Another year goes by. This year too was one of the relatively quieter ones.
Professionally, struggled with my career and tried to navigate my way around some of the challenges around getting accepted within the Corporate Strategy team to work on my dream job. Finally, after failing to make much progress, made another switch to our new Ford Pro Organization. While it is not my dream job, I am hoping it will lead to good things in life. While I don’t count that stint as a sucessful one, I did participate in the group’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts and lead my first ever sub-committee and created a concept for a forum for the broader team to unofficially get to know one another and increase a sense of belonging within the group. I regret that I had to leave before the initiative took flight officially. But, the best takeaway was the relationship I developed with Nancy Gage.
Personally, we lost Minu Pishi this year. But, on a positive note, reconnected with my cousin, Mum. We leveraged our mutual passion for our family history to create a family photobook along with brief bios and curated memories from our parents to keep as family memorabilia. This year, Whisky turned 5 years old! Luca is now 3! Can’t believe I have had these two in my life for so long! Also reconnected with three old friends – Jan Hazekamp, Simran Kaur and Sudipta Pal. Felt good to connect with them after 4, 6 and 5 years respectively. On another note, as a second year home owner, this has now started feeling like home. Of course with the pandemic, and working from home, the dogs helped make it feel that way. Most of all, this year belongs to my relationship with Nancy Gage and Willie Hahn. Though I developed a friendship with Nancy through work back in 2018, it was this year that they became family away from family. From dinners at Ashoka to Nancy’s Samosa Pie and all her varied recipes, they have become much more than just friends. They even went to the trouble of celebrating my birthday with a beautiful decadent chocolate cake (Willie’s favorite) just because I had no one else to make it special for me! Heartfelt thanks to them for everything that they do for me!
Finally, another year of not seeing my father but still, with all our vaccines and boosters either complete or on track, hopefully, next year we can finally meet.
As we learn to live another year without you next to us, your presence is missed, your touch is yearned... You would have frolicked, you would have made a fuss, but know that every day and every moment, you are most fondly remembered...
Musings of a confused nut! 