Yet another year gone by, the year that saw a lot of trials and tribulations but also presented a solution to each problem and a lot of life lessons. 2021 was a second year of covid which on one hand took many lives but also gave everyone an opportunity to stay close with family and spend some quality times. Home trips which once used to be an annual event with a squeezed in itirinary had been a more relaxed time with family. Work from home became the blessing in disguise.
Looking back at the 2021 personally had a lot of challenges with each month shouting out- " Take this now and deal with it".
February - viki had severe abdominal pain which was later discovered as Gall bladder stone.
April - viki underwent gall bladder removal surgery.
May - Daddy diagnosed with Prostrate cancer with an option to slow down the spread through surgery and medications.
June - Daddy underwent surgery and recovered slowly.
During the same time around we had to deal with pesterous tenants who had not paid rent for the past 3 months and probably had plans to abscond without paying anything.
Also, daddy' s health insurance cover got defunct due to non payment of premium and we were informed that there is no option to renew it.
Lot of running from pillar to post to get these two things in our favour and it also gave a tough lesson "not to trust people blindly"
July - we found a match for Brother in law which seemed to be the perfect although the sixth sense signalled otherwise but because the two gelled well, we were giving in, only to see the ugly dark reality of the world and perspective of the next generation on relationships and marriages which appears to me selfish and " Me first". The marriage vows that once read " In health & sickness, till death do us apart" No longer holds relevance. I cannot relate to the new gen definition of marriage, relationships before marriage, short term flings but have now learnt to accept it.
August - The alliance broke with lot of mental disturbance and arguments at home on what is right. Brother in law meanwhile secured a new job with a great package and bigger role.
September - October - news about my company business sold out and the fear of job insecurity set in. Yes, the corporate jobs have an ugly face. The fight to survive begins. Basically how to grow money.
November - December - The planning and approval of our land is delayed only to make us realize that all this while we were cleverly duped by a mediator. Another ugly face of the distrustful world around us.
So overall a year full of action. Don't have any good news to write about but the only good thing that happened was that we were protected, saved and able to come out of all these successfully. Lots of observations about people s attitude in and outside family, learnings from life incidents and that we have seen so much that we are so used to it. They say when life gives you lemons, make a lemonade. Well that's what we did.
Hoping a brighter and better 2022.
Hmm wonderfully put together in beads of words covering all that we as a family had to go through. Thank you very much. It's always good for the record though not that it would be forgotten.
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