Happy birthday to the one who captured my heart and continues to hold it captive!

Happy birthday to the one who captured my heart and continues to hold it captive!

Time flies by when you’re having a good time. This is especially true when you’re spending your time with the one you love most. 

You’ve accompanied me through all the good and bad times of life. You’ve always been there for me when I needed you and I’ve always stood by your side through your difficult days. Our hearts are connected for infinity. Thank you for helping us pass those hurdles and get all of us there to have a fantastic life!

Age does increase each year, And so is our love for one another. As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that I promise will never change and that's our love and understanding for each other.

We are the best team, a partnership like no other with the strongest alliance. You are always there for me, and I'm always there for you. The best part of my day is waking up beside you each morning. You are my everything and I just want you to know how much I appreciate and value you, for everything that you do for us.

There may not be a better day than today, on your birthday, to tell you just how much you mean to me and how much I love you. Thank you for everything that you do for us, my lovely wife.

Happy birthday to you with all my love.! 

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

Happy 2 you, Ansh!

I don’t even know where to begin this post. It’s your 2nd birthday Ansh and I already have millions of things and thoughts to express! 

Two years ago on this day, we welcomed most precious, our second bundle (“LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕”) of joy in our life, Ansh! We knew life would change after having 2nd but we never understood the extent of how much you can love something until you came to our life.  We thank god every day for gifting this bright, smart and handsome boy !!

Our day usually starts seeing you sleeping in the bed because you are one of those kid who go to bed late in the night (some time mid night) and wake up very late in the morning. By the time you wake up, I would have finished some of my office meetings, Aarav would finish is half of the school time, and Mumma would finish her most of the kitchen work. We all knew once you wake up, either we would be behind you or you would be behind us :) 

I don't think, I need to mention how much you love the cartoon, rhymes, Hindi song (Har Har Shambhoo was your most favorite), Telugu song (Natu Natu has been your most favorite), This song is a great tool for us to make you happy when you are sad or in cry or cranky mood. How would I forget "Tarak Maheta Ka Ulata Chasma". You love this serial. I don't know whether you understood or not you and Aarav watches this TV serial every single day. You use to tell us "Ta Tata ta ta tata tatataaa" I must mention that, the only reason why Aarav understood Hindi language is because of this TV serial :)

Many things you learn over last year, pulling your mom's hair, especially when she tried to change your pants, and believe me its too hard, Lisa use to sought help from me and Aarav! You will laugh when you read this post Ansh. Say sorry to Lisa when you read this, Ansh! :)

Some of he words you learn last years are

1. Tarak Maheta Ka Ulta chashma is  "Ta Tata ta ta tata tatataaa"
2. Natu Natu is "Tati Tati"
3. Thank you is "Than Too"
4. Bhai is Bhai (no change here)
5. Bye is Bye (No change here)
6. Mumma is "Lisa" - No matter how many times we asked to say Mummy or Mom but you always use to say Lisa
7. Daddy is "Ani" - I love when you say Aniii

I can go on an on with words but let me stop here and say "Wishing you a very happy Birthday Ansh Beta". You are awesome, fun loving, energetic (keeping me and Lisa busy all the time 🙂), active and happy kid.

You are Naughty as ever and still the apple of everyone’s eye, You manage to smile so easily. In the melody of our lives, you are the sweetest note ! Happy Birthday to you my sweet son Ansh. You and Aarav are the lights of our life and we are proud of you both. You both have infinitely made us stronger and better individuals, we look forward to each and every day we spend together. You and Aarav both together brings more love and happiness to our life than you will ever know.

Wishing you a bright future with lots of friends, fun, happiness ! Happy 2^nd Birthday Ansh. Love you to the moon and back again a million times over.

Love you..

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

Happy 1st ANSH

Happy 1st Ansh 💗

One years ago on this day, we welcomed most precious bundle of joy in our life. We knew life would change after having baby but we never understood the extent of how much you can love something until you came to our life.  We thank god every day for gifting this bright, smart and handsome boy !!

