🌧️🏡 “The House That Still Lives Inside Me” 🏡🌧️

Today, I saw the pictures… and something inside me quietly broke. 💛

It was just a house to the world. Four walls. A gate. A terrace. A kitchen.

But to me, it was where my story began.

The monsoon rain against those windows still echoes in my heart 🌧️. I remember sitting there as a child, watching raindrops slide down the glass like tiny races, believing life would always feel that simple. The smell of wet mud drifting in, the comfort of knowing Amma and Appa were in the next room — that feeling of safety was invisible, but it was everything.

Mornings in that kitchen were love in its purest form ☕✨.

Amma moving around with quiet strength, the aroma of fresh filter coffee filling the air. Appa pretending to be serious behind his newspaper, but always smiling at my endless chatter. Those weren’t just routines. They were moments stitching security into my heart.

I remember power cuts 🕯️🌙 — sitting on the floor together, laughing over silly stories, making shadows on the wall. No distractions. Just warmth. Somehow, the darkest nights felt the brightest.

Festival mornings lit up more than just the house 🪔🌸.

Lights tangled in Appa’s hands. Amma’s mock scoldings mixed with hidden smiles. Laughter bouncing from room to room. The house didn’t just hold celebrations — it carried our joy in its walls.

And the terrace… 🌌

That quiet, open sky where I whispered dreams too fragile to say aloud. Where I cried without fully understanding why. Where I learned that feelings are not weakness — they are truth.

That home saw every version of me.

The stubborn child. The anxious student 📚. The dreamer. The one who doubted herself. The one who tried again.

And somewhere in those quiet corners, something beautiful was forming.

The seed of Santasa Counselling 🌿✨

Because that house was my first safe space.

It was the first place I felt heard without judgment.

The first place I learned that comfort doesn’t always come from words — sometimes it comes from presence.

The empathy I carry today…

The space I hold for others…

The gentleness I try to offer through Santasa…

All of it was born there.

That house taught me what safety feels like — so now I try to create that safety for someone else. 🤍

A space where tears are allowed. Where stories are respected. Where healing can quietly begin.

Saying goodbye isn’t easy.

Because how do you say goodbye to the place that built your heart?

Goodbye to the rain-streaked windows. 🌧️

Goodbye to the kitchen filled with love. ☕

Goodbye to the terrace that held my secrets. 🌙

Goodbye to the walls that raised me. 🏡

You were never just a house.

You were my first lesson in love.

My first experience of belonging.

My first understanding of emotional safety.

And though I walk forward,

A part of me will always live within you.

This goodbye is tearful… but it is grateful. 💔💛

Because even if I leave you behind in distance,

I carry you in every safe space I create.

You still live inside me.

And you always will. 🌿🏡✨