Author of the ‘SingingSparrows’
‘I don’t say I’m unique, but i am one of the very few of God’s limited signature editions 😉 I Love to love & hate to hate. Very passionate about animal welfare & lending voice to the voiceless, exploited, suppressed & oppressed. Incurably talkative, a little crazy, a die hard romantic & a perennial optimist. That’s what I am. Folks close to me know that, no matter how hard they try, they won’t ever find another like me! Cent percent one of it’s kind! If I were an element, I’d be radioactive!’ – Teju on ‘Teju’
Being an ardent animal welfare activist, she enjoys spending time with her rescued pets- a hen named Pagli, a rabbit named Black Forest, both which were rescued from a slaughter house and a parakeet named Toa which was found by the road side when still a fledgling, not to mention the other community dogs in her lane. Her husband who is also an animal lover, supports her in her various rescue operations. Her hobbies include writing, singing, painting, sketching & voracious reading. You could reach her at singingsparrows@gmail.com
Singing Sparrows on FB: http://www.facebook.com/SingingSparrows
Teju
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly- Oscar Wilde.
Thanks for the follow. You have a great blog. I am putting a link to your blog on Twitter. I think many of my followers would love your blog. All the best, Wendy McCance
http://searchingforthehappiness.wordpress.com
That’s so sweet & nice of you Wendy, I’m so honored! thanks a lot for the appreciation & i’m glad you enjoyed my blog as much i enjoyed yours 🙂
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Thank you for liking my blog on Captain. i thought it was a touching story.
It sure is & such stories have so strong an effect on me, that by the time i’m done reading it, i usually end up having tears in my eyes…
Teju, really glad to hear about your working with animals. I am very concerned about animals here in the UK and particularly in India (I’ve been many times – my wife is from Punjab)
I’m back in India again soon but this time in Hyderabad doing some work at a school for Dalit children. Hopefully they can be kept from working in building sites etc.
Look forward to seeing more of your posts! 🙂 My Regards
Thanks Peter, & nice to know your wife is from India 🙂 True, animal welfare is really a global concern today. Ironically, in India where they revered in many ways, they are also at the receiving end of a lot of unimaginable cruelty. I’m trying, in my own small ways to improve the lives of animals that i come across & educate as many children around me as possible about animal welfare & other moral issues, for they are but future citizens. Having said that, it’s still a long way to tread, but slowly & steadily we’ll get there…
I’m extremely happy to learn about the noble tasks you have taken up here. You could consider me as another support for the various causes you have taken up here. I’m so glad to have stumbled upon you 🙂
Likewise Teju I am glad I have found you in the world of WordPress!
I will definitely hope that you might be able to offer me any help or advise. Hyderabad hopefully will be followed by more work in India.
Please note my email address and telephone number (on my blog) and feel free to be in touch 🙂 We appear to share similar ideals!!
Sure, I would love to & we sure are birds of the same feather! I’ve noted your contact details and would love to catch up with guys, the next time you are here, in India. I’ll definitely stay connected 🙂
Hey! Nice blog there 🙂
Thank you Tapish & thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Hi Teju,
the feeling is mutual, I feel very grateful to have stumbled upon your beautiful blog. Always lifts my heart to read about other people who are so concerned about the welfare of all creatures. So good to read all about you and your endevours. Thank you for your comments 🙂
Thank you for the kind words 🙂
Love the spunk!!
Thank you Julianna, I’m glad you did. Like wise, i loved your blog, in its entirety, totally awesome! 🙂
“I Love to love & hate to hate.” love this line 😀
You’ve given a unique name to your hen, ‘Pagli’. haha!