Lisa and I were waiting for your arrival in this beautiful world. Time was challenging due to pandemic but we had happy excitement and was waiting for your arrival in the month of May, 2021. You are the sweetest gift from God made our life more colorful. You brought us lots of joy and happiness in our life. 

This first year spent with you as the newest addition to the family has been magical. There is always something special about seeing you sleeping so peaceful. You wouldn’t like to go bed until late night. You are Naughty as ever and still the apple of everyone’s eye, You manage to smile so easily. In the melody of our lives, you are the sweetest note !

We have all your photos saved from first year and will keep doing for years to come. When you grow up, you will be amazed to you see all such memorable cute photos and videos that we have captured for you. Your sweet laugh photo, Your cute smile photo, your bath time photos, peaceful sleep photo, sleeping on your tummy photo, your play time with Dady's laptop photo, your first crawl video, photo's at your favorite place at home (Dishwasher and refrigerator door:)), Many photos with your grandparents and many other sweet memories. 

You know in the years to come when you look back, that you have been the center of our universe from the very beginning. 

You stopped your afternoon nap time just because you did not want to miss, seeing Aarav coming back from School. You started waiting for him, when you see Aarav back from school.. that's it... :) you starts shouting, laughing, dancing and even saying something (may be you were expressing your happiness and trying to say something in baby language :)) We could see the excitement and joy on your face seeing Aarav back from school. You want Aarav to hold you up in his arm and play with you. What a joyful and happy play time!   

You’re only 1-year-old and I can already tell that you’re going to have a huge impact on this world. I love you unconditionally until the end of time, my darling son.

Love,

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

Happy Morther's Day ! શબ્દકોશમાં માત્ર માં નો શબ્દાર્થ મળશે, માં નો ભાવાર્થ તો હદયકોશમાં જ મળશે.

Thank you Mom,  You’ve brought a smile and made my days seem brighter. This day belongs to you, and all the mother's in the world. Happy Mother's Day!

Its not easy to describe how much you mean to me, may be its because you mean more to me than words can describe. Through your strength I have learned to never give up, even when faced with toughest challenge. 

Thank you for always being there. When I was scared, you comforted me, When I was sick, you healed me, When I was tired, you carried me to my bed. When I was heartbroken you, reassured me that everything will be ok. 

Mom, you have the hardest job in the world and yet you do everyday without asking for anything in return. Thank you for supporting me in all of my endeavors, Thank you for encouraging me to never give up on my dream. 

"Mom, you are the best un the world" - Aarav, your loving son! 

ઈશ્વર દરેક જગ્યાએ પહોંચી શકતા નથી, એટલે જ તેણે માતાનું સર્જન કર્યું છે. માતા ભગવાન દ્વારા માનવજાતને આપેલી એક શ્રેષ્ઠ ભેટ છે.

માતાનો પ્રેમ, ત્યાગ અને તપસ્યા સામે આપણે ગમે તે કરીએ તે ઓછું છે. આપણને આ સુંદર દુનિયામાં લાવનાર અને માણસ બનાવનાર તે માતા પ્રત્યે સન્માન અને પ્રેમ વ્યક્ત કરવા આમ તો કોઈ વિશેષ દિવસની જરૂર નથી હોતી, પરંતુ મધર્સ ડેના દિવસે આપણી લાગણીઓ રજૂ કરવા ની એક તક મળી જાય છે

સહેલુ નથિ એ કહેવુ કે કેટલૂ મહત્વ મા તારુ મારા માટે છે. તમારા માથી મે દુનિયા જીવતા શિખ્યુ અને મારા મતે મે જિતતા પણ શિખ્યુ. ખરાબ સમય મા કેવિ રિતે પરિસ્થિતી નો સામનો કરી આગળ વધવુ એ પણ શિખ્યુ 

મારા જીવન મા મારિ સાથે રહેવા માટે ખુબ આભાર. જ્યારે હુ ડર્યો છુ, તમે હિંમત આપી છે. જ્યારે હુ માંદો પડ્યો છુ, તમે મને સ્વસ્થ કર્યો છે. જ્યારે હુ થાક્યો છુ, તમે મને આરામ આપ્યો છે. જ્યારે પણ હુ ટુટ્યો છુ, તમે મને બળ આપ્યુ છે. 

