A short post; my left side still not functional enough to type. So a post simply in memory of my aunt (my mum's aunt but closer to her in age). Today would have been her 65th birthday. I do not have a very definite memory of her; just hazy bits from stray conversations. I was but four when she passed away. And we used to live in Finland and come down just twice every year. So it sort of narrows down the time I spent with her to number a few weekends. What I do remember distinctly though is the love that she showered on me and the kind of pampering that I was subjected to on the days that I spent in her company. Even when a ravaging sickness wrecked her body, straining every bit of her strength, I remember her making undeterred trips just to visit me. This photo is from my third birthday; traces of onset of her sickness can be seen in her bony frame which doesn't go with my early recollections of her.
I can't say that missing her terribly is something that I feel. What I do feel is that I shall never know exactly what I am missing in my life by not having her as a part of it, though I can say without a trace of any doubt that it is something beautiful and decidedly irreplaceable.
For my aunt, Ranjani R (April 19, 1949 - January 07, 1987)
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