tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75373564499179864252024-03-05T19:31:31.744-05:00Poetic MommyHi, Here you are, Welcome!
This is my garden,
Where I sow, weed, prune and harvest!
So that's what you would see, Freshness guarantined!Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-85791279007487070972024-02-10T14:07:00.003-05:002024-02-10T14:07:55.958-05:00A walk through the woods<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbOO485bKGprVKWgXB-UvICtI43Njlrkteu0Eqr17m8Un3Ehh8eiJ_coILmRlAEFHk9R5tYl375g5qQsbF5yEmGGpsnVj5TkOPCKIV9awfgx0NKpP6G55XUW5RbH11D3cjvBJyYi9KBUn7BD55v-g1JRlvnSQqlEqsWOfe7B6XUL2pD97bNLmmhdIfxnB/s4000/20240210_094148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbOO485bKGprVKWgXB-UvICtI43Njlrkteu0Eqr17m8Un3Ehh8eiJ_coILmRlAEFHk9R5tYl375g5qQsbF5yEmGGpsnVj5TkOPCKIV9awfgx0NKpP6G55XUW5RbH11D3cjvBJyYi9KBUn7BD55v-g1JRlvnSQqlEqsWOfe7B6XUL2pD97bNLmmhdIfxnB/w360-h640/20240210_094148.jpg" width="360"></a></div><div></div><div><div><br></div><div>The cool and still lake<span></span></div></div><a href="http://innervoiceofgrace.blogspot.com/2024/02/awalkthroughthewoods.html#more">Read more »</a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-1128359827799198422023-08-10T15:22:00.001-04:002023-08-10T15:34:15.595-04:00Fledged<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYhHxCt_jHtxcglk-5gJ6bBvrDCIlrU4mqpaY3a7bep5myzztCvq7cWRkZd6xz4ULu6c21DX_GnKBX1AkPK4s5pzJgd84deZ0djexiIQ_rIIm5NSi0hJ5Nk-F-ySusZ_obLwZBb5HGlsNpPTkNhO2Tcs9y4kDzASeihVsaOiWB3bseaU4k8WvaDDRVED5/s3872/DSC_0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3872" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYhHxCt_jHtxcglk-5gJ6bBvrDCIlrU4mqpaY3a7bep5myzztCvq7cWRkZd6xz4ULu6c21DX_GnKBX1AkPK4s5pzJgd84deZ0djexiIQ_rIIm5NSi0hJ5Nk-F-ySusZ_obLwZBb5HGlsNpPTkNhO2Tcs9y4kDzASeihVsaOiWB3bseaU4k8WvaDDRVED5/s320/DSC_0082.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Readying for the dorm days</span></p>
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Reminded of the diaper days;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Shedding tears of separation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Stating that as gratification;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Would have done the same, yet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Wanting to go back for better;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Wanting, wishing, yearning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">To hold the baby, a little longer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">To make more time together</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">To avoid the mistakes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">To prolong the cuddles </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">Yet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">It's time and it's always the right</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">So assure love no matter what </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">And let the wings spread wide and far! </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">-Grace Piradhiba</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">August 2023</span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_230810_151827_732.sdocx-->Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-82749733820123072262022-06-29T08:55:00.004-04:002022-06-29T08:57:35.260-04:00My First Job<p> 22 years back, this day June 28,2000 , got placed in my first job through campus placement. The head of the company, Hrushikesh Praharaj sir who had come for the campus visit in his introductory speech said, he will give job directly without interview for the candidates who score 100% in C programming test. Candidates who cleared the first round of analytical testing sat for the C testing, and then some were selected for the interview. I was one of them and went into the interview room, when I was called in. After initial greetings, some questions, was asked to write a small program too...but then the director pulled out an envelope and said, " As promised you are selected for the job, as you have scored 100% in C test. We already have your offer letter ready." My joy knew no bounds! One other friend too came out with offer letter from the interview room that day. Joined the company in 2001, worked on then emerging mobile technology, WAP, smartphone, pocket PC what not.. what a challenging and rewarding that job was!! I had awesome mentors and team mates who became great friends, love that job and all that I did then even to this day...and yes, I regret having to leave that job! </p><p>Last year, in my interview for MBA admission at Georgia Tech, I was questioned about technology and I talked passionately about it, the experience I had in my first job.. the interviewer was impressed and told me that she could see how much I had loved that job from the glow in my face while talking about it. </p><p>Things are not the same anymore.. not everything is in my hands...I had to defer my admission because of immigration reasons...I have digressed.</p><p>This post is meant to fondly reminisce that day when I got my first job, which to this day is my favorite job.</p>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-80688999436770681412021-03-07T20:36:00.010-05:002021-03-07T23:01:28.533-05:00International Women's Day 2021 -Choose To Challenge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PbgxejM5uMc/YEWhPCTFjyI/AAAAAAAA0bs/2T0Kxa8pcow9RB3C-XhG_qxxoXp5-lWNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/IWDsocialcard-pledge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PbgxejM5uMc/YEWhPCTFjyI/AAAAAAAA0bs/2T0Kxa8pcow9RB3C-XhG_qxxoXp5-lWNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h200/IWDsocialcard-pledge.