તમારી જોબ દુનિયા નિ સહુથિ અઘરી જોબ છે. મારા જીવન મા મને બળ આપવા, મને સાથ, સહકાર અને હિંમત આપવા માટે ખુબ ખુબ આભાર

શબ્દકોશમાં માત્ર માં નો શબ્દાર્થ મળશે, માં નો ભાવાર્થ તો હદયકોશમાં જ મળશે.

તમારા લાડલા,

ધવલ-અંકિત-માનસિ

New book of 365 pages, lets starts writing happy chapters - Happy New Year!!

 

2022 has finally arrived with tipple 2!!!. New year always bring new challenges in many fields which will allow us to learn and grow even more!! 

Like every other new year, this year also gave us another new book with 365 pages. Lets start filling up each pages with love, joy, happiness and with good health. We have been given another new years with huge potential 

This time of the year is filled with moments of celebration, reflections and resolutions- all of which are great for inspiration and making the necessary changes one has been thinking about in the past year. It is also the time to assess the year that has passed and make changes, adjustment to write new 365 pages book for 2022!!

Everybody expect life to have smooth way, nobody expect their life to have painful bumps like a 'ROLLER COASTER' ! Things may go wrong in life, everything is up and down in life. Every year has new challenges and opportunities with lots of fun and learning. Everyone knows how difficult last 2 years have been with pandemic. We all have experienced this unusual time and learned so many things, some usual way, some hard way. Well, "You learn in any case". 

In 2021, we welcomed our new family member our second son "Ansh". Aarav became elder brother to cute Ansh. ANSH brought lot of happiness in our life. While ANSH holds our hand just for a short time, he hold our heart till infinity! Aarav likes him to hold his finger and plays with him with priceless happiness. Aarav is turning 8th next month. Ansh is 7 month and turning 1 in  summer! Stay tuned for their birthday posts in new year!. AaravAnsh both are having great time together.

AaravAnsh 💕

Like every other year this year was also an awesome year together, we had lots of fun and many good learning experience… ! Most of them are really nice in terms of learning!! Let’s all step back for a few moments and think, list down all major good/bad events occurred to individual’s life. I must say… every event would teach you something to learn and accept few things.. whether it is good or bad. Good events teaches us how to share, celebrate and enjoy quality time while bad events teaches us even more… like how to react, fight though time, learn, accept and how to move forward with all set of new positivity. I strongly believe It’s a matter of how you look at it together!!

2021 was probably most rough year for many people but I am hopeful 2022 would turn out to be better for humankind. Pandemic has changed preferences and now people look for prioritizing purpose, health and meaningful integration of work and health and life. Value of INVALUABLE health is only realized when one loses it! Isn’t that true for almost everything in life! Lets make most of it while we all have it!  Lets all give some time for betterment of our health!

Wishing you a very happy, healthy and peaceful 2022!!

Love from our heart to yours!

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

LisAnk-AaravAnsh  💕 

Ten little fingers and ten little toes, With Love and blessings our family grows!! We are proud to announce the arrival of our baby boy "ANSH" on 18th May 2021. We are now LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕  

A newborn baby give you a totally different perspective on life and the reason you wake up each day. ANSH brought lot of happiness in our life. While ANSH holds our hand just for a short time, he hold our heart till infinity! Aaarav likes him to hold his finger and plays with him with priceless happiness. ANSH started making eye contacts and reacting with us. Fun unlimited already started!! We have this beautiful and cute new addition in our family with lot of fun, love and happiness! We are blessed!!

ANSH have been keeping us busy, most of the day he sleeps and not letting us sleep in the night  :) of course, because he wants to play in the night. Aarav is having full fun time with little brother. Having brother is a having friend for your life... I know this personally as I myself a younger brother to most responsible and loveable elder brother. You can read my last blog post for my brother here

Aarav is proud big brother with more responsibilities :) And we must admit that he already already started taking care of so many things. Because Aarav has brother, he will always have friend! We are very excited to see they share the memories and grow up dreams!

