13.02.25

Change is the course of life and while changing, sometimes you don’t travel through the change yourself; but change makes you travel through it and one day just somewhere at a moment, you settle to the feeling and ask yourself- how come I reached a place which was not destined to. It is that moment where you glance in the mirror and see the same face, but deep down, you know—you’ve changed.

As usual after getting my morning routine done, me and my coffee took a seat next to my husband. From no where this ritual is a part of me now, where every morning I take some time from all that is happening with and around me, I take my morning coffee with him, looking at his baby face- thinking how beautiful this soul is who loves to share every part of him with all the world and who pours heart out to walk everyday with utmost happiness. With every sip I have, I tend to think of varied reasons of how destiny got us together and try to answer, how my comfort is here sitting next to him, watching him sleep and having endless conversation with my coffee about me and us and life.

But this morning felt different. There was a quiet realization, something deep yet unspoken, settling within me. A girl who’s coffee was with herself in her space, where it was she and her thoughts; today there was a feeling of acceptance to change that went down. But today I saw myself differently or could be said-living on the other side of my world – not just a girl but a women who now finds comfort in sharing this space with him. Until now, I never questioned how this shift happened, but I see it clearly today—how effortlessly I’ve embraced this change and how happy it makes me to wake up to him every morning.

I adore seeing the baby in this man; where I am able to pamper him in the cutest way. This is I guess what marriage truly is-when it is not forced or conditioned. This is what a real relationship feels like-where there are no rules, just presence. This is I guess what companionship is-where even silence feels full, where you don’t always have to be doing something together, yet you’re still together. This is I guess what love is- where personal space isn’t about being apart, but about coexisting in harmony.

I am happy to see myself today about how my happiness lies in little things. Even in my need for alone time, I find joy spending my personal space with him. What I feel today is, although married- isn’t about losing yourself- it’s like friendships, where personal space isn’t about distance but about feeling home with each other.

From today, my coffee time isn’t just ‘me time’—it’s ‘us time.’ A time for me, my coffee, and the quiet conversations that don’t need words.

Change and acceptance when happening naturally, to yourself, is the change that truly stays with you. And today, I welcome it with open arms.