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: left;">It's International Women's Day on March 8th. Happy Women's Day to each and every women out there. At this time, I thought it would be appropriate to share some significant data on women's empowerment and gender parity. We, women have come a long way, but yet the scale is not balanced. Empowerment has not permeated into all the nooks and corners of the world, and neither has it shaken hands with all the women in the world. As we celebrate our achievements, with gratitude to all the great women who have fought in the past for various reasons and upliftment, paving a path for us, it is also more important to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining and adding value to it. </div></span></div><span></span><a href="http://innervoiceofgrace.blogspot.com/2021/03/international-womens-day-2021-choose-to.html#more">Read more »</a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-44204944198860627412021-01-29T18:56:00.002-05:002021-01-29T18:56:48.887-05:00Haiku Today<p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stHZ1Twt2XU/YBSfutX4tzI/AAAAAAAA0Mk/H4w-djWxulIgzpAdLy8Q2XQkB9x9CUFGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s751/Haiku1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="751" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stHZ1Twt2XU/YBSfutX4tzI/AAAAAAAA0Mk/H4w-djWxulIgzpAdLy8Q2XQkB9x9CUFGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h228/Haiku1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Did you read?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Did you like?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let me know</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Say it below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Thanks for stopping</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Bye for now</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="TA" style="font-family: "Latha",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Until next posting</span></p><p></p>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-71212859747217308122021-01-26T21:54:00.004-05:002021-01-27T13:19:27.359-05:00West with Giraffes - First Reads Review<p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FVRkQGVttw4/YBCzIrJtymI/AAAAAAAA0JE/30J0EVbrvOgSyZIWTYImI5q0DA-rfb-UgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1542023343.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FVRkQGVttw4/YBCzIrJtymI/AAAAAAAA0JE/30J0EVbrvOgSyZIWTYImI5q0DA-rfb-UgCLcBGAsYHQ/w250-h400/1542023343.jpg" width="250"></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="gmail_default">A pleasing mix of </span>survival, altruism, history, geography, life and earth, all woven around two towering creatures of God's pure Eden! The American North East is ravaged by a hurricane, the magnitude of which, they say repeated after about a century, in the form of the hurricane Sandy. It is 1938, era of the Great Depression and the second world war clouds looming. And here, the hurricane has added its share and two giraffes from Africa are not spared either. Caught up in the hurricane, while being locked in their crates, the giraffes are now in the harbour in New York. <span></span></span></p><a href="http://innervoiceofgrace.blogspot.com/2021/01/West-with-Giraffes.html#more">Read more »</a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-58598493272141909772020-11-07T14:53:00.003-05:002020-11-07T15:02:46.255-05:00A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsynG-ipF3E/X6bxwLf2B6I/AAAAAAAAy8s/Vadk6e1DoH86h8CQ4WTnEIXRuEpb0VFQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-07%2Bat%2B1.59.54%2BPM.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="986" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsynG-ipF3E/X6bxwLf2B6I/AAAAAAAAy8s/Vadk6e1DoH86h8CQ4WTnEIXRuEpb0VFQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w246-h400/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-07%2Bat%2B1.59.54%2BPM.jpeg" width="246"></a></div>This literary fiction brings in fragments of the life in China, during the second world war until Emperor Hirohito surrenders, through the eyes of three men. An American medical doctor who goes by the name Pastor Billy; American soldier gunner's mate Ian Ferguson; and Liu Zhaohu, Chinese trainee soldier. The fourth main character is a woman Ah-Yan. She is portrayed as an intelligent girl, who has a yearn to learn. Her peaceful life in village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade China. The horror and violence of the invasion, the devastation of the village, and more specifically how Ah-Yan is robbed of her childhood, her innocence, and all the humiliation she had to face for the atrocities of somebody else. When the author says that a child has to wake up as an adult all of a sudden, and children has no time to grow up in periods of war, it makes a gash in your heart! The wars around the world spread over the time of whole human existence impinges on the childhoods of many.<span></span><a href="http://innervoiceofgrace.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-single-swallow-by-zhang-ling.html#more">Read more »</a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-28185782124894307032020-10-06T20:15:00.001-04:002020-10-07T12:06:01.125-04:00Search of Virtue<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whwQ8NWU_-A/X30H7eqp5CI/AAAAAAAAyiw/VWUDq1XvM6YrxVPCPXBuzOqldHGratIBACLcBGAsYHQ/s1371/20201006_132631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whwQ8NWU_-A/X30H7eqp5CI/AAAAAAAAyiw/VWUDq1XvM6YrxVPCPXBuzOqldHGratIBACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20201006_132631.jpg" /></a></div><br /> I have published the Tamil version of this poem in my Tamil blog. Click <a href="https://thaenmaduratamil.blogspot.com/2020/10/aram-thalluthal-maramo.html" target="_blank">this link</a> to read and say your thoughts. Thank you!<br /><p></p>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-58932505881418090142019-09-21T15:33:00.002-04:002019-09-21T20:47:32.559-04:00Keezhadi - a Pathway into Vaigai River Civilization<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A sophisticated urban wonder which laid hidden with all its precious riches has been brought to light, thanks to the excavation conducted by Archaelogical Department of Tamilnadu. Keezhadi, also spelled Keeladi, a village in the outskirts of Madurai in the district of Sivagangai, TamilNadu, South India has captured all ears and eyes to itself. What good is that if I keep my jubilance to myself! The marvelous historic discovery has to be shared, not only for my pride as a Tamilian who has always been awed by the rich literature and the cultural traditions of my ancestors but also for the insights into human history itself.<br>
