Naina is flying to India! Which is scary and emotional but ultimately a good thing and I am sending lots and lots of thoughts and cares along with her in the plane.
As regular readers of the comments know, Naina is a semi-new DCIBer who found us after moving to a new city. This is her first time back to India since moving away, and her first time NOT visiting the people who called themselves her family but don’t deserve to be treated as family. And, her first time back to India for a Shahrukh Khan release date!
So many emotions there! Culture shock, guilt over culture shock because it should be your home country, identity discovery of who you are in this place without the people who used to be around you, sadness over the sort of visit this could have been but isn’t, excitement, joy, homecoming, Shahrukh, SO MUCH.
And I guess Naina, my wish for you, is that you feel EVERYTHING. Let yourself cry and laugh and just feel it ALL. Drink down every ounce of the experience and leave nothing behind. And then return home all filled up with everything and floating on a cloud.
And my promise to you is that DCIB is here. We are a website, but also (and more so) a community. We all know that it is easier to open up and talk about scary things on the internet in a safe space than it is sometimes out there in the world. We understand how important it is to have that safe space especially during transition times. No one here is going to judge you or say you are doing something wrong, we just want you to be “Naina” and be happy.
Okay, who else has a wish to send along? For a difficult emotional trip, for a fun adventure trip, for a “first time back in India in years” trip, whatever aspect you want!
Oh, and Naina, most of all, remember that in good times and bad, sad times and happy, Shahrukh is always there for you and his Mango is Frooti:
