Hello Dear Friends!
Hope and pray that you got the SECRET of Happy life and Enjoying it with all the grace and gratitude!
What is Secret of life?
Secret of life is one and only "the LOVE"
Which be the source to creation of life.
Which give Meaning to life.
Which give Reason to life .
And which Glorify the life with it's beauty and magic!!!
All worldly materials and luxuries can give our body comfort but Noting of it give Peace to our soul!
This does only LOVE!
Family in this universe is most powerful SYMBOL of lOVE!
It is not Blood which keep us Connected as family members or Loved Ones .
But It is Only LOVE and Care which keep making us realize that how important we are to each other .
Hope i am not sounding pathetic.
If yes i don't care.
What i want to share is that i am missing my eldest son as now it is more than 6 month we have not met .
He said he will visit us in coming winter before his new academic year.
I am glad he will but this is first time for me to stay away from him for such long time.
So what keeps my breathing little easy is his photos ,videos when he was here and his selfies for which i request him to ask me send at least twice a week .
this photo is from 1994 ,i am holding my eldest baby in our previous house, photo behind is of my mother and father when they were newly married . How swiftly times fly by!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 years old ,previous house ,for 10 years he was my only baby ,we were very good friends to each other ! my whole time and attention were for him ,this made me So Close to him , We understood each other deeply, and i still fee that he occupies special place in my life!
14 years old ,with younger bro who came 10 years after him and the youngest who who came 13 years after him .Also with father who is his ideal personality as he often says!
Before leaving for Germany when he called us to karachi so we can stay with him for month. Unlike boys of his age he is so caring and responsible son and this gives me tears of Gratitude often!
from Germany he send me his selfies whenever i ask for .this one is sunday morning when he finished talking to us on skype and i asked him to send his selfie so i can feel as he is with me in this present day !
While travelling in train
When he found quiet corner in university to prepare for exams
While being in tram
while doing groceries 
from outside his office where he is doing temporary job for 1 month during vacation
while eating thai food in restaurant
He bought 1plus 5t smart phone recently
and i can see the difference in result !!!
Precious fellows thank you for reading my nostalgic thoughts!
please take great care!
Stay Strong because you are !
have happy healthy life each step ahead!
God Bless You All!!!
your son is lovely to send you regular selfies! my boys don't like having their pictures taken at all! It is the hardest thing about being a mum I think, the letting go, the distance between you when they travel and the worrying about whether they will make the right choices in life, loving someone is painful sometimes!
ReplyDeleteagreed my friend!
Deletelove is most appropriate source of pain and pleasure at the same time
joy that it gives to us is above all other resources of happiness and pain that it deliver to our heart is pirecing than any other dagger .
i am moving slowly towards the destination where may only WAIT and MEMORIES will be the only way to cheer my soul up but seems still hardest process and long way to go or actually it depends on the attitude of my son .
the day when i will find him stranger more than my baby i will be loving to live with my memories belong to my precious little baby in my arms
A wonderful post about your family. Being apart can be difficult. It is amazing how fast time goes by. I look at your pictures that were taken in the 1990s. It seems that was not that long ago.
ReplyDeleteso right you are dear Brain!
Deletethe very first touch of him ,first voice of his cry ,his very first step and his following eyes me everywhere as i was center of his existence everything seems as it was just moment ago
such beautiful words and photos Bali,, thank you for sharing with us. Your sons are very handsome,, I miss my son also, he lives quite far from us and I see him only twice a year,
ReplyDeleteDear laurie sorry that you too are in my boat !
Deletehaving little precious souls in arms for long ,sticking with them for certain part of life and feeling them as part of our own being makes hard for us to stay away from them and i am knowing it now
Our daughter moved to England after she married and I missed her terribly as well. I know that feeling, Baili.
ReplyDeleteeither i can relate to your pain my dear Marie!
Deletemy son also has intentions to move to Canada afterwards but i am not sure how serious he is about his decision ,though if it happens he want us to live with him there but we know it is not possible as in this age this huge change of weather can effect us negatively
I wish you could visit your son!