With love from our hearts to yours.. 💕 

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

Happy Father's Day - 2021 - "બાપ તમે મારા ને દીકરો હુ તમારો"

બાપ તમે મારા ને દીકરો હુ તમારો 💕

(ગુજરાતિ અનુવાદ માટે નિચે સ્કરોલ કરો...)

Dear Dad,

You promised yourself to do something specific and you vowed that you would do it differently than your father and you did it! Nobody was graduated in family but you promised you would do and make sure all your kids would graduate and provided them good education.! Though situation was not in favor you still decided to provide higher education to one of your kid. You and Big brother picked me and pushed me to peruse further higher in study. As result I am an successful engineer today. Whatever I am today is because of you, big brother and Mom! 

I still remember those days when you wake up in the night, put some pocket money in my bag before I leave for college study. You use to pay Rs 2 to fix your shoe so it last more month so that I can buy brand new shoes. You never took day off to make sure my college fees are paid regularly. You never bought anything for yourself but always make sure you buy things for us (even before we ask). We never saw you tired but still managing all challenging situation financially! You never stopped! You never got tired! We never saw you demotivated! You always thought us to fight the situation and raise up, be a kind human and help as much as you can! 

When I sit back and remember all the countless times that you carried us on your shoulder we being your kid convinced You are our Super Hero! The man that always encouraged us to be good human being and encouraged us to reach for the goals is YOU! Remembering the poem I wrote for you in last Farhter's day! "બાપ તમે મારા ને દીકરો હુ તમારો" ! 

On this father's day when I reflect back, my mind swirls with memories with full of treasure! Simply put, you have give me happy life, Dad and I love you. You are my hero and I can't thank you enough!

ગુજરાતિ અનુવાદ..

પ્રિય પપ્પા,

તમે નક્કિ કરેલુ કે તમે તમારા પપ્પા કરતા કઈક અલગ કરશો, અને તમે કર્યુ. આપણા પરિવાર મા કોઈ પણ ભણેલુ ન હતુ,પણ તમે નક્કિ કરયુ કે તમે તમારા છોકરાઓ ને પુરતુ ભણાવશો અને તમે એ કરયુ ભલે પરિસ્થિતિ કેવી પણ હતિ. તમે એક ને જ ઉચ્ચ કક્ષા નુ ભણાવિ શકો એમ હતુ અને તમે અને મોટા ભાઈ એ મને આગળ ભણાવા નુ નક્કિ કરયુ. આજે હુ જે કાઈ પણ છુ એ માત્ર ને માત્ર તમારા, મોટા ભાઈ ના અને મમ્મિ ના લિધે જ છુ.

મને હજિ એ દિવસો યાદ છે, રાત્રે તમે ઉઠી ને મારિ બેગ મા મારા ખર્ચ ના પૈસા મુકિ દેતા હતા, સવારે હુ એમ જ કોલેજ ના જાતો રહુ એટલે. તમે તમારા ચપ્પલ ને ૨ રુપિયા આપિ ને સાંધો મરાવિ દેતા હતા અને મને નવા ચપ્પલ અપાવિ દેતા. મારિ કોલેજ ફિસ ને પહોચિ શકો એટલે તમે એક દિવસ પણ આરામ નથિ કરયો. તમે તમારા માટે કયારે પણ કાઈ લિધુ નથિ, પણ તમે અમને બધુ જ શક્ય અપાવ્યુ છે. અમે તમને કયારે પણ થાકેલા નથિ જોયા છતા બધિ જ પરિસ્થીતિ ને સરલતાથિ પસાર કરતા. તમે તમારિ બધિ જ જવાબદારિ હરેક પરિસ્થિતિ નો સામનો કરતા કરતા પુરિ કરિ છતા અમે તમને કયારે પણ ઉદાસ કે દુખિ નથિ જોયા. તમે હમેશા અમને પરિસ્થિતિ નો શામનો કરવા નુ અને એક સારા માણસ તરિકે સમાજ મા જીવવાનુ શિખવ્યુ છે. ઘણિ વખત હુ તમારિ સાથે બહેસ પણ કરતો પણ હંમેશા તમે ગમ ખાતા શિખવ્યુ. ગમ ખાવા ના અધભુત ગુણ થિ તમારુ વય્કતિત્વ અને સ્વભાવ અમને અને સમાજ ને ઘણુ શિખવે છે. તમે કયારે પણ મારિ વાત ને ટાળિ નથિ અને મને, ધવલ ભાઇ અને માનસિ ને ખુબ જ પ્રેમ આપ્યો છે.

