Home coming
I land on the familiar iland that I have known so well, after what seems to be ages. I am hesitant. Would I be recognized? Would I even be noticed? Was I missed? Did anyone notice that I had gone? I am sure they would have. Some might have even tried to trace me. I had my reasons for having disappeared without a trace, but I feel a pang of guilt for doing so. I feel like a prodigal blogger who is back on her iland looking for a familiar comment, a familiar co-blogger, a familiar iland where she could rest and have a cosy chat.
I run past my own iland to look for footprints. There are loads of familiar ones, some new ones, some young hesitant ones, some scattered, some deep ones, some have just grazed past, some have stood a while and watched, some have searched, some have dwelled on to appreciate the beauty of my iland, some seemed to have come in to seek some attention and some seemed to have learned something to take back home.
They all touched my heart and I felt a sense of belonging. I remembered all those days when I was new to this iland and all I was bothered about was the number of comments I received on my blogs. Gradually, the iland transformed into a virtual home and its dwellers my virtual family. It was here that I discovered new shades of me. A Bold, unscathed, humourous and sometimes even cynic ME. The number of comments did not matter any more(or maybe it did :D), but the opinions of a few selected readers certainly did and I would wait for them at length. The quality of my blogs began to matter. My fellow ilanders and their lives mattered. At one point of time in my life, the iland was an integral part of my day and I could never begin one without visiting some of my favourite bloggers' sites.
Then life took over and pulled me away from my favourite pastime. I don't want to dwell too hard on where it was that I went or what it was that I did during my absence, but I must admit I am glad to be back. There were a lot of turns and twists in my life over the past months. So many that I guess I can declare I have come a full circle! But its great to be alive, as usual(hey that's just a figurative statement don't mean to say that my life was in danger! J). So, ilanders, me back though I have no idea if I would ever be noticed!
Knock..knock Anyone there? Remember me?
you are like the deep[lamp]whose flame throws light afar ..when lit and even after the wick is off…so,stay glowing deepaji.welcome back,pls.
welcome back… good to see that you are back to blogging
yup.. remembered you
n welcome back
welcome back to iland
chehra jaana pehchana hay,naam bhee kuch apna sa hay,,jo bhee hoo,, jee aayan nu.
actually madam i joined this bandwagon ,in fact have rarely written if anything but was fun to read your history when i came along.
Nice to have you back
darn.. that knock knock sure woke me up from my slumber deeps. but then glad that u knocked. lols. i”ll refrain from saying ”nice blog” coz i have said it umpteen times before and u mustve also heard it thousands of times from ur fans. u have summed up ur presence (and absence too) pretty well and it was heart warming to read a candid account of your foray into iLand. cant wait to see the waves back in action. (i actually wanted to ask who is this in this comment…. )
welcome Deepa……or should we ask you “who are you? are you Deepa? where have you been for so long?”….oh my my missed you a lot…….ha ha ha …now start writing and make us read more of your blog……well…long time so i think you must not even know whats blogging…..try…try……WELCOME BACK
you are like the deep[lamp]whose flame throws light afar ..when lit and even after the wick is off…so,stay glowing deepaji.welcome back,pls.
of course.. i remember you.. q: and welcome back!!!! it’’s nice to see you back… specially when it’’s close to celebrating 4 years in iLand. q: i”ve been good… but most of our friends (from those days) have disappeared. i feel pretty lonely here actually. i”m sure more people will be glad to finally see you… alive. ((: and i hope you”re actually back for good.