It’s been a long break since the last post. My SIL is very very ill and we’re in a bit of a panicky situation here. She needs your prayers. Ma’s is the only valid passport and visa right now so she’s rushed off to help early this morning.
I’ve spent a frustrating week at the passport office trying to tatkal without taking the bribery route. Filth, apathy, chaos – in a nutshell it is everything that is wrong with our country, squeezed into one office. Right now the whole anti-corruption crusade feels like a farce when you realise how each step has you banging your head against a wall. If people would make the first move by not suggesting that I bribe a cop, it would give me hope.
Hopefully SIL will recover and I won’t need to go in the next shift to help out. Do respect their privacy by not asking what is wrong – it is not my place to divulge. Just pray please. No idea when I’ll blog again, but I will….
The Mad Momma 
Dear MM
Sorry to know about your SIL. My prayers are very much with you and your family. I had been regularly checking your blog and wondering if all was well, as you had not posted for quite some time.
Do take care. Yes, the passport office in Delhi is a very very challenging place. But as they say, the first step to fighting corruption comes from within.
Till later
take care
Anu
Hope your SIL recovers soon.
My prayers are with her and with your family to help you through the difficult situation.
hope all gets okay soon.
Oh no!!! Hope she gets well soon…
Hope everything gets okay soon. Prayers and hugs.
Hope your SIL gets better soon….
Hugs. Because I dont know what else to say. Will definitely pray that she gets well soon.
Just said a prayer for your SIL (for some reason, to the Jesus I remember from my school church). Hope she recovers from her ailment soon.
She’ll be in my prayers . Hope you do get the passport – you’d be a big support with Baby Button.
been checking everyday for a post. will definitely pray for her and your family. hope everything is ok soon.
My prayers are with your SIL…I hope she gets well soon.
Take care
Whatever it is, I’m hoping fot you that thjs ia the darkest phase from which all of you soon recover. Hugs.
Hope your SIL gets well very soon.
Many prayers coming right up. Stay strong and believe – she will be fine.
Praying for your SIL, hope she gets better soon.
Take Care
Nandita
Oh! I hope she recovers fast..will go to the temple tomorrow and pray
oh oh. sorry to hear about her. She will be in my prayers. Hope her a speedy recovery.
and ya hugs to you. I know it is a trying situation. But everything will be okay again.
Don’t worry MM, here’s wishing your SIL a very speedy recovery. Take care and Be Positive.
MM,I have sent lots of prayers and well wishes to your family. Take care!
MM, if you mention their location local readers might be able to help out too. It must be scary for them with a newborn at home too, wish her a speedy recovery.
Thanks babe. Funnily I do have a couple of bloggy pals in the area who will help out. Plus they have lots of very good friends. But my SIL is unable to do anything so they really need someone to literally take over the house and the baby which is what Ma has rushed there for.
Hi MM,
Long time reader here. I hope she recovers real soon! Will keep her in my prayers this evening.
But on a more important note…I’m currently in India, but hubby is close by on East Coast although with the hurricane warning am unsure of mobility. He will arrange for anything if your SIL or family there needs it or can come over to help as soon as he can.
Don’t hesitate to ask and write to me.
PS: I was booked to leave today but cannot because of the warning. Is it safe for aunty to go?
Thanks Dee. That is the other prob. We’re worried about the hurricane and ma flying in at the same time 🙂 Thank you for the offer. I’ve always known that if I need something I just need ask and you all will open your hearts and help. Right now they need nothing except for my mother to get there and help with the cooking and baby. And of course for the medication to begin to take effect on my SIL.
okay…hope she reaches safely. I reach coming Wednesday so again write if you need anything. Medications too.. coz both of us work in the pharma industry.
hugs. prayers. keep the faith…
Big hugs. And a prayer for the SIL. Hope aunty has a safe journey and all gets well in the Baby Button household soon.
Get well soon sil….our prayers r with you…
Best wishes to Button’s mom and the rest of the family. She will get better very soon I am sure. In the meantime, even though it will be hard, try to keep your sprits high.
Keep faith. It is difficult, but will get you through. Your entire reader clan has your family in their prayers.
Hey MM !
Don’t worry baby Button’s Mom will soon be fine !!! All my prayers are with you n ur family ! Have Faith in God !
Prayers and love for your SIL and family. Sab theek ho jaayega.
Prayers are with your family. Hope your SIL gets well soon.
If your brother and SIL are anywhere near DC please do not hesitate to ask for anything that I can do to help.
My best wishes and prayers for your SIL… Please keep faith…
my prayers for your SIL. hope she will be fine very soon
I had a feeling that something was up, when you didn’t blog for so long. Prayers for SIL and your family. Hope you get you passport renewed soon, but don’t need to use it this time around. Take Care
MM…everything will be fine…if you need us for anything, you know what to do
Nat
prayers and good health for ur SIL
as for the passport. ….by bitter experience….i can tell…bribery is the only way to get it done in an emergency.
😦 I think I’ve blogged enough for you guys to know my thoughts on bribes.
Praying for her speedy recovery! I am sending a lot of good vibes for the (relatively) new mom.
