Kiran
One year ago today was the saddest day of my life and probably for everyone else in my family. It was the day that I lost a niece and my son lost his eldest female cousin. It has been difficult and painful to even think about what has taken place, but yet I do for to not think about her is to forget her and that would be wrong. One year ago, we all watched as the last breaths faded away from Kiran, our precocious 10 year old. She was my mother’s first grand-daughter and indeed held a special place in all of our hearts. As she was growing up, all of us, her aunts and uncles, were bewildered that she acted the age of someone twice her age. In fact, we all wondered whether she was growing up too quick. Sadly, we will never know. There aren’t many reassuing words or thoughts one can express about the loss of her; I can’t say that she went to a "better place" or that she is "no longer suffering". I can’t even say that she was in the "prime of her life", because she hadn’t even experienced that. No, for she was only 10 years old and had the best of her life to look forward to. I can only mourn, and mourn I shall.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:10 am
Beautiful.
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Thank you for putting into words what so many of us who were touched by Kiran, and were blessed to have known her, feel. She will never be far from our thoughts or our hearts…..