સંઘર્શ બધો તમારો અને આનંદ બધો અમને..

દુખ બધા તમે લિધા અને શુખ હંમેશા અમને..

કરકસર બધિ તમારે અને નવિ વસ્તુ હંમેશા અમને..

ઠિગડા તમારા ઝભ્ભા ને અને નવા કપડા અમને..

તમે અમને જીવન આપ્યુ એમા ભરપુર આનંદ પુરયો... અમારા જીવન ના સુપર હિરો ને ખુબ ખુબ પ્રેમ.. લવ યુ પપ્પા.. 💕

Love you Dad 💕

Dhaval-Ankit-Mansi 

InspirationWithAnkit

Happy Brother's Day "મોટા ભાઈ"

Dear Friends,

Happy Brother's Day! A couple days late on posting this. 

Let me begin by sharing a happiest update that Lisa and I are blessed with baby boy last week on 18th May, 2021. Aarav is now elder brother to ANSH! What a great blessing in the week of Brother's day!  Aarav has got a younger bother "ANSH" and we are now LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

This post is for my elder brother, Dhaval Gopani. To a brother like you is a blessing! To me, you are my guardian angel who always protects me from every sadness and sorrow. I could still remember the days when you protected me even before I felt for a need of protection!! I still remember the first mobile phone (from your earned money) you gave me when I was in engineering college, not because I had a need but because you wanted to make sure I run along with the world. 

In good times we enjoyed together while in the bad times we shared our pain together and learned from mistakes. This one is for you, Big..B !!!

Lots of love from my heart to yours!

LisAnk-AaravAnsh 💕

Happy Mother's Day! - મા તે મા બીજા બધા વગડાના વા !

જગતમાં સર્વપ્રથમ અને બાળકના મુખમાંથી નિકળતો પ્રથમ જો શબ્દ હોય તો તે ‘મા’ ‘મમ્મા’ છે!

ઈશ્વરે પ્રેમનું સર્જન કર્યું હશે ત્યારે સૌથી પ્રથમ માતા બનાવવાનું વિચાર્યું હશે ! મા એટલે વાત્સલ્યની મૂર્તિ એના જેવી વ્યકિત આ જગતમાં કયાંય મળે એમ નથી ! બાળકને જન્મ આપનાર અને એનું લાલનપાલન કરી જીવનનું સુયોગ્ય ઘડતર કરનાર માતાની મૂલ્યવાન સેવાનો બદલો કોનાથી વાળી શકાય એમ છે ?

જ્યારે એક રોટલી ના ચાર ટુકડા હોય અને ખાવાવાળા પાંચ હોય ત્યારે જે સૌથી પહેલા બોલે કે મને ભુખ નથિ એ "મા" 

માતા એ માતા જ છે, માતા ગરીબ ઘરની હોય કે શ્રીમંત ઘરની  માતાના વાત્ય્સલયનુ ઝરણું તો અખૂટપણે વહ્યા જ કરે છે. કવિ બોટાદકરે પોતાની કવિતામાં કહ્યું છે કે, “જનનીની જોડ સખી નહિ જડે રે લોલ !  

