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son’s message to family, on his birthday. =========================================================================================\
Dear family,
As I sit in heaven and watch you all every day, I try to let you
know with signs that I never went away. I hear you when you’re laughing and watch you as you sleep.
I even place my arms around you to calm you as you weep.
I see you wish the days away begging to have me home.
So I try to send you signs, so you know you are not alone.
Don’t feel guilty that you have Life that was denied to me.
Heaven is truly beautiful. Just you wait and see.
So live your Life, laugh again as I see you do …. though I can see the tears beNEATH YOUR laugh.
Enjoy yourself, be free.
Then I know with every breath you take, you’ll be taking one for me.
With love always, yours forever,
Lalit,
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Remembering our dear son, on his Birthday.
Happy
Birthday Dear Lalit. Thank you for a wonderful message. Yes, we have seen your
signs. We have felt your signs. Many times over the past 8 years.
We realise
that we come with nothing, we go with nothing. We know this message from Gita.
Nothing belongs to us. We belong to nothing. What was ours yesterday will not
be ours tomorrow. So be it with you dear. In the span of time between birth and
death, it is great to endear oneself to many … It is so nice to be remembered
and to find a permanent place however small, even in few hearts. This dear, you
have achieved, for you live in the hearts of so many who fondly love you and
miss you.
We will abide
by your message to live our Life in full measure. We will laugh though only you
can see the pain beneath. We see your loved little one grow to be such a smart
and sweet girl, you would be so proud of her. Love & care she receives in
abundance and you’d be really happy, that she is in very safe and loving hands.
Her sister and your two nieces are so lovely .. they fill our hearts of all
emptiness we feel.
WHEN LIFE
GIVES YOU THOUSAND REASONS TO CRY,
SHOW LIFE
THAT YOU HAVE MILLION REASONS TO SMILE.
On your
birthday today, we will smile for you and remember all the lovely moments we
spent together that made your short 29 years with us so wonderful. We remember
the happy moment this day you came into our lives as a healthy 9 pound bundle
of joy!!. We remember your First birthday and the gifts that gave you world of
thrills. We also remember your birthday in 2007 and the lunch we had together,
with the ‘love of your life’ you were so proud of …
We
accept that everything that is happening is God’s Plan and we pray you find
eternal peace and we are able to live through this, until we meet.
With love,
Family.
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Remembering a dear brother,
The
‘Grateful Dead’ are performing their last ever tour.. oh how my Cheta (brother)
would've loved it.
One
of my earliest memories is of me trying to do my homework while AC/DC, Iron
Maiden, Grateful Dead and the likes would be blaring at full volume. My 10 year
old brain couldn't comprehend this music and my 16 year old brother probably
couldn't comprehend this silly girl he had for a sister.
A
year later I moved to Dubai with my parents while Cheta stayed back in Chennai
to join college. Him there, me here. Our meetings were limited to 2 months of
annual vacation when he would visit us in Dubai. In his brown jeans.. I can
never forget those brown jeans. Which, after one wash would miraculously turn
blue! The bane of my mum's life.
Years
went by.. him there, me here. When I met with an accident and was lying in the
hospital I had a sudden urge to see my Cheta. Of course my happiness on seeing
him was short lived when the first thing he told me was 'Hey you look like
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins'! Who was not a handsome guy at all!! But
that was him. He could diffuse any situation with his smile and a 'hey take it
easy man' attitude.
We
were growing up, him there, me here. My life was all about friends,
friendships, boys & crushes. And at the ripe old age of 16 I had my first
boyfriend. The first person I emailed was my Cheta. And he replied with some
sage advice, 'have fun, live life but don't forget your studies'. What a guy
huh.
Few
years later he returned the favour when he met the woman of his dreams and
mailed me about it. How honoured was I! That dream team eventually went on to
create an amazing baby.. who is now turning into an amazing babe.
There
are people who didn't think we were close enough. And maybe we weren't, in the
traditional sense. But we had something, a special bond that I will never share
with anyone else. He was always there for me when I needed him. All through the
darkness of the last eight years, I can still smile because the last thing we
ever did was share a hug. I have not one single regret of our short time
together on this Earth.
Today we celebrate his 37th birthday. My mum will make sambar, I will bake a cake and we will light a lamp before his picture. Years have rolled past.
Even
now, he's somewhere else and I'm still here :(
Madhvi.
Note:
we would welcome your recollections on your interaction with Lalit or any
particular incident of fun and laughter. .
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Have a peaceful week
ahead. Also, wishing Ramadan Mubarak to our fasting friends.
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