Now At last

     Its been a long time since I came here. Just picked myself an Id and an account, because everyone was doing the same. Then lost my interest just the same not even a day later. Whimsical and not surprising, since I had the attention span of a gnat.
    
     Never struck my fancy too, as I did not consider myself to be that person. I used to think that "that" person would know what to talk or would in the least have something to always talk about. Now my attention span is that of a gold fish. I think.
       
      My mom used to (and still does) tell my sister and I to read the news paper every single morning
when we were little.Not just any newspaper, she had The HINDU special delivered just for "us". Going to school in itself was a chore and on top of this The Hindu? It was an easy decision to make. NO.We had a rule at our house, that we would never be without choices. My mom being the generous choice giver, told us it was either The Hindu or Dictionary. What a choice it was. I would rather, even now, stare at the wall than peruse the newspaper. So, obviously the Dictionary it was. I never really paid much attention to the Dictionary, as it was a constant in my life. A "thing" that's always on the table near the T.V and is left untouched(at least by us) unless my mom disturbs it.
     
     Thus began my fledgling interest in words. When left with no choice, my mom in front of me, and the "it" at my lap I gave up the fight and settled on reading the allotted  (any) 5 words of my choice. The routine continued intermittently for the next few weeks whenever my mom could spare the time to make us sit. By that time, as any 90's kid would know and remember, "The Harry Potter" fever was spreading even through my little town. Though it was only after a couple of years after the initial release, I had the Sorcerer's Stone in my hands finally. When I thumbed through it, there was this magical word that sounded and seemed alien. "Reckon" was too much out of the norm for me and I just "had" to know what it meant. Willingly for the first time, I took the "it" and found its meaning. From then on, the "it" slowly changed to dictionary and finally to something I love. As I grew up, I could say I grew up along with the magical kids and tarantulas and unicorns. My love for the series is not something I can write in just a page and I would like to talk about it some other time in a reaally long post. Until next time.

Listen to this lovely song if possible - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqU6WNVK5Y

Sowndharya

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