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Where was I? Who was I?<br>
Nowhere! Nobody!<br>
Until you formed me<br>
Gave me shape and breath<br>
It's fascinating how you knit me<br>
Delicately, intricately, perfectly<br>
Precious in your eyes<br>
And you have held me<br>
Always<br>
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The lightning pierced through the sky as if a huge rock was struck by another. I started counting, one missisipi, two mississipi, three missisipi, four ... then roared the thunder! The storm centered about 3 miles away made the trees lining the highway sway vigorously. The dislodged leaves while seeking refuge on my windshield were promptly wiped off by the wiper working hard to give me the vision of the road.<br>
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"All it took was a little amla"<br>
All it took was amla Mater, to stir every sense in me pleasantly unveiling and cherishing a truckload of memories. How did I travel back, to chasing the butterflies in frock days; admiring myself in the mirror days; friendship and farewell days; being Romeo's Juliet days; expectant-mom days!<br>
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Violently shaking trees</div>
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Lone dry leaf hurled around</div>
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That's my morning sight!</div>
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<b>Just about closing the cover</b><br />
<b>Just going once over the pages</b><br />
<b>As this year passes by</b><br />
<b>Bringing about a fresh one</b><br />
<b>I ponder over just a little bit </b><br />
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<b>Myriad of moments</b><br />
<b>Oh, good and bad</b><br />
<b>Joyful and painful!</b><br />
<b>Out of all have I come through</b><br />
<b>All by His grace, all by His love</b><br />
<b>All by His incessant mercy!</b><br />
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<b>Yet, yet I realize </b><br />
<b>How silly I have been</b><br />
<b>Panicking some days</b><br />
<b>While He was holding me!</b><br />
<b>As I close this year</b><br />
<b>Treasuring some moments</b><br />
<b>And thanking God </b><br />
<b>I only ask </b><br />
<b>Lord, strenghen my faith! </b><br />
<b>For I love you</b><br />
<b>But you love me more!</b><br />
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Embracing the New Year 2018 snug in the arms of my Father Almighty! Blessed New year to all!<br />
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Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday closest to the feast of St.Andrew the apostle (30 November) and embracing four Sundays. The First Sunday of Advent can fall as early as November 27 or as late as December 3.<br>
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Twisted branches block the way <br>
I know not to untangle <br>
This or that, its quite a daze<br>
I feel yet, Your loving gaze<br>
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As the mercury dips and the air becomes crisp, a little warmth will add cheer. Nature is so excellent in providing that warmth and I brought in few of those, beautiful crimson leaves. Reusing a bottle and using those gifts of nature, I said thanks for brightening my day.<br>
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Halloween is around the corner and people are excited about making jack-o-lanterns with pumpkins. It is believed that the custom of making jack-o-lanterns first started in Ireland. But they had used huge turnips and when this custom travelled overseas to the United States, pumpkins replaced turnips. May be because of the size! We don't see huge turnips in the US.<br>
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Mornings are cold and days are getting shorter, and soon there will be frost. Pumpkins have to be harvested before that. So harvest of pumpkins happens right in time for Halloween. Pumpkin patches, photobooths, pumpkin carving, pumpkin cider, pumpkin pie, pumpkin this and pumpkin that - pumpkins are everywhere. The orange pumpkins along with the red and yellow leaves do brighten up the gloomy fall season.<br>
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Your cross is my strength<br>
Faith my armor;<br>
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As parents we all face these questions at some point in our lives. Should I let my child know this? Should I expose my kid to this? How much of information can I share with my kid? I've been there and am there and am sure, I will be there. These are not questions which arise only once. And also these are not questions which can be answered specifically to the point. These are more generic and also divergent.<br>
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</div><a href="http://innervoiceofgrace.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-is-boundary-for-setting-limits-to.html#more">Read more »</a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07448332809744590391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537356449917986425.post-76393607154774159082017-05-24T19:29:00.000-04:002017-05-24T19:29:15.296-04:00God moves the clouds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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God moves the clouds! Yes, He does and so does He move the sun, the planets, everything He created. When I think of God's blessings am only overwhelmed with joy. Count your blessings, Oh, I really can't because those are too many - small and big. In this post I just want to share one testimony on how God can bless any event, moving the sun and the clouds.<br>
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<b>"Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell ofall His wonderful works." Psalm 105:2</b><br>
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