Dear Ma,
One month back you sent us your last Whatsapp message of going to the hospital, telling us how much you loved and missed us in your pain and warning us to 'be prepared'! Little did we realize then that that would be your last message ever to us and today the last day you lived in this material world! It is incredible how time and life stops for nobody, and how one month has flown by. We do not want to remember the day you died but the last day that you were alive!
The world has continued to be filled with a mix of pain and hope. Devank turned 2, Neo turned 4 and Hardyk turned 10! There have been natural calamities that have claimed a lot of lives as well as human created conflicts which have done the same! Mia has begun to learn to play the violin and Mim received huge protection in a road accident on the highway! Bapi's writing is complete and he has begun his new one at the new table that Subho Madhavi have got him! My work too, has been going on steadily and my latest online workshop is in the second week! We have also instituted an award in your memory at Loreto College for a promising 2nd year student! The world hasn't even blinked with your passing and has continued to twist and twirl ahead with lightning speed!
Our lives though are filled with memories at every turning! The gifts you bought for your grandchildren! The comments you would have made when something happened. The emptiness of your Whatsapp messages and calls. The silence of your voice and the smile of yours frozen in the photo frame! Bapi and we talk almost everyday and Skype once a week. And every minute we remember you and your spirit!
As we move on with the burden of the pain and emptiness, we wish to remember the lioness that you were, the boldness with which you lived your life, the courage you displayed in the hardest of circumstances, the inner revolution you manifested in your environment through your 17 year old practice, and the smile that characterized you! We want to remember the life that you lived and the spirit of hope, faith and courage you embodied! We are trying, amidst our pain to remind ourselves that that was the message of your life! Your message till the last moment that you lived... even one m
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nth ago!
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