મીઠા મધુ ને મીઠા મેહુલા રે લોલ
એથી મીઠી તે મોરી માત રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

પ્રભુના એ પ્રેમતણી પૂતળી રે લોલ
જગથી જૂદેરી એની જાત રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

અમીની ભરેલ એની આંખડી રે લોલ
વ્હાલનાં ભરેલાં એના વેણ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

હાથ ગૂંથેલ એના હીરના રે લોલ
હૈયું હેમંત કેરી હેલ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

દેવોને દૂધ એનાં દોહ્યલા રે લોલ
શશીએ સિંચેલ એની સોડ્ય રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

જગનો આધાર એની આંગળી રે લોલ
કાળજામાં કૈંક ભર્યા કોડ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

ચિત્તડું ચડેલ એનું ચાકડે રે લોલ
પળના બાંધેલ એના પ્રાણ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

મૂંગી આશિષ ઉરે મલકતી રે લોલ
લેતા ખૂટે ન એની લહાણ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

ધરતી માતાએ હશે ધ્રૂજતી રે લોલ
અચળા અચૂક એક માય રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

ગંગાનાં નીર તો વધે ઘટે રે લોલ
સરખો એ પ્રેમનો પ્રવાહ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

વરસે ઘડીક વ્યોમવાદળી રે લોલ
માડીનો મેઘ બારે માસ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

ચળતી ચંદાની દીસે ચાંદની રે લોલ
એનો નહિ આથમે ઉજાસ રે
જનનીની જોડ સખી! નહીં જડે રે લોલ

- દામોદરદાસ ખુશાલદાસ બોટાદકર

આ શુભ અને પાવક દિને સમગ્ર માતૃશક્તિને વંદના. 

Love you "મા", Happy Mother's Day!!

With Love 💕
Inspiration With Ankit

સમય વિતતો રહ્યો ને પ્રેમ વધતો રહ્યો.... Happy 10th LisAnk 💕

સુખ આવતુ રહ્યુ ને આનંદ વધતો રહ્યો, દુખ આવતુ રહયુ તો વિસ્વાસ વધતો ગયો,

સમય વિતતો રહ્યો ને પ્રેમ વધતો રહ્યો...

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Age does increase each year, And so is our love for one another. As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change and that's our love and understanding to for each other.

Last 10 years that I have passed would have been not so memorable if you would have not been part of my life. I would like to ensure that the passing years have not diminished my love and caring nature for you in the least, Instead, my love only depends on the time because it always gives me more opportunities to appreciate how you have been managing challenges in our life in a good and bad time! I would like to express thanks for all your support and care that you have been doing for the family.

Time flies by when you’re having a good time. This is especially true when you’re spending your time with the one you love most. After 10 years of marriage, I just can't believe how happy I am! Wedding anniversaries are beautiful reminders of this wonderful journey.  You’ve accompanied me through all the good and bad times of life. You’ve always been there for me when I needed you and I’ve always stood by your side through your difficult days. Our hearts are connected for infinity. Thank you for helping us pass those hurdles and get all of us there to have a fantastic life!

It's been an incredible ride and looking forward to what the next many many years have in store for us. Thanks to all family and friends for supporting and celebrating with us all these years.

Its Love that makes a relation, Its Relation that makes family and Its family that makes Home. I would like to express thanks for all your support and care that you have been doing for myself and family from the last 10 years! Happy 10th Lisa 💕

સમય વિતતો રહ્યો ને પ્રેમ વધતો રહ્યો...

LisAnk-Aarav 💕

Thank you - આભાર !!

હોય ભલે ને થોડી કુટેવો,

હુ તો તોયે મલવા જેવો,

સૌ પુછે છે, સારુ શુ છે?

સાચો ઉતર કોને દેવો !

આપ ભલે ને હોય ગમે તે,

હુ ય નથી કાઇ જેવો તેવો..

દપણઁ ની ઉમર વધી છે,

હુ તો છુ એવો ને એવો :)

One less year in life to achieve what I have been trying to and what I have planned to achieve. Well, that's the Inspiration!! An inspiration to run even faster, learn fast and act quickly, years are just passing!!

On this day, I recap the last whole year and realize that there were many incidents and events where I feel I improved, there are still many things where I still think, I could have done better. Those things are on top priority on my list to work on this year. 

