“Although I wasn’t willing to get married, the custom in my family is for girls to marry at a young age. I got married at just 20 and it turned out to be the best thing that happened to me. My husband is more than I could have ever asked for and two years into our marriage, we were expecting our first child. I began to work with my husband, who is a fashion designer, and his faith in me gave me so much confidence and joy. I really was on cloud 9.

Then came our beautiful son. I would have hardly seen him for a couple of minutes before he was taken away from me. He was born with an abnormality involving an open abdomen and a hole in his heart. For the first seven days, I wasn’t even allowed to see him. I spent every minute praying for his safety. The doctors told us that he would have to be monitored and if his progress was steady, they could reverse the open abdomen. They also said that the hole in his heart might require surgery. I was completely shattered and devastated, I shut myself off from everybody. We kept everything under wraps because I didn’t want sympathetic calls reminding me of it over and over again.

The pain and agony of seeing your child with an open abdomen is unexplainable. It feels like something beyond the sufferings of this world. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism which got extremely aggravated watching my son in that state. I couldn’t sleep for more than three hours a day, but my husband stood by me like a rock. I never left the house because I didn’t want to leave my son alone for even a minute.

So, I started my blog at home where I could be right next to my son. I didn’t have the time, knowledge or experience to create content, so I dug up old pictures of myself and started to write about styling and fashion. As time passed by, my little one turned 6 months old and the doctor said the reversal could be done. I was terrified to send him to the operation theater. I remember telling my husband I would take care of him the same way throughout his life, but I couldn’t afford to lose him. He asked me what would happen if we weren’t alive in a few years, how he would manage by himself. Why was I preventing the possibility of him leading a normal life? When the nurse came to take him, I couldn’t give him to her. My baby, my flesh and blood.. but with my husband by my side, we watched them take him into the theater. In the eyes of God, everything went well and the operation was successful. Then came time to check his heart shunt. I did not have the energy left to go through the physical, mental and emotional pain again. Fortunately, it closed on its own and finally, FINALLY he was in the clear.

Today, I feel blessed to run a social media marketing company along with being a successful influencer, all of which started from my little blog that I started in a time of horrible trauma. I am also a committee member of the Telangana Artists association and with the support of my husband & mother I could stand again on my feet!

I salute to all the mothers who raise children with special needs. I truly believe they come from another world where there is only love and nothing else.”

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