Thanks & oh yes, Pagli, she’s totally crazy 😀 , trust me! Very possessive of me. When she’s around, it takes a real courageous person to brave her painful pecks & approach me. She can be really scary! She’s actually a dog trapped inside a fowl’s body, or so my friends used to say… This is one of the many reasons that prompted me to name her what I have! 😀
Thanks for stopping by, do keep visiting 🙂
Hi Teju – thanks so much for taking the time to browse my blog and then hit that follow button. Really appreciate it. Love that you rescued your pets – says a lot about your obviously big-hearted character! Thanks again =D
Thank you so much for your kind words of appreciation though those are some really ‘big’ words. It really means a lot to me. I really enjoyed your awesome blog, adorned with beautiful pics 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, hoping to see you more often…
Glad to meet you! Looking forward to explore your blog….and what I can see is you are fab and you write fabulously. 🙂
Hey Lopa, that’s very nice of you. Just taken to blogging & still exploring the vast world of wordpress. Thanks a lot for keeping me motivated! I must add, you own an awesome blog which is so totally worth reading & relishing! 🙂
Hi Teju. Thanks for the comments, likes and the follow. I’m beginning to read your blogs 😀
Hope to see you around. 🙂
hey Manu, it was totally a pleasure! 🙂
black forest! nice name.. is it a black bunny.. i had one with a single white strip on the forehead.they are very cute smart and most of all- very mischievous
keep blogging.. Have a nice time : )
Hey Sanju, you guessed it right! She’s black & white colored and she’s so adorably cute. Hence the name… 🙂 and oh yes, she’s so notoriously mischievous too! 😀
Thanks for stopping by , posting comments and following.
Your major in English literature is impressive. One of my good friend is also big time animal lover. Lovely name of ur pets. Liked your few blogs and will read more. 🙂 Keep Writing will be good to hear from u more. TC!!! 🙂
Thanks a lot for your motivating words of appreciation. I’m glad you enjoyed my blog as much as I enjoyed yours. Trust me, you own one cool blog & I’ll be back there soon 🙂
Hello Teju, thank you for visiting my blog. I thought I would return the favour and explore yours and I am very glad that I did because it looks like we have a lot in common.
I too am extremely passionate about issue relating to animals, habitat preservation and environment (as they are all connected). I thought it odd that we both have a similar educational background as well. I was an english lit major and went to school for entertainment business management.
I’ve also travelled extensively in India and fell in love with your country. I started my trip in Bengaluru actually 🙂 I would love to live there one day!
WOW Jenny! I’m flattered & I also love the fact that we turned out to be birds of the same feather! How awesome is that! I agree with you, ours is an enchanting, colorful country 🙂
Looking forward to seeing you back here soon, preferably in Bengaluru, we could hang out together and I could even help you shop around, by negotiating the prices in our local language(s) here 😉
So glad that I stumbled upon you, stay in touch & drop by often!
I definitely will! I would absolutely love that!!! I only spent a few days in your city and I would love to go back and stay longer. Enchanting is definitely the right word.
I became fairly decent at bargaining after three months, but I am sure you could still teach me a lot! It’s hard! Once I got used to it, it was really hard to go home and pay the advertised price!! Haha.
Looking forward to read more of your blog 🙂
hahaa bargainig skill is a must have here! 😀
Oh yes, would love to have you here, and I assure you that its going to be totally fun, you’ll enjoy everyday of your stay here! 🙂 Hoping to see you soon… Keep visiting 🙂
Congratulation! I just nominated you for “Wonderful Team Member Readership Award.” Please see my post for your acceptance and participation : http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1788&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2
Thank you so much for this wonderful nomination! I’m super elated & it’s such a big honor to be receiving this award from an awesome blogger like you! 🙂
You are welcome!
Please see my post for your acceptance and participation : http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/team-member-readership-award/
Thank you so much for this wonderful award of appreciation! It’s such an honor to be receiving it from you!
I just added this new feather to my ‘Awards’ page!
From your comments I can feel that you are happy, excited and delighted to receive this nomination. In fact your happiness and excitement makes me happy too. This is the positive side of nomination.
To keep the standard high of this award, I have reduced the no. of nominee from 14 to 5 only. If you like to change this, you can but I think more dilute the credibility.
Have nice time.
I am indeed very delighted to be one of the chosen few from a handful of five! 🙂
And it’s a good thing that you have reduced the maximum number of nominees to five, because I totally agree with you- it does reduces the credibility. I’ve stuck to 5 too. Thanks again.
I have seen that and liked your post.Thank you so much.
Teju,
Thanks for liking my post, Naptime with Zoee. You sound like a very accomplished and big-hearted woman. Your work on animal welfare makes you tops in my book!
