Dear All,
Thanks for responding and sharing your thoughts.
I will tell you why I wrote this post. My fathers sister (my Aunt) married a gentleman who had lost his wife to cancer, and had three children from his previous marriage.
When my aunt married him these three kids were of the age 3-10. The younger two children were affectionate to my aunt. But the elder son at times was a little distant. After her marriage my aunt gave birth to a son.
My Aunt never distinguished between her biological son and her step children and loved them all the same.
As months went by, my Aunt's step children began to love her as their own mother, and refer to her as their mom.
Now all of them are married and my Aunt and Uncle are very old and need help in their day to day living.
And as fate would have it, the people who have taken the most care of my Aunt........is the son who was a 3 year old when My Aunt married my Uncle and the eldest son who was 10 years old.
I am proud of my Aunt that she gave so much love to all her children.😳
But more importantly I am also proud of my cousins😳.....who may not be linked to my aunt by blood, but who are more linked to us emotionally.
As Shanti put it so well
Karam includes Dharam.
Thanks all........lovely interacting with you.🤗
Edited by Kasturilover - 14 years ago