Oh! How horrible! Will keep your SIL in my prayers! Hope she gets better real soon. The Visa situation can be a nighmare. Fingers crossed and sincere prayers sent your way 🙂
Sorry to hear about your SIL MM … hope she recovers soon.
Also hope your passport issue gets resolved … God bless your family.
Hugs and Prayers MM.. It will all be well soon.. Take care
My sincere prayers for a fast recovery of your SIL. I live in Chicago…..so if they are anywhere near by I am always happy to help.
My prayers are with your SIL. Wishing her the very best for a super speedy recovery.
Wishing your SIL speedy recovery…don’t worry also gonna be fine soon. TC
Praying for your SIL, MM. Hope she feels better soon. If possible, try to contact a higher authority person in the passport office. Once I got caught in a similar situation and a senior officer (who was not known to me) was reasonable enough to listen to me and offered her advice.
Best,
AW
wishing her speedy recovery MM. Prayers can work miracles. I beg, demand and command in my prayers and God is left with no choice but to give in.
Stay strong MM for you and for everyone in the family.Thambi needs your support even more now (as if you don’t know eh!)
God bless
MM,
Praying for your SIL. My prayers also for all of you in the family especially your brother and baby button. As for the passport, I would try and meet the passport officer and explain the situation. When I had applied for the passport, it did not arrive as I expected before my GRE. I requested to talk to the passport officer and he just asked me to give a letter stating the reason for speeding it up. This you can try. Hope all is well soon with the family.
Hi MM,
I will pray for her. Let me know if she is in the northwest. I am glad to help.
She will be fine soon, don’t worry.
Dear MM,
We will pray for your family.. hope your mom does not get caught in the bad weather..please keep us posted.
Praying for your SIL, but as re passport office, the other thing that works apart from bribery is a royal snit. I know, I threw one when I went for passport renewal. The head guy literally shivered and imemdiately okayed my papers for processing. Come home, I’ll give you lessons on being a royal beeyatch 🙂
My sincere prayers for your SIL’s speedy recovery.
My prayers with your SIL and your family. Hope she feels better soon.
Hi MM,
I’m so sorry to hear the news. Your family will be in my thoughts. Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery. I’m sure your mom’s arrival will be a huge help. While you are still trying to apply for a passport, see if you can secure an appointment for the visa. Sometimes this can take a long time and you can always cancel it later if you don’t need it. Include a letter from your brother regarding your sister’s health and they will likely approve your visa.
Take care.
NW
Sorry to know about your SIL. Our prayers are with your family. Take care.
Dear MM,
I am sorry to hear about your SIL. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I hope she recovers soon.
Sad to know about SIL. My prayers are with her and the family. Travels people sort out these passport issues quickly na…my mom got her passport renewed and visa done through them. May be you have tried that too. But please do anything other than meeting the passport office waale directly at this moment.
Sorry to hear about your SIL. Will pray for her.
Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery
My prayers with your family. Hope the passport works out ASAP, as does the visa.
May lord protect SIL and give her speed recovery. May god lord be with mom for her safe journey. May lord be with all of you and give you strength.
Hugs and prayers.
Wishing her a very speedy recovery. She will be in my prayers.
Hope the SIL gets better real soon!! She will be in my thoughts and prayers!!
Hugs MM. She’ll be alright, don’t you worry. She’ll be in my prayers.
Best of wishes for her speedy recovery.
May God give her the strength to fight the pains ( whatever it is) and bring back the smiles again.
{{Hugs}} to you too.
Wishing her a speedy recovery. She will be fine, soon.
Prayer for your SIL to get better, and hope everything gets sorted out real soon!
Will surely pray for her speedy recovery.
Definitely she will get better soon, with prayers
Oh My! I will definitely pray for your SIL’s speedy recovery and strength for all of your family to cope with these tough times. And yes, fingers crossed for you to get your passport soon.
As hard as it , do try to stay calm and composes so thambi and the rest of your family can gain courage from your strength.
I can see that a lot of your friends are already supporting you. But please don’t hesitate to send me a note if you feel like there is any small manner in which I could help you. I live in the east coast as well.
Warm Hugs!
Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery! Hope your mom flies in safely and your passport issues are resolved quickly. Its so frustrating when you can’t help because you are stuck in paperwork hell!
Prayers and good will to your SIL. Your mom there will be a morale boost for your SIL and aid in quick recovery.
Darn! Prayers on their way! I hope she gets better and your mom reaches safely despite all the hurricane warnings….not sure if there is any hope for you on the whole Passport deal though…prayers won’t be enough for that last one..
My best wishes to your SIL and much love to your family! Hope she gets well really soon and you don’t end up using that passport.
Sorry to hear that, MM. Must be so tough esp with the little one. My prayers and best wishes to her and the family.
Prayers for her to get well soon. I am in dc va area….let me know if I can help in anyway.
All my prayers are with your sister-in-law and your family.
Of course, she will recover soon. There is no ‘hopefully’ about it. She shall be perfectly fit in no time. If they are here anywhere near Houston, let me know if there is anything we can do.
