"I am no one famous. Know no one close. But I love my life. I guess that's enough reason to write my memoir..." I had just finished writing these lines when the bell rang. It took a minute or two to register it was the alarm that just went off. It was 5:38 AM.
"Either set it to 5:30 or 5:40, what is this at 5:38? I only like waking up to a round number..."; I had suggested rather annoyingly to Israel many times. He hadn't felt any rush to change it.
May be it wasn't a good enough reason to demand I only liked waking up to a round number. Or may be, just may be, he didn't like the tone of my voice. Or could be that he meant to say,
"... then you change it yourself".
So it was, 5:38 AM.
When I realized I was only writing in my dream, I quickly made a mental note to start my memoir with these exact lines - if ever I write one, and went about the day's business.
For the rest of the morning and well into early afternoon my mind had lingered on only one thing, "What would I name my memoir?" Finally settled for, "The Me I see" Author: NRIGirl. Perfect!
It was everywhere. The News channels were talking about it. Amazon had rated it in their Monthly Top Picks. Oprah's network was calling for a possible interview. My blog was exploding with traffic that Blogger couldn't handle it; they had to temporarily shut down the site...
The business I was trying out, suddenly picked up. It became a huge success with people calling for franchise offer from everywhere. It was a difficult decision - to franchise or not? Settled for, 'NOT'.
The mission outreach was tremendous too, with donations pouring in from all over, needs met all around the world...
I figured it was all a continuation of the dream, the dream that had woken me up this morning, but only that it is called daydreaming now, or even wishful thinking.
But then why does it seem so real - at an arm's length?
All I had to do was just reach, and it would be there.
Just wake up, and it would be mine.
I wonder if it is okay to dream at this hour?
At the dawn?
At the cusp of one's forties?
At 5:38 AM?
During the day?
...
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Poem
- Conversation with the stars (1)
- Days gone by (1)
- Do you see what I see? (1)
- Dream Coming True (1)
- Dreams in disguise (1)
- Epic Nature (1)
- Honey where is the moon? (1)
- If only I had (1)
- Life Cycle (1)
- Neither prose nor poetry (1)
- Out of Egypt (1)
- Poem by Rachel Israel (1)
- Rain drops (1)
- Rain Rain Come again (1)
- Ready or not here I come (1)
- The Circus (1)
- Tirunelveli Junction (1)
- Welcome Home (1)
- Who was calling? (1)

Lessons Learnt
- Call to love
- Conversation for Couples
- Direct Deposits
- Garbage Collection
- His Needs; Her Needs - A Vicious Cycle
- I Do - Do you?
- I love you too
- In love with in-laws
- Investment Tips for Girls
- Investment Tips for Guys
- Love Bank
- Pause Button for Life
- Pecking hen no more...
- Proof of affairs
- Stuck on the Pause button...
- True love
- Wavering Wavelength

This NRI Life
- 'க்' கிழந்த வாழ்க்கை
- 12 years ago today
- Case for and against
- Common Perception on NRI Life
- Earliest memories of an NRI Life
- First apartment in the US
- For the NRIGirls like me...
- Handwritten
- Interview with an NRI
- Just landed in America... Now what?
- Life is all about change
- Non Resident Indian
- NRI Movies
- NRI Women's "Liberation"
- RSVP by ASAP

All About Me...
- Am I nosy?
- Angels protecting me
- Coffee with Jesus
- Conversations - Between Me and My Mom
- Favorite things
- Finger People
- First drop of sweat
- Gifts that blessed me
- Identity Lost
- Israel
- It refreshes my soul
- Letter to my children
- Me the Lioness and My Water Bearer
- Mirror Mirror On the Wall
- Mmm mmm good
- Mommy Refined
- My Home sweet home
- Papaya
- Tagged
- Tamarind seeds
- The Me I see is the Me I will Be
- The she I wish to be
- This I Believe
- We made it so far...
- When I was a Child...
- Who am I

Life as it unfolds
- $1 $pecials
- A Child's Perspective
- A Mom's Perspective
- Borrow an egg
- Cloud bursting
- Daddy's little girls
- Dinosaur Eggs
- Fading glory
- Frozen in time
- Gone shopping
- Growing Fonder
- Handwritten
- Happiness is priceless
- Helping hands
- I don't LOL
- Laugh and Roll
- Laundry Loads
- Letter to my children
- Life in full throttle
- Looking up a coconut tree
- Mamma Mia
- My Cuckoo Clock
- Night Sky Mementos
- Pears
- Perfect Timing
- Personality Check
- Shall we dance?
- Snowglobe moments
- The way to a man's heart...
- To Blog or Not to Blog
- Tom and Jerry Whose side are you?
- Welcome to our kitchen
- Where is Gomathy?

Travel Suggestions
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13 comments:
You make me smile.Great events in the history of mankind are foretold through dreams.Even God conveys His message through this medium.Start writing 'The Me I See' at 5.38 am.Do not allow Israel to change the time.There is a purpose in everything!!!
Have a great weekend
No one can fetter you and say do not dream. And boundless you can. I have!
Walked up the Everest, sailed the seas and traversed the jungles exploring, made love to the most beautiful of women ... well the list is endless. Yes have also dreamed of the Nobel for a book. What more is left to achieve?
Nice to know the dream at dawn was enlivening for you. And old moms say that the dream at dawn is sure to come to true.
Here's hoping your dreams, all of them, come true.
And I would be proud to tell that I am a friend of NRI girl
Thank you friends!
Glad you had such a pleasant dream instead of a nightmare! Lol. Hope you continue to have them.
The opening lines already hook the reader. Beautifully written, as usual. :)
hey dear friend ,dreams are kind sometime,predicition,and sometime quite disturbing,but most strange thing that few of them repeat theselves ,i dont know y but they do,i missed reading you dear ,hope and pray that all z going blessed in ur beautiful world,my son came home for summer vacation,so got oportunity through his laptop to see u friends, stay happy,god bless u
hey buddy super ya...i am also dreaming that one day v all good blog friends will be chatting over a cup of super coffee or as v say kapi..thanks and take care:)
btw aditya,, i am already proud of saying i am friend of the super nri girl hehe
Stopping by to wish you all a good weekend. PW.
Hope all your dreams come true!:-)
Thank you Ishi!
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