The past few days my primary job has been to take care of my toddler boy, my little sweet roudy.Thirutu kutti as I fondly call him. Finally I am doing something which I have been craving for long, and could come out of the "I have to work" shell. I am a full time "software engineer"..sorry used to be...now am doing an even more tougher yet lovely job..being a stay at home mom job.Well that's a seperate blog on how that happened..

Babies are forms of God...Their smile steals our heart and when they grasp you with their delicate fingers, your heart skips a beat. I had a similar experience today evening. Eshwar of late loves to go out and walk with his new sneakers on. So I take him for a walk daily and thanks to the early spring this year...

Usually I take him to the park tha'ts there in out apartment..today i thought I will alter the routine a bit and took him for a walk along the streets. It was a truly fascinating experience.
mom...what are those on the trees...mom..is that a dog..well...eshwar doesn't talk yet...but that's what my mind imagined as he repeated his favorite baby talk over and over again..as I responded back with a smile...

I know every moment i spend with him is a moment of immense joy and i will cherish it with all my heart...
Love you echu....

My pati....

I am writing this post with a very heavy heart. Yesterday the journey of my pati came to a screeching halt and there she lay peacefully undisturbed by the worldly disturbances.

It all started with her carrying me as I was still a newborn, as I was welcomed into this world. Since then to today, she has been nothing but a second mom to me. She is the most selfless women I have ever met, keeping little for herself and meeting the needs of everyone in the family without any expectations. She is the epitome of love and affection.

Very innocent, kind and pure at heart, she was an angel who was fun to be with, strong by heart and had gone through too much in life. Even in her death bed, she kept worrying if everybody was fine.

In my school days I would play dhaya katai, soodu kotai games with her and would fight with her if she won and I lost and she would just laugh looking at my childishness. I would sit and braid her hair..Pati..unaku pini vidaren pati...and in the nights when am sleeping with her, would not let her sleep until she tells me stories till I fall asleep. Pati..edanum kada sollu pati...
These are etched in my heart as sweet memories of my pati

I watched her wither and become weak, but still she was very strong in heart, till the time my grandpa passed away five years back. But she almost took it in her stride and trudged along.

Her everything was weak, her whole body had weakened like a tree losing everything in fall, but her spirit lived on. It all ends like it begins. Everything good in life has an ending and so did my cherished spirit. It slowly came to a grinding halt between 12:15 - 3:15 AM on March 08, 2010.

My sweet angel's life thus comes to an end with her continuing to live in my memories.