Achilles' heel

We live very busy lives and sometimes we don't take the time to see how truly blessed we are. The first friend I added on Facebook happened to be my best friend. When I told him, he told me that we were best friends from fourth grade, who gives a shit what Facebook shows on timeline. My brother from another mother! Thank you for being a part of my life...Thank you M! The English teacher who used to pinch my cheek for getting the grammar questions right. You have had a profound impact on my life. I'm sorry my grammar has strayed in recent years.  Thank you for being a part of my life...Thank you S! We don't get to choose family, they may annoy you, they may push you harder than anyone else, but most of all, they will love you without limits.  Thank you for being a part of my life...Thank you R! I grew up in a school which had a partition from the girls section. Growing up, I had very few friends who are girls. After I graduated, a g...

Some one once told me that my dislike for masala dosa highlights the fact that I don't like "hidden" surprises. I'm the type of guy who likes to make a plan and everything has to work like clockwork. As life would have it, when I take a gym membership for 6 months, I get shipped to another city, I join a coaching course, I get shipped to another country and just when you think things are finally starting to go as planned, dad goes without giving me a chance to say goodbye.  There truly is nothing  more certain in life than uncertainty. The few things I am certain of is that this is going to be my first Christmas without him, my first birthday without talking to him and a whole lot more firsts I'm not looking forward to. They say time is then greatest healer, but some voids cannot be filled. Most super heroes have dead parents in their past, this is because the fear of losing a parent is something any reader can relate to, the death forcing ...