Life is magical

It's been a month since we unsubscribed our DTH connection. It was one of Bharath's hasty decision, feeling unhappy about Srini's cycle test preparation. But having a month gone by, I realize it was a wise one

The initial few days left us furious, as it was not only the child that was addicted to TV but also the elder ones. How come grandparent be restricted from watching mega serials, super singers or Bhakti specials ? The momentary decision of his, affecting my parents, didn't please me much. But they well cooperated and all of us took it as a challenge to streamline our energy into something else. 

It was disheartening to watch Srinidhi stroll here and there for first 2 days like a sad puppy missing her favorite cartoons. She has never been fond of afternoon naps. So she swapped her TV time with cycling. When I am back from office, we together would take up reading for next 1 hr (from my favorite collections). I was surprised by things falling in place neatly. We had not imagined such transformation in our daily routine.

Coming to grandparents.., my mom who would otherwise never step out of house, took up evening walks and chats with neighbors collecting recipes, planning for evening Bhajans and temple visits.

Appa on the other hand, increased his walking time and spent more time with Varsha's cycle rides.

My dear husband who never in his wildest dreams believed that his family would cope-up with this, was in fact the most affected party :). He believed that I would persuade him to activate the connection in 2-3 days. He very much missed his STAR Movies and HBO collections and was puzzled as 'what next'.

But during weekends, we do feel the boredom strike us. Amma today made us sit in a circle during lunch time and narrated us 'Sivapuranam and Thruvilaiyadal kadhaigal'. I remembered the 'nila choru' and childhood days when we used to hear these stories almost every night.

So dear frens, plugging-off the TV did have positives. However, I was tempted to spend more time with gadgets checking facebook / online news etc. ending up with headache and eye soreness. But have learnt to pull myself out of it soon and look forward LIFE with more excitement and love.

Regards,

Lavanya