by Prasanta | Jan 20, 2022 | Hope
An Airport Scare I was in the Atlanta airport just before Thanksgiving week when rumors of an active shooter circulated, forcing all inside to evacuate. I had dropped off my luggage with the skycap in front of the terminal, something I usually don’t do, but there was...
by Prasanta | Nov 23, 2021 | Beauty, Belonging, culture, Ethnicity, Gratefulness, Identity, Uncategorized
The leaves in fall.The smell of hot coffee,freshly baked bread,and cinnamon.Eyes that smile.Laughter.Fuzzy blankets.Dappled sunlight.Friendship.Good news.Flowers.Old trees.Grandmothers.Tea.Pecan pie.Music.Poetry.Brown skin.Brown eyes.Black hair.Your name.Your...
by Prasanta | Nov 22, 2018 | Gratefulness, Poetry, Thankfulness
by Prasanta | Nov 14, 2018 | Community, Encouragement, Family, Friendship, Gifts, Growing up the South, Identity, Immigrant Stories, Life, Loss, Memories, Stories about home, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Gently the dark comes down over the wild, fair places, The whispering glens in the hills, the open, starry spaces; Rich with the gifts of the night, sated with questing and dreaming, We turn to the dearest of the paths where the star of the homelight is gleaming....
by Prasanta | Mar 12, 2018 | Beauty, Five Minute Friday, God's love, Gratefulness, Thankfulness, Wonder
Tired, tired, everyone is tired. It almost sounds cliché. How can we all be so tired? We are tired partly because everyone is busy, overstretched beyond our limits. We are tired because of the perception or idea that “being busy” is equivalent to...
by Prasanta | Nov 23, 2017 | God, God's Faithfulness, God's love, God's promises, God's Word, Gratefulness, Poetry, Prayer, Thankfulness
What are you thankful for today? Thanksgiving is a day set aside to pause, reflect, and to give thanks to the giver of all good gifts. * for the calm within a swirling storm for abiding peace amidst wars within and without for the everpresent source of strength when I...
by Prasanta | Aug 11, 2017 | Summer, Thankfulness, Time
If I hadn’t walked outside, I would have missed it: this beautiful sight of a rose covered with dew. The morning is cool and gray, and this is a welcome splash of color, a bit of sunshine on the ground with pearly clouds swirling above. But if I had not walked...
by Prasanta | Apr 25, 2016 | God's love, Thankfulness
My son and I were en route to Cincinnati one day last week when the tire pressure light on the dashboard turned on. I “just happened” to be about a ½ mile from an exit, and I “just happened” to spot one of those large auto/truck gas stations at the exit, which happen...
by Prasanta | Nov 29, 2014 | Thankfulness
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
by Prasanta | Dec 24, 2012 | God's love, One Thousand Gifts, Quotes
“It seems, then,” said Tirian, smiling to himself, “that the Stable seen from within and the Stable seen from without are two different places.” “Yes,” said the Lord Digory. “Its inside is bigger than its outside.”...