Hey thank you so much for such nice & kind words of appreciation. It meant a lot to me. I’m still small compared to the lot of other ‘bigger & larger hearted’ people out there. Hoping to catch up with them one day.
It was so nice to have you around, keep dropping by! 🙂
hi
thank you so much for stopping by…i am so glad you did….nice to meet a person who is so passionate about animals….now that we have met we surely will keep in touch…
take care
Same here, I am equally elated when I come across another passionate animal lover. I’ll definitely stay in touch, it would be my pleasure! 🙂
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Hi Teju, thanks for visiting my blog.. I really appreciate it. But, I’m so sorry they were wrote in bahasa Indonesia, because my weakness in English. 😦
Regards, Aan
🙂 True, sometimes language becomes a barrier, but I thoroughly enjoyed the pictures that adorned your posts!
Oyieeeeee! I have got one more Indian pal on my blogging world. Glad to meet you over here, Teju. Your blog looks pretty interesting with the wide variety of creative thoughts. Keep posting. Have a great Sunday ahead. Cheers.\m/ 🙂
Rahul
hey Rahul, you sure did & I’m just as happy to have stumbled upon you too! 🙂 I’m also glad that you found my blog interesting. Keep coming, like I would to your blog.
Cheers buddy,
Teju
Yeah! That’s for sure, dear. 🙂
Fingers crossed!\m/ 🙂
Rahul
Hi Teju,
Your blog is very nice. Keep blogging, my friend. 🙂
Thank you very much for following my blog. I hope my blog posts are not too disappointing for you. Many blessings and much love to you. 🙂
Subhan Zein
It was entirely my pleasure, dear friend! Your blog is a treat to anyone who reads it, ‘cos it is rich in meanings & values! I so enjoyed it & I’m glad that i stumbled upon you! 🙂
Take care & stay blessed, my friend!
Thank Heaven I am just using skin cell for my experiments. Looking forward for more of your stories about animal (including human).
kc
🙂 I’m really glad that they are limited to skin cells! Thanks a lot dear friend for stopping by. Glad that you enjoyed your visit to my blog as much as I enjoyed yours! Looking forward to seeing you more often!
Fantastic post about yourself.Every thing you mentioned is true .To be loved ,you have to love .Love is the essence of being happy and enjoying a beautiful life.My best wishes.Jalal
Hey Jalal, thank you for the kind words of appreciation. Love, is indeed a universal language, understood by the blind, deaf, mutes and literally anything that breathes. So Glad that you stopped by & hoping to see you more often. God bless 🙂
Teju, you’re one talented writer, I’m glad that you found my blog, and now I found you! Thanks for dropping by at my blog.
xx D
Hey thanks much for the appreciative words! You really are super talented too. I’m glad you liked my blog as much as i totally enjoyed yours! stay in touch! 🙂
I sure will Teju! It’s nice to meet amazing bloggers in the blogosphere, and you don’t want to let them go. hahah xx
Very true, friend! couldn’t agree more! 🙂
Hai Teju, you have a great blog and many awards bloging. I would have a lot to learn from you
Hello dear, thank you for the sweet words of appreciation, I’m really glad that you liked my blog 🙂 Do keep coming.
I love limited editions: they are indeed closest to uniqueness!
hahaa, I agree! 🙂
Thank you for stopping by.
Reading your “about me” makes me feel that you are an inspiration for our generation.
Keep up what you do.
WIll be coming around for more 🙂
Hey Tatsat, thank you for the wonderful words, though I’m not sure how much of it I really deserve. But it felt good though! 😀 Glad that you could stop by.
Hello Teju, I tagged you in a game of tagging! You’re under no obligation to play. I hope you enjoy 🙂
http://sigoese.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/the-tagging-game/
Ah! ‘Teju on Teju’ – the radio frequency from Bengaluru to Toronto has good reception ! Shall check the dial again ! Cheers !
Cheers friend & stay blessed! 🙂
Happy Vijaya Dashami.
