Condolences to Swash and family - Page 3

Dear Mala My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.

thank you all. it is very heartening to note that so many unknown faces but known persons, connected through the modern technology, care for my loss so much. thanks again for all the wonderful messages. i am slowly trying to accept it. the first stage is denial and anger and we are going thru' that. I feel more for my dad who is 76 and who was entirely depending on my mom for all even though he is physically fit, but for his arthritis. and also for my little niece - my only brother's daughter Shruthi who is 2 and was the apple of my mom's eyes. they shared such a close bond and i wish she had lived for 4 more years so shruthi can remember her paatti forever. now her memories of her paatti will fade away in a year or so.

Sorry swash, I just saw this thread. Please accept my sincere condolences and wish you and your family the strength and courage to face your loss. I would like to share with you a favourite poem of mine, a beautiful and evocative one.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die

Mala,

my condolences to you and your family.....may your mother soul rest in peace

thanks all..karthikka, what a lovely poem. i have to look at all that and see my mom in those. thanks again.

hi swash,

Originally posted by: swash2

thanks all..karthikka, what a lovely poem. i have to look at all that and see my mom in those. thanks again.