much interference. It was boring for me without G around to pay all attention. Eventho it was a big break for me in a very long time, I was missing G terribly. L behaved like a good girl surprisingly without G to boss around and also studied well for her tests. Infact she was happy G wasn't around to share all the toys for a few days.

G had the time of her life. She got showered with all her grandparents attention. She got lots of chocolates too(which is her greatest weakness). She got to be with the chicks , new fishes in the pond..and the new love birds at my In-Laws and loved the time she got to feed them. Some visits to our relatives and a day without dad at my parents home too went by so fast for G. She would remember me specially when it was bedtime but then she would be too tired then and would fall asleep soon. She was very happy to be back home. It was all so fast for her that she seemed dazed for some time when she came back.

An Old Silk Curtain

When is the last time u have taken time to notice the least important thing in life or given ear to an unsignificant sound? Do u have the time to think of it when u r busy pondering over the mountains and volcanos in ur life. When ur mind feels tired of thinking about the day to day things in life, give it a break. U need to shut ur mind up and chill out. Look at the finest detail of a small thing or listen to silence.hehe ..strange isn't it?

Its been long time that I have been watching this Silk Satin Curtain hanging on my window in our bedroom. Its not an expensive material and also its quite old. Its a beige colour with floral designs. Sometimes I even tell Papa that its time we changed it coz its out of Fashion. Nobody even lays eyes on it, specially during the day. But suddenly it looks beautiful these days only coz I started noticing it more often. It looks the most beautiful when roomlights r switched off and against the yellow streetlight(of our apmt) that falls on it at night. In the gentle breeze that flows across the open window, it looks even more beautiful. And when everybody's asleep I delight at watching it in calmness.

Perhaps its the same way God looks at his children all the time.