"Love me without being demanding". This is so complex. I want to be loved in the way I want but I want to love others my way. I am in knots over this myself. But moments of quiet are precious most sought after on birthdays. Your greatest gift Natasha is to articulate beautifully boldly the emotions that many of us feel but dismiss as not paying attention to. You give our fears, our joys voices. Thank you.
uffff, the overwhelming thought of becoming everything one wants to become. sun ke hi pet aur dil bhar gaya. May you find all these versions getting along next year. I hope you'll enjoy them jostling for space till then and tell us how it went.
I don’t know what to say - i’ll say that i smiled a lot (seen & unseen); going to buy jamuns & litchies from Thelas & carrying mangoes for your dentist has stayed with me. “no need to titillate you further” made me lol. All of it carried your voice over to me, now that i’ve heard you live as also been addressed in your voice. Yes, you’re wonderful & huge in your gifts. Keep sharing & celebrating your life, for you, for us. Mwaaaah with a birthday kiss 😘
"Love me without being demanding". This is so complex. I want to be loved in the way I want but I want to love others my way. I am in knots over this myself. But moments of quiet are precious most sought after on birthdays. Your greatest gift Natasha is to articulate beautifully boldly the emotions that many of us feel but dismiss as not paying attention to. You give our fears, our joys voices. Thank you.
Thank you for your generous sweetness, Charulatha
I loved reading this. As a father of teenagers I feel like I'm in the middle of this. Oh wait, I actually am, I'm 47!!!! Lol.
Love the line - 'mothers and others know what I mean.' happy birthday professor!
How lovely this is Natasha. I love it all and these are my favourite lines. What magic.
"I did not respond to all the birthday messages.
Sometimes nice things overwhelm me.
I need to stay with my quietness.
“Please be nice to me without being so demanding,”
I said to everyone without saying it to anyone."
Thanks!
Happy birthday. Glad to find you here, via Amitava.
Lovely to meet here, Beth!
Very belated wishes Natasha 😊 thankyou for always inspiring me to be myself by so fully being you ❤️
happy birthday! 🩷 and thank you for this lovely lovely piece
Happy birthday again, Natasha! :))
uffff, the overwhelming thought of becoming everything one wants to become. sun ke hi pet aur dil bhar gaya. May you find all these versions getting along next year. I hope you'll enjoy them jostling for space till then and tell us how it went.
Happy birthday, Natasha! Power of personal writing - we can come up with a birthday on any day of the year! 😀
'Rice, chicken and mangoes with my hand'. A simplicity and a luxury and now my urge :)
I don’t know what to say - i’ll say that i smiled a lot (seen & unseen); going to buy jamuns & litchies from Thelas & carrying mangoes for your dentist has stayed with me. “no need to titillate you further” made me lol. All of it carried your voice over to me, now that i’ve heard you live as also been addressed in your voice. Yes, you’re wonderful & huge in your gifts. Keep sharing & celebrating your life, for you, for us. Mwaaaah with a birthday kiss 😘
"Be nice to me without being demanding", my new favourite thing to say to everyone, all the time :)
Happy fake birthday, we should have more of these 🩷
Lovely! May you become even more you with each passing day and year!
Writing lopsided poems without provocation is the best return-gift-wish ever! <3 <3
Now you have me craving for mangoes in November. 😭 Happy fake birthday, birthday twin. 😆🤗