So it’s been a year since our Aru has left us…a year of pain, emptiness and longing. A year of going from one moment to the next in a vacuum.
There have been a few people who have really walked the difficult path with us. To them, we owe our gratitude. And then there are others who have told us how she has changed them in many different ways to make them better people.
Her friend Jasiya tells me that she feels blessed to have her in her life because she learnt a few things from her. Not to waste food, to switch off all the lights and fan before leaving a room and be extra protective about people one cares about. She says that Aru is a legend and legends never die.
Keertana and Shilpa and Monisha miss her a lot.
Payal Urs remembers her as the only person who used an ink pen and says she learnt a lot from her .
Mahdiyya related fond memories which showed how much she cares about Aru..
These and many such stories make us feel proud that our daughter indeed touched the lives of many people around her..
When Aru joined Sdumc and started living away from home. She missed us so much and so I told her to always watch the moon as we would be watching it too. And it would connect her to us…
I watch the moon everyday and I know that the moon sees her too..
I end this with a quote which Aru loved
I see the moon and the moon sees me,
And the moon sees the somebody I want to see,
God bless the moon and God bless me ,
And God bless the somebody I want to see!
Thank you Aru for choosing baba and me to be your parents
Thank you for giving us a precious 23 years
You were, you are and will always be our pride, inspiration and joy.
Our universe and our heart beats.
Lots and lots of love my dear
Aaiee and Baba