Randy Pausch, ‘The Last Lecture’: The Parent Lottery

I read Randy Pausch’s ‘The Last Lecture’ on a flight. The lecture was on achieving your childhood dreams. He wrote ‘I was born with a winning ticket, a major reason I was able to live out my childhood dreams’. He beautifully describes how he won the ‘parent lottery’ as he got the best, most encouraging … Continue reading Randy Pausch, ‘The Last Lecture’: The Parent Lottery

A Thousand Full Moons: My Mother at 84

When I said I would be in Kochi for my mother’s 84th birthday a friend of mine said ‘it is a very important birthday to celebrate. At 84 a person has witnessed a thousand full moons’. Wow, what a wonderful concept and sure enough the day before we saw the thousandth moon. To be healthy, … Continue reading A Thousand Full Moons: My Mother at 84