I am sure the title of the post is self-explanatory. Here’s something you must know before you start reading this post. I am Gayatri Aptekar, a mom to a 11 year old daughter, a wife, a storyteller, therapist, social media buff, avid reader, writer, dancer and foodie. I am someone who enjoys movement, loves to…
3rd September 2018, 9am “Mumma did you have breakfast?” asked my daughter today morning. She’s spending the long weekend at her grandparents’ house assisting them in the Ganesh Chaturthi preparations with all her creativity. “Yes” I mumbled “What did you have?” she asked “Some ladoos and a pear” I replied. “That’s not proper breakfast.”…
“You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.” – Ratatouille She carried the wounds from her past and was chained to the stories that the world wrote for her. Slowly she fell in love with the darkness around. He entered her life…
“Ma, why can’t we leave this house?” asked a teary eyed Disha. “We can’t.” replied Avanti, Disha’s mother. “But why?” she questioned. “It’s my fate.” replied Avanti. Disha quietly went to her room, packed her clothes in a suitcase and wrote a letter *************** Dearest Ma, I remember the first day of your…
There’s a ghost in my daughter’s room. Yes! It’s hiding somewhere. How else can I justify the way the laundry basket in her room fills up every day. Yesterday afternoon I washed a huge pile of clothes and today morning I see the laundry basket overflowing. Further investigation led to this reply “Mumma a laundry basket’s duty…
“Bheeshma pitahma didn’t kill Yudhistir that means he is on our side and we have no threat from him” commented a confident Arjuna Krishna smiled and said, “Parth, this is the challenge that human beings face. They keep replaying the past events and take decisions depending on the past experiences.” A confused Bheem asked, “Govind,…
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly” We all have gone through our share of tough times, haven’t we? Moments when we lost a loved one, a friend stopped talking, a relationship that didn’t work out, a lost job opportunity or a promotion that you didn’t get through. Sometimes…
It began with a dull shoulder ache, slowly moved towards my neck and manifested as a headache. The first few days it was bearable, but as days progressed the pain worsened and it affected by every day chores. As a therapist I was aware that this pain was psychosomatic, which meant that there was an…
I still remember that day vividly. It was a cool Saturday morning when Swapnil said, “Enough! You can’t just live your life, like this. You have to do something about it.” “But what can I do?” I asked “You have to decide that you will do something, maybe a smallest step that you can and…
“A dad is a superhero” I grew up with this belief. Naturally I had created an inner image of a dad, who speaks and behaves in a particular way. The image in my mind was a representation of a father figure which I had created. My Appa never behaved in the way this father figure…