ReplyDeletethis is possible dear Christine but right now it is much preferable to wait his arrival to Pakistan so he can feel at home for at least few days as whether he except it or not he also miss his family and homeland
DeleteI know how much you miss your son. I missed my kids when they left home. I know how much I miss my daughter when she moved to Chicago.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry dear Red!
Deleteeither i can feel your pain !
hope you see them once in a while when they visit you
Missing the one you love is allways hard ...
ReplyDeleteyes dear friend it is HARD always and this is only God's special blessing that when your loved one realizes your feelings and responses back positively
DeleteI agree with you about LOVE - it is everything. Wonderful post and i really enjoyed your son's selfies and your photos when he was young. Three of my sons now live several states away and we see two of them, just about once a year if that and the other one more often because he comes to California about twice a year. My fourth son lives about an hour away so that makes me happy he is around closer.
ReplyDeletei am happy for you my dear Sandy that at least one of your son live close by so you can see him regularly whenever you want .
Deletei bet this is life pouring experience for a mother and nothing else can give her such pleasure except seeing her kids around no matter how old they get
Baili you are such a loving soul. :) Of course you miss him! So nice that he sends you those photos! You are so right, being "blood relatives" isn't what makes family, it is love. I know that, I live that way! :) Take care my friend!! xx
ReplyDeletethank you dear Rain!
Deleteyes i feel so blessed that whenever i ask him to show up he does ,may God bless him with true peace of mind and prosperity in life each step,amen
Good looking young man, I'll bet he is pretty smart as well.
ReplyDeletethank you dear Joe!
Deletebelieve me he is, by the grace of God!
You are blessed to have a wonderfully respectful son. Most young men his age would not send selfies, or at least not for long. They might do it at first to appease their Mother but it would soon stop. I wish him a wonderful and successful life with good job and loving family when he is ready. It seems like he would make some lucky girl a wonderful husband someday. Just thing a new daughter-in-love (as some say instead of daughter-in-law) for you to love too. It is unfortunate for me (or maybe I am lucky) that I do not have anyone to be missing and fill me with emotion or worry. Most family are estranged for various reasons and I have to distance myself to prevent being broken hearted. Sometimes it saddens me and at other times, when I can not think about it, it just doesn't matter and I am happy. Such is life. Be blessed and enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteI agree dear Carol that mostly young man do not care as much for the feeling of mother as my dear son does and for this i feel so blessed and deeply grateful to my God !
DeleteIn my life i loved my all relationships so strongly but it is certain that never got same love from them ,and may be this is why when my son be so loving and caring about me i become emotional and tears of gratitude appear in my eyes .
It was my biggest wish of life that may god bless me at least with one person who love me back with same way as i do to him. Never asked for worldly stuff and luxuries just true love
Isn't it wonderful that each child has a special place in parents' hearts? Your son looks very much like his father.
ReplyDeleteso true dear Emma!
Deleteeach child is precious and special for parents !
but this is also true that parents don't get back same love and affection from all children ,each responds according to his own nature though each loes love parents .
my eldest son is special that i don't find a single moment in my life when he misbehaved or did not comprehend my feelings and respected them .
my each heart beat is filled with joy .peace and pray for him ,i love my all children equally i feel he is more close to my soul
I'm so sorry Baili! I can only imagine how much you miss your sweet son! I enjoyed seeing the pictures of him as he travels around during his studies! I do hope that he can get to come home soon, and to bless your heart with his presence. I will be praying for you sweet friend!
ReplyDeletethank you dear Marilyn!
Deleteyes i miss him and sense of missing him runs along with my breathing !
it makes my breathing hard sometime and in such difficult time s i immediately text him and ask him to send me his fresh selfie ,this is truly grace of God that he understand my situation and instead of being irritate he quickly sends me his selfies which lightens up my breathing little bit
Hope you get to see your son soon ! My son also is far away for University (post grad.) We talked via skype. I am so happy that your son is a good man and he loves family and also sends photos to you. He is a handsome young man.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind good wishes dear Angla!
Deletethis is great that your son also keep in touch through net and you can see him though from far once in while ,i often wonder if technology was not as advanced yet?