I have been felling strong in the family but this year proved me wrong. You always have some weakness no matter how strong you are mentally or physically. Learning from this year, "You lose if you use your weakness as your primary weapon to fight against the problem" One should not use emotion to fight aginst the problem in life. If you let your emotion takes over the situation, its dangerous. Take a deep breath think and talk and share with your closed friends about your situation, This definitely will help. If we allow our emotions to dictate how we live our lives and how we fight our problems, it can lead to anxiety, depression, and even have a negative impact on your health and relationship. 

I must say I have been surrounded by such a nice and motivational people who have been taking care and lifted me up from my bad time this year and pushed me so hard to took me back to the normal. I am very very thankful to my wife Lisa, Kind Uncle and my family. Thanks to my parents and my big brother Dhaval and all my family members and friends. You all are a real gem in my life! Special thanks to my little master Aarav, my life. Thank you for all your love and happiness that you have been showering on us..! We have been watching you grow and you have been such a nice and responsible kid. You are my life..!

I had a wonderful birthday with my sweet family. I spend beautiful moments with Lisa and Aarav today. We first went to Jain Mandir to express our thanks to the God and take blessings! Later, drove up north 100 miles to Los Angles and spend beautiful evening watching sunset from pacific costal with yummy food. I thank God for all his love bestowed on me the last year, I cherish each day and each moment of the year. 

I believe this year is the year of restoration in all that I do and that I could not do last year. Thank you all for wishing me and standing by me the last year and all the years. I promise this year, I will be even more better!!

With Love,

LisAnk-Aarav 

Love you to the moon and back, Happy 7th Birthday, Aarav !!

Seven !!!! Where in the world has the past 7 years gone? It just seems like yesterday. I find myself wondering where the time has gone. We are feeling like we are in some sort of speed time zone where the years actually melt away every time you blink !! Lots of memories this last year, games we play together, song we sing together dance we do together, fighting we do together.

These 7 years came and went too quickly! You have brought us a pure joy since that very first moment. Watching you grow, absorbing things around you, learning new things every day every moment. I am very much impressed and happy to see your curiosity to learn new things and keep asking question, WHY? WHAT? HOW?. Your questions inspired me to work on and help you practically answer questions and as a result we came with an idea to start your YouTube Channel "Aarav's Science and Arts"  You can find all his video with his excitement to share what he learned. Stay tuned this year for more fun and learning experiment.

You are a KID who is an impressive, passionate and loving person who God created and chose to be part of our family.  You are outgoing with mom-dad and also with friends :). You are confident, brave, strong, passionate. You are funny too when you copy some characters from Hindi serials you watch regularly in TV (especially Bagghaa character from Tarak Maheta ka Ulta Chashma), OMG that's so awesome, it was even more funny when you asked me to do the same acting together with you :D

Many times you proved us wrong on something that we did not remember but you do. You are exactly who God wanted you to be, and I am so grateful that I get to watch you grow each and every day.

Your favorite toys are still CARs but this year Bay Blade beat all of your toys interest and took top position of your toys. You have been in to bay blade pretty much all last year and you like playing it and keep battling with me at home EVERYDAY (of course, you win...)! Keep rocking!

I can do nothing to stop the time from passing, but I know that I can cherish every moment you are learning, growing, loving, caring, playing, exploring, and smiling. Every day we count our blessings and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. You truly are amazing and have shown us what it means to love unconditionally. Keep being awesome and bringing joy to everyone who is lucky enough to know you. 

Love you to the moon and back little champ..! Best wishes on your 7th birthday. Keep Rocking, Keep smiling and be the reason for someone’s smile too!! Remember "A Smile you sent will always return"!

Love 💕
LisAnk-Aarav

Happy New year and Thanks to REAL HEROES !!

Happy New Year and Special thanks to our front line workers and corona warriors! Hates off to you HEROES ! You are true heroes! Salute and Respect and a very Happy New Year to everyone!

2021 has finally arrived like every new year. New year always bring new challenges in many fields which will allow us to learn and grow even more!! Lets not forget to express our special thanks to our real HEROEs  Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Police Officers, Home Care workers, Pharmacy and other medical workers, Grocery store personnel, Delivery People, Transit Workers, Airline workers and anyone who works with the public and cannot stay home for rest of the world to #StayHome. Hates off to you HEROEs ! Happy New Year to everyone!

