Tumor Travel: The recovery
The most exciting part of a typical sightseeing adventure, even more so than the destination itself, is the onward journey. For the kind of travel one embarks on with illnesses, however, it's the return trip to normalcy, the road after the major health event, that becomes pivotal to the travel's success story. It's been a month since I have been home from Seattle. It was emotionally draining to not see my dad excitedly greeting me on the drive way upon my arrival from Seattle, nor mom with her fistful of salt to be circled three times around me to do drishti and ward off all evil. Somethings go from minor annoyances to major nostalgia overnight! Not having the luxury of just letting ammamma know what's to be had for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, not seeing the forever willing taata that you could count on for fetching a glass of milk, putting the groceries away, or taking the trash out, has taken some time to get used to even for the girls. While I am glad to report tha...