You miss them so much when they are away my son is in QLD and my daughter is moving to NZ another country in a few months It's going to be lonely as my grandchildren are going too.
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Yes dear Marie!
Deletewhen
Yes dear Marie!
the true value of one we realize in his absence!
i feel for you that your kids are grown ups now and ready to leave the nest ,all that remains is glow of memories in which you see the world you used to have in past
Missing the one you love is allways hard ...
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You have got a lovely family, Baili! Children are always precious! You are lucky to have a son who is making you happy by sending his pictures often! Good luck to his future! I too have got two sons and one is in the US! I can understand you, Baili, take care!
ReplyDeletethank you dear Sandhya for your kind words and support!
Deleteyes i am lucky indeed to have such precious and understandable dear son and for this my gratefulness to my dear God is beaded in my breaths my friend!
hope your son who is in US also keep in touch to make you feel better
yes my friend it is indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, Baili, what a beautiful post about your son. I know you miss him terribly. Our heart aches when our kids leave home. It is not easy! Thank you for sharing all these wonderful images.
ReplyDeletethank you dear Martha!
DeleteWhat a beautiful post, baili. It's lovely to see that your eldest son has grown into such a fine young man and does his best to keep his family ties strong. I understand how much you must miss him, and I think it is very perceptive of you to understand that he will be missing all of you as well. When I went to university, I returned home only three times during the eight month school year because it was a fairly long drive. I was happy to be on my own and independent, but I still missed my family. Both feelings can exist at the same time! It is good that we now have skype. In my day we had one phone for each floor of the residence, shared by a dozen or more girls. Cell phones did not exist :) Some changes are for the better!
ReplyDeletethank you dear Jenny for your sweet kind words!
Deleteyes the new technology has squeezed the distance between loved ones who are far from each other physically !
in our time i agree there were only landline calls and if we had to call someone outside the country it was long trunk call process ,after marriage when i moved to hubby's city i used to call my parents only once in month as hubby had to take me to the public call office because there was no phone connection at home those days
I do agree with you about Love, it is indeed everything.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful post, I enjoyed reading it and seeing all of the photographs. Lovely to see your son's selfies and the photos of when he was young.
I am so fortunate to have family near to me, I cherish every moment with them.
My good wishes
All the best Jan
indeed you are so lucky to have your precious family living close to you Jan this is such a blessing for loving heart
DeleteOf course you miss your eldest son, that's normal.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see him doing many things whilst he's away studying.
Family is the centre os everything.
ReplyDeletewith a good family environment everything will follow.
Have a great weekend
Tem uma famÃlia muito bonita. O segredo da vida é realmente o Amor. E a famÃlia é a trave-mestra desse Amor. Gostei muito das fotografias.
ReplyDeleteUma boa semana.
Um beijo.
thank you dear Margaret,Pedro and Grace for kind response!!!
DeleteI agree - love goes a long way in making us happy, and allows us toe be kind to others. What a wonderful son to set your mind at ease, and to share his life while away from you. You are truly blessed! Hugs...RO
ReplyDeleteDear Ro!
Deletei can never understand that what else can make us happy instead of love ???
once my very close friend who spent his golden years of youth making career instead of making family told me about her piercing loneliness she said
"TODAY I HAVE EVERYTHING BUT NO ONE TO SHARE THIS JOY WITH!
yes happiness is all about SHARING with LOVED ONES and i consider people most lucky who are blessed with ability to LOVE and to be LOVED
I could feel your excitement hearing about your son, who is living far away from you. I hope that he will come to visit you soon. It's really hard to be so far away from the people we love but I see that you are a very strong mother.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed weekday!
Thank you dear Piccolina !
Deleteyes it is hardest part of life when we get away from our loved ones ,distance doesn't kill the warmth of any relationship but the carelessness and i am so blessed that God put love in the heart of my dear son for his family!
I agree that love and family are the most important of all. That is very sweet of your son to send you selfies. I know how much you must miss him. I enjoyed seeing all of your photos here. Hope you have a good week ahead.
