Mommy is going to turn one in a couple of days and the time that has passed between the previous post and this one has undoubtedly been the most challenging..
There was a newborn in my arms and an ailing person in the house. Both needed a lot of care, attention and patience to handle. All was going well but we were unaware that as we were seeing one grow the other was declining. As one was trying to leave my arms and rise to walk, the other was preparing to lay in the arms of peace forever. We lost Papa before a few weeks and things seem so drastically different all of a sudden.
While the presence of Cherith keeps me busy all day, the absence of Papa has made an empty place in our lives. The presence of one takes us through our childhoods again and the absence of the other has made us all more responsible. The presence of one always seeks support to move and the absence of the other has left us with no one to take guidance from. The Presence of one makes us feel how happy and beautiful life and its creations are and the absence of the other shows us the reality of sorrow and hollow that death brings...
Soon little one will also grow to be independent and we will take the place of our elders in our children's lives, so on an so forth..
I have realized that Life is all about presence and absence.
Presence of people and absence of their importance,
Presence of moments and absence of awareness,
Presence of opportunities to live and absence of time to take them.
Amidst the responsibilities and the challenges precious moments are prone to take a backseat. The moment that has passed is gone forever and so will we. There are countless things to say but all we are left with are endless memories. Everything halts and comes to an end but the moments that give us small dozes of joy, live on in our hearts..
To Papa...
Bless us always..
To Cherith...
Love you always!!
CHS
There was a newborn in my arms and an ailing person in the house. Both needed a lot of care, attention and patience to handle. All was going well but we were unaware that as we were seeing one grow the other was declining. As one was trying to leave my arms and rise to walk, the other was preparing to lay in the arms of peace forever. We lost Papa before a few weeks and things seem so drastically different all of a sudden.
While the presence of Cherith keeps me busy all day, the absence of Papa has made an empty place in our lives. The presence of one takes us through our childhoods again and the absence of the other has made us all more responsible. The presence of one always seeks support to move and the absence of the other has left us with no one to take guidance from. The Presence of one makes us feel how happy and beautiful life and its creations are and the absence of the other shows us the reality of sorrow and hollow that death brings...
Soon little one will also grow to be independent and we will take the place of our elders in our children's lives, so on an so forth..
I have realized that Life is all about presence and absence.
Presence of people and absence of their importance,
Presence of moments and absence of awareness,
Presence of opportunities to live and absence of time to take them.
Amidst the responsibilities and the challenges precious moments are prone to take a backseat. The moment that has passed is gone forever and so will we. There are countless things to say but all we are left with are endless memories. Everything halts and comes to an end but the moments that give us small dozes of joy, live on in our hearts..
To Papa...
Bless us always..
To Cherith...
Love you always!!
CHS
