Deepa,For three years we dreaded this phone call. It came this morning while I was driving - announcing that you will not be with us anymore. I stopped my car and my mind went numb.
Death is a word which will never be put beside your name, for you were always so full of life. I can remember you pleading with me smiling on your hospital bed not to make you laugh because your stitches would hurt. How much fun was it to walk on MG Road and shop for those funny 'kullhads', which bought against the wishes of our more practical spouses. Whenever the Delhi winter bites our bones, Soni and I warm up in that lovely furry blanket you gifted us. I was scared to visit you this time in Bangalore, worried that the terrible venom that was biting your body would have scarred your mind. I was wrong. Seeing you propped up on your bed, trying so hard to make all of us smile, melted me.
You brought joy, hope and strength. You fought the battle for your heart and body. You touched the lives of all of us. For that many lifetimes are not enough to repay. Today Soni and I went for an ultrasound to look at our unborn baby, a small speck of life kicking away at its first taste of life. I had a suspicion you will live in some way in that speck of life we saw on the screen today..
much love
All of us who you are leaving behind today
