As I arrive at yet another Diwali, the festival of lights, I recall how much my father enjoyed having friends at ours. Now Diwali is a low key affair.<\/p>\n
Almost ten years on I mark this festival in my own ways but always with my dad in my heart. On Diwali this year I will be at the Yorkshire German Shepherd Training centre in our city, where decades ago my dad went when we had our first German shepherd dog, Asha.\u00a0 I wasn’t aware of this until I started my training with my dog, Oscar that too at the same place. Synchronicity and the evergreen bond between my dad and I continues, it’s a forever thing.<\/p>\n
There is no beginning and there is no end here. Everyone else will refer to my dad in past tense but for me he’s very much with in my now.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I will share the Diwali spirit with other German Shepherd dog lovers, somehow I think my dad would’ve loved that.<\/p>\n
Happy Diwali Pops.<\/p>\n
\u00a9DMP<\/p>\n
11th November 2023<\/p>\n
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