Grief
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: grief, loss, personal
A dear friend of mine lost her twin boys yesterday. They were stillborn at 6 months, for no apparent reason. I cannot find words to comfort her and I really hope that she finds the strength to cope with this huge loss. I cannot even comprehend how you would even start to come to terms with it and carry on. The silver lining is that she is surrounded by her doting family – parents, husband, sister, nephew and niece at this difficult time.
I have been distraught since I heard the news. I couldn’t function normally, did not sleep much and when I finally drifted off, i woke up with a nightmare. Her loss particularly affected me because our circumstances were so similar and i know this would have been practically been her last chance to have a baby. We are of the same age, have one child, both craving desperately for a second (difference being she went ahead with it) and bound by a lot more things in common. I cannot even begin to comprehend what she must be going through.
Her pregnancy was fraught with issues from the word go and she underwent a huge amount of turmoil and upheavel, both mentally and phsyically, because of it. And for it all to end like this is so distressing. I have so much more to say but am going to stop here. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
Happy New Year
10 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: fitness, new year, personal
We stayed up to welcome the New Year with friends this year. It has been a while since we did that and though I struggled to keep awake because of my jet lag, it was nice staying up. We ushered in the New Year with good music, dance, children, fireworkds, good food and friends.
My resolutions this year are mainly around improving my overall health and fitness. A close friend of mine had a very scary episode of thyroid storm recently resulting in a lot of related complications. She is on strong painkillers and has not yet fully recovered. The doctors have no idea about what brought it on nor could they assure her that it would not happen again or warn her about any precautions that she could take. It literally was a near-death experience for her and it left me deeply shaken.
I am skinny and have mostly been skinny all my life, except for a brief period during and after my pregnancy. The reason for this – I am blessed with a good metabolism. I dont exercise much but or follow any particular diets – eating everything in moderation has always been my motto. With age catching up though, I think my luck is running out and I want to do something about it before it is too late.
My focus this year is to get fitter. I have started attending Zumba once a week and I love it. It has been a few weeks and it has been tiring but great fun. I tried the Couch25K program, but failed miserably at it. I would greatly benefit from having a running buddy close by to spur me on, but since I dont have any, I need to keep myself motivated. Gymming is not for me, so running outdoors seems like a good option. I am also thinking of taking up power yoga once a week to mix it up a bit. Hoping that by putting it out here, I can keep to it.
