The Constellation I Found
THE CONSTELLATION I FOUND To my two soul sisters — some bonds are written in the stars, others are discovered in the journey. There are certain people whom life introduces to us without much ceremony. No grand entrance, no forewarning, no indication of the significance they will eventually hold. They arrive as ordinary encounters, become familiar faces, and somewhere along the passage of time, quietly turn into an indispensable part of our existence. Perhaps that is the most beautiful thing about human connections. We seldom recognise the beginning of something extraordinary while we are living through its most ordinary moments. I have two such people in my life. Two souls with whom I share neither ancestry nor a family name, neither a common childhood nor the memories of growing up under the same roof. And yet, when I think of the word sisters , I find myself thinking of them. It is rather fascinating how life sometimes writes relationships that biology never intended to. ...
