Thanks for sharing this story of Chika and Front Lounge. How amazing to have someone cheering you on in your corner, at any time in life, but especially as a young person. ❤️
I had the same dream of visiting India when younger and saved a 100 rupee note a friend gave me in my Lonely Planet guide. His parents worked for the British Consulate and I admired his photos at art school. Years later, I am reading your article and in a room with my own photos of India. I saved up working in an office in an editing role I didn't really enjoy and pinned up photos of where I wanted to travel to so I remembered why I was there! I went when my daughter was pregnant with my first granddaughter and my dreams have extended to taking my three grandchildren to see the magic and meet the wonderful people there. I ended up staying with the Ghandi family (long story) and I will never forget their kindness and at the time I didn't know who they were beyond the smiles and pure conversation. I loved reading about Dundee as my daughter studied contemporary dance there. I can imagine my eldest grandchild being interested in Kinship fashion as well! I will research into Front Lounge. I recently had a dream where she was older and showed me her fashion collection where a model was trying on ballet shoes and a Japanese kimono. I bought her her first sewing box, machine and we used to draw designs together. She's an absolute natural - kids are soooo creative. Thank you for bringing Front Lounge to my Front Lounge 🙏🏽
Thank you for these prompts, so useful for ongoing reflections ☺️
Such a lovely reminder of the bigness of life when some days it can feel so small and insular. This reads as a breath of fresh air, thank you ❤
What a wonderful photo of Chika: you can tell he is such a warm-hearted kind man who spreads joy.
Thanks for sharing this story of Chika and Front Lounge. How amazing to have someone cheering you on in your corner, at any time in life, but especially as a young person. ❤️
I had the same dream of visiting India when younger and saved a 100 rupee note a friend gave me in my Lonely Planet guide. His parents worked for the British Consulate and I admired his photos at art school. Years later, I am reading your article and in a room with my own photos of India. I saved up working in an office in an editing role I didn't really enjoy and pinned up photos of where I wanted to travel to so I remembered why I was there! I went when my daughter was pregnant with my first granddaughter and my dreams have extended to taking my three grandchildren to see the magic and meet the wonderful people there. I ended up staying with the Ghandi family (long story) and I will never forget their kindness and at the time I didn't know who they were beyond the smiles and pure conversation. I loved reading about Dundee as my daughter studied contemporary dance there. I can imagine my eldest grandchild being interested in Kinship fashion as well! I will research into Front Lounge. I recently had a dream where she was older and showed me her fashion collection where a model was trying on ballet shoes and a Japanese kimono. I bought her her first sewing box, machine and we used to draw designs together. She's an absolute natural - kids are soooo creative. Thank you for bringing Front Lounge to my Front Lounge 🙏🏽
I love this Gillian, Front Lounge sounds amazing!