The ones who inspired me in my journey

Just felt the itch to write...I often find myself in deep thoughts thinking about the handful of people who have really made a mark in my life, left an imprint along the way...And however ironical it may sound, I'm hardly in touch with any of them now. The set of friends that I had in my adolesence and teens is entirely replaced with a complete different set now. The few names that come to my mind foremost are Tulika, Manisha Sabharwal, Ritu Dubey, Nidhi Kapoor, Vipul Taneja, Ashish Arora, Vikas Sood,KamalKant,Tushar Dave,Pankaj, Vandana Sukhija, Anjali Mahajan, Manisha Tuli, Prabha Sattiraju, Ram Gopal, Shaju Nandakumar, Sivakumar Tammali,Mani, Samiksha Bindra. Then there is my hubby who wooed me and completely swept me off my feet with his affable ways and charm. And my sis Meera, Sweet li'l sister Chhavi and BIL Anupam who are the best companions one can have. I really cherished their company and shared my dreams with some of them. Doesn't it come across as life's paradox that the people who mattered the most to you at some point and who were a significant part of your lives are not a part of your very life anymore? Well however strange that may appear, it is true. Often I think of compiling a book with references to all the people who have touched my life in any way...I know it's a difficult task and I might leave out some names behind. I wish I could gather all those that I shared my vision with, laughed with, shared my tears and smiles with. Its been a long time but their memories are still fresh as dew in my mind, hope it remains so till the very end as they are too precious for me to part with.