On this auspicious day, I have nominated your blog for “Beautiful Blogger award”. If you want to accept the award, please check my blog for rules etc. : http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/two-blogger-awards/
A very warm Vijaya Dashami greetings to you & family too Anil. Thank you so much for the wonderful gift on this auspicious day, it’s truly humbling 🙂
Thank you so much for your Vijaya Dashami greetings. I reciprocate the same to you & all members of your family.
Well, now I’m hooked! It’s heartwarming to know there are others out there with such compassion for animals. I look forward to more of your wisdom!
Thank you so much. It’s my honor to have you around and love to see you more often. I’m happy that you enjoyed my blog as much as I enjoyed yours 🙂
Thank you Teju for visiting my page and leaving me all those nice comments:) Your love for animals and good heartedness is so obvious by your description about yourself:)
Thank you dear friend, the pleasure’s entirely mine & I’m really glad that I stumbled upon you 🙂
Nice to meet you, Teju. I have no idea how we have met, perhaps via Vegan LinkedIn? Via other blogs? Whatever the case, you and I have our love for animals in common. I like your header with the male and female house sparrow: beautiful colours and composition of the birds between berries. I read you go in winter hibernation. May I wish you a wonderful snooze? Make sure you wake up in time for the holiday season.
Thank you dear Paula, the header, well, was chosen with great care & for several reasons, I’m glad you were able to see many of those (one of it being that, the house sparrows featured in here are a couple) & liked it, really appreciate it.
So glad to have stumbled upon you, the best part being the fact that we are birds of the same feather! Sure, will be back just in time 🙂
Hi Teju, thanks for dropping by and reading all those posts.. 🙂 Is there anything you don’t do? From being so fond of animals to sketching to reading to writing to painting to an accomplished HR personnel.. Phew, am glad to be in such esteemed company! 🙂 Love your space from well chosen words to colors to utilization of space, you have an eye for perfection! :-)Hope you come back soon enough from your hibernation and I get to read you often.
Thank you, dear friend, I’m really honored & humbled for you are being very nice. I’ll be back soon & yes, I’d love to add that I loved & thoroughly enjoyed your blog too and I’m eagerly looking forward to visiting your blog once I’m back from my hiatus… Thanks again for visiting & stay blessed 🙂
Good to know more about you.
Thank you dear Roopa, the feeling’s mutual! 🙂
good start! 🙂
Good to know about you! admiring and lively! 🙂 Thanks for being on my blog!
Dear friend, I have nominated you for the “Blog Of The Year 2012” award. See for the rules of that award at my post :
http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/blog-of-the-year-award/
Thank you, Anilji for this lovely honor. Since I’m on a hibernation from social networking (‘cos my exams are just round the corner), it took me some time before I could acknowledge this wonderful award, sorry for the delay. Thank you again for having me on your mind, despite me not being around.
Regards,
Teju
No wonder…why you are so good with animating the Words you write…still waiting for some Multimedia features to be added on…from a Person who can be easily called as an All rounder…!!!
Hey Anjan, thank you for the kind words, I shall try and add up some of the features you suggested as well, once i’m back from my hiatus.
Thanks for dropping by, looking forward to seeing you more often 🙂
Love your blog. Sensible and real.
Thank you TK, I’m really glad you liked it. You have a very, very thought provoking blog yourself. I love stopping by there 🙂
Radio active? Now we are in some big trouble here! I must confess it was a most hilarious piece this one. You tell the story so well. Glad to meet you and see you around. Best wishes to you Teju!
Thank you. This feeling’s definitely mutual, so glad to have stumbled upon you too! 🙂
I have to do this in hindi. Ok?
Teju, Pagli, Blackforest,Toa aur Teju ka darling husband
sabko mera salaam!
hahaa shukriya, Arun! 😀
I’m really glad that you could stop by 🙂
I had to. I would go to my about everyday, read your comment and smile. Take the O out this poet is just another pet. hahaha
But you guys are on a roll, celebrating life with love and compassion. I am overwhelmed.
Salaam! (This will soon change to chumma, like this friend of mine from Bangalore is unstoppable with her chummas, anything good she sees or hears, she has to, you guys are aware, of course)
I nominated you for the “Blog of the year 2012″! visit my blog and check it out!
Thank you so much for the honor, dear Zunaira! it will be cherished always. 🙂
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hi Teju
its good to see someone who is a avid animal lover . your blog is very nice. I am sure you will enjoy mine. i have added u on gmail hope u wouldnt mind
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/language-of-love
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/signs-of-time
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/true-purpose-identity-and-creating-a-difference
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/nature-and-its-beauty
So happy to connect with you, Teju. You have a wonderfully impressive bio, but what speaks to me the most is your adopting/rescuing, from slaughter houses, your new fury/feathery family. I also am an animal advocate, my husband and I have been rescuing dogs from kill shelters for 28 years. Thank you for now following my site as I’m sure your energy there will help with our efforts to get profits to help get more dogs out of kill shelters. Blessings to you. Paulette
Thank you for the wonderful words, dear Paulette. The feeling’s totally mutual & I’m equally elated to have stumbled upon you & your lovely blog! More than anything else, the fact that we are birds of the same feather, who are concerned about the welfare of God’s other feathered & furry children, is what made me really happy. You guys have been doing a lot a kind & noble work, the world needs more people like you. God bless you and all your future endeavors. I’m on a break from blogging & I hope to return in the first week of Jan. Take care till wee catch up again & stay blessed! 🙂
hey Teju, look who I ran into this morning !! Hugs 🙂
hey wow, Pratibha, that’s soo awesome to have stumbled upon you here! It turned out that we are birds of the same feather! Well, since i’m on a break from blogging ( https://singingsparrows.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/on-social-hibernation/ ) till jan, i can’t wait to browse through your blog once i’m back & yours would be the first one i’d get into! 😀
A big bear hug & lots of love 🙂
oh yea, we’ve got to be birds of the same feather! Remember we were best of friends once up on a time while in school?! I think we should catch up some time! 🙂
True, i was such a monstrous brat back then worrying the life of our teachers! You know what we definitely should be catching up & soon that too.
And oh by the way, I did not miss the liberal usage of past tense in your comment like- ‘were’ & ‘once upon a time’… 😀
you ‘were’ & ‘are’ still my best buddy! 😉
take care dear, love & hugs
I have nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Please see this link at
http://wp.me/piVRT-2M6 Congratulations!
Dear Mavis, thank you so much for this wonderful award. I’m really humbled! 🙂
Its holidays and its time for presents! I have nominated your blog for an award… Want to know which award? Surprise! Visit the following link to know your award and grab it if you like it…
http://ganeshraam.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/happy-holidays-happy-new-year/
thank you Ganesh, it will always be cherished! 🙂
Hello Teju,
Happy New Year to you! I hope it is not too late to wish you a wonderful New Year. May 2013 bring you more happiness, love, and success. I would like to thank you because you continue following my blog. I hope my short stories and poems do not disappoint and that your visits in there have been a joyful ride.
My subscription went messed up, and now I am resubscribing, looking forward to reading more of your posts! Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you, Teju.. 🙂
Subhan Zein
Thank you for the wonderful new year greetings! 🙂 Happy, peaceful & blessed new year greetings to you & family too. It’s a pleasure to stop by your blog, dear Subhan which is always brimming with beautiful messages & morals 🙂
Thank you Teju for your kind words. You are one wonderful soul. 🙂 And thank you as well for showing interest in my work. If you like, you may want to consider subscribing to my blog via WordPress Email. The current WP subscription only allows new posts to be displayed in the reader section and many of my fellow bloggers told me that they’re not getting my new posts because of this. I only post 1-2 per week, so I hope the posts won’t inundate your inbox. Please let me know if you are interested, and I shall be happy to send you a brief instruction on how to do it in our upcoming correspondence. Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you. 🙂
Hey Subhan, how could I not be following a wonderful blog like yours? I’ve been following your work since many months now & I do get updates on every new post that you make!