Praying for a speedy recovery. I never though I would get to read a post like this, after you being away for so long. I am feeling sad now. Hope everything gets well really soon. Hugs and more prayers.
oho..I hope she is back on her feet soon. And that Tambi and Baby Button stay happy and healthy. And that Naani reaches safely. From you posts, I have a very sweet, caring, well grounded picture of your SIL, I really hope she has all the help.. Lots of love to you and your family MM. I miss you, but that can wait 🙂 Hugs 🙂
When frequent bloggers don’t blog for a while, one always morbidly wonders if everything is ok… and sad when it turns out it’s not 😦
Will pray for our sis-in-law and that you get a passport… but even then, US visa is a bitch too.
Hope she gets well soon
hugs and prayers to your family. hope she gets better soon.
We did try the tatkal option for our son in Chennai,was quite painless-though we did use our old residence address(moved 2 houses from the old house-both our own).You could try getting it done by an agent-no bribes here, he irons some difficulties when we are confused with the rules.
Good luck..
Praying for all of you. She will be fine.
Keep the faith MM.
All good wishes and prayers. Do keep us updated. Tons of love.
don’t worry, it’ll be alright very soon. Hugs and prayers.
Praying for them, MM. Hugs! Hugs to Baby Button too. Take care!
All the very best for your SIL. May she get well soon. Our prayers are with all of you. May your next post be a happy one.
prayers for your sil to make a speedy recovery. wishes for this family to be healthy and happy again soon.
Prayers for your SIL… I heard you can get your passport online now… Have you tried that?
Our prayers are with the family, MM. Take care.
Faith, prayers, love, hope and good health very soon – Wishing you and the family all this and more
Love and prayers…please keep us posted as and when you can, we’ll be waiting anxiously to hear from you…
Praying for your SIL’s good health and peace for all.. may the situation get better quickly. ((hugs)).. Thinking of the system and staying strong against corruption at such times is the toughest part.. Hope you get the passport-visa sorted smoothly but may the urgency or need not come up for you to rush there..
i just wish that she gets well soon. it will be fine MM please don’t panic
would be happy to channel healing but would need her full name and address. and if you want to reach Patrick to heal her… then please text me. love.
Will keep your SIL & family in our prayers MM! Hope your mother reached safe, with the hurricane situation here. I live in South NJ. Please let me know if I can help in any way.
She will recover soon, you deserve nothing less.
Don’t worry. Everything will be alright. Our prayers are with you and your family.
I hope you don’t have to use your passport for this. I hope she gets better soon.
Take care.
Wish your SIL a speedy recovery. Btw, I think your mum is kinda awesome for jumping on a plane and heading there to help.
Hey all will be fine. Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery!
Sending good wishes your way.
Give Mum my number. I’m on the wrong coast but am more than happy to be a voice over the line for anything at all. Big hug and heartfelt prayers. Stay strong and positive, all of you.
Oh she’d love to talk to you. Will mail and make you guys exchange numbers.
My prayers are with your SIL, Thambi , baby and your family….Don’t worry she will recover fast …..
Oh! Wish her a speedy recovery. All prayers for her.
So sorry to hear about your SIL,MM.
Please don’t worry,she’ll be fine..soon…
sending lots of prayers her way…
dad is a doctor, MM.
need an opinion.second opinion… etc
do let me know. mail me.
our prayers are with your family
Thanks MiM. Will check with them. I really appreciate the offer.
I’m sure all will be well soon. Hug
Hope things are better. Anyway my hugs and prayers.
Our prayers are with your SIL. Bhagwaan jald hi saare dukh door kare aur khushiyaan lautaaye. Good luck on the passport/visa issue. Will include that in my prayers as well.
Praying for your SIL, I am sure she’ll get better very soon. Take care of yourselves, the emotional part of having a loved one sick is pretty draining too.
And if you want to dump that ire on the right heads (the bribe takers, they can take THAT too, so there!), please check out this initiative of Janagraha – I paid a Bribe (http://ipaidabribe.com/), they cover Delhi and have people writing in with what happened, whether they bribed or not, whether they had to or not.
Hope that your SIL recovers soon. And also that you your family finds enough strength to get through this.
Hey, wish your SIL a speedy recovery. Will pray for you guys.
Hugs and prayers your way MM!! Wish your SIL a speedy recovery.
My prayers are with her too.All will be well soon.((Hugs))
My best wishes and prayers!
Hope your SIL gets well soon…sending good vibes and best wishes to you and your family! She is in my prayers…
Oh MM! Sorry to hear that. Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery. And hugs to Baby Button!
I don’t see you update for while, then i get crazy busy – check today and it’s bad news :(. I was thinking you’d gone on anther vacation 😦
Hope your SIL is getting better. Am sure she’s getting the best medical help – but if you need a 2nd opinion or any other help – BIL and co-SIL work on the east coast at Beth Israel (i think it’s in the Boston area – if that helps) and my sis and BIL are also doc’s. So don’t hesitate to call/mail if you need anthing.
Oh that’s sad. Wish you all, all the very best.
Wishing her a quick recovery. Wish I could be of some help.