Dear Ma,
Came to Hyderabad to fulfill one of your last desires of being present to bless Devank on his 2nd birthday. We had a quiet but happy celebration while dealing with the pain of your absence and yet your omnipresence watching over all of us. Madhavi served Devank lunch in true 'you' style, and he couldn't wait to peck at it all!
Jhim being in Hyderabad came this afternoon with Tojo and spent a great hour or so with Bapi and Devank.
We bought cold drinks, hot chips, and Subho had ordered a cake from Taj! The gift Mim, Mia and I had chosen arrived on time this morning. Devank was thrilled to play with them all. Gayathri came over too and we decked up the house with blue and white balloons... Mamata style, you would have commented!
Mim and Mia joined on Skype as we sang while an excited Devank cut his cake...you smiling lovingly at all of us! He loved the cake and had already claimed the cherry on top before we even cut the cake.
Madhavi has cooked mutton and pulao and I cooked, for you, remembering you, Shewaiyer payesh. With love...as you had always taught! While they went to drop off Gayathri home, Bapi Skyped with Aju and then we chatted a long time remembering you. As we talked it became easy to let go of the pain as we realised that we had no regrets for the life you lived or the way you left, but just that the emptiness in our lives in very hard to deal with. We hope you will be around Bapi giving him strength and hope, as you always have!
In the end, we hope that when Devank grows up he will know that we celebrated his birthday in the grand way that you taught us to celebrate this day. But he will also realise that the most beautiful part of our family was not there!
As we miss having you around, we also feel your presence enveloping us...but is that enough? We continue to miss your energy, your smile, your frown, your enthusiasm and your zest for life and celebrations! We love you MA!
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