This Raksha Bhandan is my very first that I will celebrate as a mom of a pair of siblings! I'm so very excited. Kartik and Ishaan have gotten a gift for Amaani; and Amaani and I will make a Rakhi and sweets for Ishaan. I'm very, very excited, and will definitely be posting pictures on Saturday.
If you are reading this and don't know what Raksha Bandhan/Rakhi is, Sesame Street did a very informative episode earlier this year.
I didn't grow up in an extremely religious family and we didn't celebrate many religious festivals. But out of the ones we did celebrate, my absolute favorite is Raksha Bandhan. I have so many fond memories of getting together with my extended family to celebrate at my grandfather's house as a child.
I normally celebrate Raksha Bandhan by tying a Rakhi on 4 of my cousins (pictured HERE) and, of course, Ronak. In fact, I have absolutely no memories of Raksha Bandhan without them. We have me for breakfast, lunch or dinner, sometimes months before the actually date of rakhi, sometimes over with a full course meal, or sometimes with just taco bell, so we could complete the ceremony together.
This is also the first Raksha Bandhan that I will mail a Rakhi, instead of tying it on in person. I missed doing it earlier this summer, and now I don't know when I'll see Chirag again. I'm a little sad, but I hope Chirag knows that I'll be thinking of him on Saturday.
Leave a comment and let us know what you are doing to celebrate!
I'm still wearing mine, they haven't fallen off! Thanks for protecting me or for me to protect you...? (I'll let you and KP fight that one out)
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