Looking forward to your new post that’s coming up on Thursday! 🙂
Great, Teju! Thank you very much for your kind words. The post is there now. Take care, Teju, many blessings and much love to you 🙂
Subhan Zein
Dear follower, I have nominated your Blog for the “ Illuminating Blogger Award”. For the rules for accepting the award, please visit to my post : http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/illuminating-blogger-award/
Thank you sir for the beautiful award! In my blog, it’s going to shine on always… Will post it soon. Thank you again for this honor & gesture. So glad to know I crossed your mind, while you were thinking of the nominees 🙂
Yes, its true. I always remember some people and try to reciprocate first.What I get, I try to return it. That may be due to my nature.:)
G’day Teju I welcome you to my world and thank you for stopping by and having a look around Downunder, as we call Australia. I love the way you use words and your lovely descriptive posts. I will look forward to following your adventures in life.
Thank you for the kind words, I’m really honored. It’s a pleasure to have stumbled upon you & your wonderful blog!
I look forward to having you along for the journey
Thank you for connecting. I really like your digital space, and look forward to reading more about you via your creativity 🙂
Thank you & I’m really glad that you liked my ‘digital space’ 🙂 Looking forward to see you around more often!
Definitely 😉
I liked reading your blog and found it very interesting. As social customs demand, I would like to appreciate it through a formal gesture by nominating your for the LIEBSTER BLOG award. Please refer to – http://6dimensions.wordpress.com/about/awards/
Awaiting your comments 🙂
Hey Priyank, thank you so much for the recognition, friend! 🙂
It’s truly an honor that’s going to be cherished always.
Just that your blog is named “Singing Sparrows” is reason enough to follow, seeing that I’m a lover of all things feathered 🙂
Thank you. I’m really glad to know that we have turned out to be birds of the same feather, considering the fact that I absolutely adore all things furred, feathered & finned! 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you around more often.
Hey, I nominated you for “The Very Inspiring Blogger Award”. Visit this: http://zunairaafzal.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Good Luck,
Zunaira
Hey Zunaira, I’m so touched by your wonderful gesture. Thank you so much for this award. You made my day! 🙂
Hi Teju, impressive about truly unique .It is nice to spread love and joy. Thank you for liking my post (Women / Atrocious tragedies. ) warm wishes.jalal
Pagli? 🙂
hahaa yes, in Hindi, it means-‘the crazy one’! 🙂 really glad that you could stop by.
Congrats! You are nominated for the “BEST MOMENT AWARD”. If you like to accept it, please visit to the link : http://exxtracts.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/best-moment-award-thanks-to-moment-matters/
Thank you so much for the honor, Anilij and for having me on your mind. It’s a privilege to be chosen in your handful of nominees. 🙂
You are welcome!!
The deserving friends are always comes in my mind. 🙂
Hi Teju, You have been on mind lately so I thought I would pop in and visit. How are you, dear friend? I hope that your life is lovely and that you and your husband and your dear ones are well and blessed. Love, Vivian
Dearest Vivian, my apologies for the late reply. I’m doing great & so are all my loved ones! Hoping the same with you.
Well, my second semester exams are round the corner (commences from the 11th of June), and I was busy preparing myself for the same. Subjects this time are not-so-interesting, therefore its calling for greater efforts from my side. I’d be done with them by this month end…. just can’t wait to be back.
Lots of love, Teju
Hi there I have nominated you for the “Two very Special Awards”. Thanks for having such an enjoyable site to share with everyone. Please find the information on the below link if you choose to accept the award nomination.
http://wp.me/p3up8i-72
Hope to continue reading brilliant stuffs from you as always.
Love,
Shivani Panchmatia
Hi Teju. Thanks for stopping by my blog. 🙂
Your writing is inspiring. Stay connected!
It was my pleasure! Thank you 🙂
Where are you?
Asha, you know where I am! No seriously, will be back soon, dear pal! 🙂
Hi Teju ! I have an award for you 🙂
http://inspiredandpretty.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/an-award/
Wow! that’s such an honor! thanks a lot for this very wonderful, touching gesture. I’ve always believed in our WordPress ‘family’. This award therefore, means a lot. Thanks again, dear friend, will post it soon! 🙂 🙂
Teju, may your new year be spiritually prosperous and so very abundantly blessed! I have not seen you any postings by you my sister but I always keep you and your family in my prayers…God bless!
Such a long time Teju! I was away from WP for a while. Just catching up with old WP friends.
How are you!!