Not all heroes wear capes, In the midst of the novel corona virus pandemic, the real heroes wear mask and help world to stay healthy and safe! They go to work so that we can #StayHome. Hates off to all of those who are leading and staying up in front line and fighting against this corona virus. THANK YOU HEROEs !!

This time of the year is filled with moments of celebration, reflections and resolutions- all of which are great for inspiration and making the necessary changes one has been thinking about in the past year. It is also the time to assess the year that has passed. Everybody expect life to have smooth way, nobody expect their life to have painful bumps like a 'ROLLER COASTER' ! Things may go wrong in life, everything is up and down in life. Every year has new challenges and opportunities with lots of fun, learning...

So what did we learn from 2020... and what to do for new year?

1. Love and Care for each other, love care and compassion get you real happiness!
2. Humans are more adaptive and life is more flexible than we think.
3. There is goodness and humanity even in the darkness !
4. Life is precious, be grateful for what we have.
5. Money does not buy you a life and permanent happiness
6. Health professionals are worth more than anything ! Hats off to them
7. Animals most likely feel the same in the zoo as we do while being quarantine.
8. Planet and clean environment can regenerate without human interference
9. Most of the people can work from home and manage things
10. We all can survive without eating junk food
11. Men can cook and can learn to become best chef at home in regular life too :)
12. Living hygienic life is not most difficult, may this this new normal !!
13. Actors are just entertainers, They are not HEROEs.
14. Life is so fragile we really need to take seriously and need to put health on first priority.

What Can we do for new Year?

1. Lets try stop bargaining with small business owner, workers and vendors. Sometime few dollars more is not going to burn our pocket but might help other person to get their HAPINESS!
2. Lets try to tip generously whenever the opportunity comes.
3. Life is too short, work hard to achieve your dreams!
4. Keep a cash reserve and be kind to learn from each other
5. We are all equal, Lets respect each other.
6. Lets not be embarrassed by our emotions, after all our emotion is what make us human.
7. Lets compliment freely and generously, after all its mood enhancer not only for recipient but also for us. 
8. Lets learn not to bother about spot on my shirt or worn pant because personalities speaks louder than appearance.

Lets be thankful for those who helped us in our bad times. Thinking about the our real HEROEs who are Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Police Officers, Home Care workers, Pharmacy and other medical workers, Grocery store personnel, Delivery People, Transit Workers, Airline workers and anyone who works with the public and cannot stay home for rest of the world to #StayHome!

Thank you all Thank you all 'Heroes' for your dedication and sacrifice. You are our real Heroes and we will win this fight together! Wishing you all a very happy new year! Best wishes for 2021~

Love & Respect 💕
LisAnk-Aarav

Technology Belt on our neck...! - મોબાઈલ નુ બંધન !!

Many People living in this day and age use technologies for everything. These days social media is everything from work to personal. We are indirectly (pretty much always) tied up and connected with electronics gadgets..! Everything is connected these days through internet and technologies. Like Home, Cars, Cell phones, TVs, Freezes etc.. etc..

If we pause for a moment and think how many people we meet in person a day and spend time with them, how many times we go out with friends? Do we talk each other when we sit on table for lunch/dinner?  Social media connects people with each other, this could be a reason why children are not really bonded with families. They end up spending more time on Digital platforms then they spend with their family members. They (in fact we too) pretty much started celebrating things virtually... (Birthday, Anniversaries, Social gathering, playing games...) etc..

Technologies are great and is very very useful if it can be used as in limit with the right purpose but that's what is not happening. People go for lunch/dinner with family but end up spend time on the phone sitting in front of each other on the same table. 

Lets all pause for a moment and try to spend more time with family and friends (not virtually) of course after COVID time :)

Lets all learn, understand and adopt technologies and use it purposefully! More importantly lets not replace relationship and feelings with technology!! 

Wish you all the best through this Holiday season and throughout the new year!

Love & Regards,

LisAnk-Aarav 💕