For the baby, even a second away from her feels like galaxies apart. At night, she hugs me tight and sleeps with me. Sometimes she sleeps on me. I am only left wishing she was closer. I could stay awake all night watching her sleep. Often (like in the picture above), she has eyes only for me, and how I love that!!!! Distance is a strict no-no in this mom-baby relationship.
For my sister, I am lucky she resides on the same continent, same country, and same state as I live. She has a life of her own where she lives, and can visit me on a short notice. We talk over the phone and email everyday. I am content with the distance between us at the moment.
For my mom and dad, the last couple years have been a blessing. I've lived away from them for way too long, and the amount of time I spend with them is never enough. The way they take care of their grandbaby is beyond words. We do have issues living together, but I would rather deal with the issues than the stress and worry of having them live away from me and grow old without me around them. Distance is difficult to deal with in this case.
For the husband, we live together in harmony. There is no physical distance, but at times, there is emotional and mental distance. There are things we agree upon, and things we disagree. However, the good surpasses the bad, and that makes it a happy healthy relationship. The baby has brought together a bond which forces us to always be at our best behavior, and only be positive towards each other. Distance (whatever form), in this case, is at an acceptable level (currently).
I wish my bapuji lived closer to me. I also wish my husband's siblings lived closer to us. There are few more people in my family that I care deeply about, and I wish they lived closer to me. Although we are physically apart, we are emotionally connected. Distance makes the heart grow fonder in most of these cases.
My friend P, who lives close to me but not in the same town, is someone I am very fond of. I really miss my daily interactions with him and sometimes I am fed up of always sharing with him over the virtual medium of phone and email. We both lead an extremely busy life, and it seems we never get enough time with each other. I definitely wish he lived right next to me :). Distance kills me in this case!
I have a close friend from college with whom I recently reconnected. There was a reason why we were not in touch, but after so many years, I felt we could move on and initiated an effort. We used to live in the same town and work for the same company all these years, but we never talked or met. He has now moved far away, and that makes it so much easier to get back in touch again. Distance, in this case, is a welcome blessing! Ironic, isn't it?
When I make new friends or lose old ones, I always go through a wave of emotions. When friends move away, or when I move places, it's difficult. It's a relief to have some people out of your life, while it's painful to part away from the ones with whom you share a special connection with. Distance, in this case, is relative!
As I said in the beginning, this word has been a lot on my mind lately. And this post was an effort to pen down some of the thoughts going through my mind.
This is my 100th post on this blog. I don't write often, and so it's taken quite some time to get to the first century. I've enjoyed my journey in the blogosphere so far, and I hope to continue until I can :)!
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