Category Archives: Blue Funk

Legacy

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Bhumika's Boudoir

The universe has been very kind. The last week we got with Papa was meaningful and traumatic. Amma and I got to tell him how much we love him. We asked only once for forgiveness. We had no need for … Continue reading →

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Vigil

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Bhumika's Boudoir

Vicks Vaporub. It’s one of my earliest childhood memories. The smell to date can comfort me and fool me into feeling safe, warm, loved. Like my father’s beautiful hands were when he tenderly applied it on my nose, forehead, chest, … Continue reading →

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Jeong

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Bhumika's Boudoir

The horror of the pandemic in 2020 was severely compounded in my life because of four things. In early 2019, I lost one of my closest friends to madness. There’s no other word that does it more justice. She was … Continue reading →

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Strength

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Bhumika's Boudoir

One of my earliest, traumatic memories is how my parents dropped me off at my aunt’s place to visit a hospital or something like that, when I was four years old, for a couple of hours. I remember bawling and … Continue reading →

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Surrender

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Bhumika's Boudoir

I surrender myself to the wisdom of older women, and go on a short holiday after finding a good, but expensive respite care facility for my father. (It was worth it. If I were wealthy, I would do it all … Continue reading →

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