ReplyDeleteDear Baili - I do understand how you feel but remember child rearing is series of goodbye to the children from our womb, breast, arms, and finally home. The purpose of childrearing would be to give children confidence so that they can leave home and get independent. To think of these, you are one of the most successful and the happiest mothers as your son seems to be engaged and concentrated in his own business happily with so much love to you in his heart.
ReplyDeleteYoko
Yes, love is all. Thank you for the nice pictures of your son. As a mother I can relate to how you miss him. Thank you also for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeletewonderful post of your family! All the best for your all!
ReplyDeleteDear Baili, your love for your son is so gentle and tender. So special. Thank you for sharing your love with us and also the photographs he has sent from Germany. Peace.
ReplyDeleteDear Dee!
Deletewe cannot clap with single hand for long
this is only the warm and caring response by my precious son who encouraged me to stay connect and rise hopes about his positive reaction
Love is so very important. And yours for your beautiful family is so very clear.
ReplyDeleteI agree dear EC love is base of our life and if you remove it from under the feet of living ,we all be hanging in the dark space aimlessly
DeleteWhat a gorgeous family you have. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
Thank you my friend ,may you enjoy you life with your precious family as well!
DeleteOh Baili, you must miss your son very much. That is the way I feel about Nel right now, as she is in another state for a couple more years, then back home. Your son sounds like such a wonderful person, and how special of him to send you pictures, so you can see is doing well. Keep him close to your heart, dear Baili, and I'm sure he is missing you as well. A mother and son's relationship is very unique and wonderful. I have a son, and we are so close too. My favorite picture of your son was in the quiet corner studying for exams. Do I see snow outside the window?
ReplyDeleteOur children grow up so fast. My girls are in their 30's, oh my! Sending comforting thoughts and a big hug, Baili.
~Sheri
thank you dearest Sherie!
Deleteye a mother son relationship is always so special and this is what i feel about my baby
I think he is my BEST FRIEND :)
yes he is experiencing his first contact snowfall in Munich
A lovely post about your family. Your son is so sweet and caring sharing his life with you in photos :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words! Yes, it is all about Love!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the bond between you and your son is so precious! I'm happy he keeps in touch with you, with selfies! Big Hugs!
Thank you dear Stacy!
Deleteyes it is all about love ,without love there are no meaning of life to me .
i pray that each of us find such deep and strong love of family and friends
What great photos! I love how he wants to share so many things with you and this is his way of bringing you along on his adventure.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Christine!
Deletei feel so blessed that he keep me involve in his daily life which makes me feel so peaceful and happy
Great post!
ReplyDeleteI know you are so proud of him, Baili! As a mom, though, it is hard to see them grow up. :)
ReplyDeleteI like how he posed for pictures for you, so you could see how he is doing.
What a sweet and kind expression he has. I understand why you are so proud of him and love him so much!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how our children grow to adulthood when we mothers still hold that 4 yr. old in our hearts and minds.
ReplyDeleteAs a mother, I know how much we can miss our children. It is very hard to accept that they have grown up and need us less. But that doesn't mean they love us less. Please hold on to your faith and love for your precious son...he will make his way back to you and you will be filled with joy!
ReplyDeleteLove to you dear Baila,
Jane
so true!
ReplyDeleteYour son is such a handsome and intelligent young man -- he will be a big success in the world!
ReplyDeleteBaili I know you miss your son so much! From your pictures I can see he was such a cute boy who has grown up into a great man. You must feel very proud that he is doing so well! I hope you get to see him very soon. It has been over 2 years since I have seen my own parents, and I'm hoping to take my kids to see them this summer. Maybe we will both be reunited with some of our loved ones soon!
ReplyDeleteIt is so natural to miss your children ... Be proud and constant knowing that you have been a good teacher... and now he must make his way alone in the ‘ LOVE’ that you have given him to grow ... He will return when it is his time to be nurtured once more on his journey always to mother.... Lovely post... xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteLove is what makes life worth living, and family is the best of gifts. Your family photos always make me smile. Thank you for sharing them, Baili!
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