A relation of our's had succumbed to cancer last week. She was a retired teacher and all of 63 years. The odd thing was that the illness was eating away her innards for the last ten years without giving a hint of its activity despite the several tests that she used to undergo every year. The illness had finally surfaced when she'd visited her surgeon to remove a swelling in her armpit when that doctor had ordered for a biopsy.
And this had taken place just a couple of months back. The results had confirmed the worst as the ailment had reached the tertiary stage and had started affecting her liver which gave her immense pain towards the end which came around 2130h on 07 Jun. I couldn't make it for her funeral due to some pressing commitments and had mentally jotted down that I'd make it there at the earliest possible occasion.
This morning, the three of us - mom, Lekha and me - were able to visit her house, offer our prayers at her cremation spot and also spend time with the immediate family consisting of her husband, a son and a daughter. As her partner relived the final moments, it was evident that he missed her sorely but was contended that he'd provided the best medical management for her.
Our journey up and down was free of glitches, despite the rains and we're back home before teatime. Coincidentally, my kid sister and her husband had also dropped by, from Palakkad, making it look like a collective family endeavour - headed by none other than my mom - to share the family's grief!
RIP, chechi(I still do not know her name and was not willing to inquire about it because of the inappropriateness of the moment)! My prayers with the hope that your immediate family would be able to tide over their difficult times!!
Tailpiece.
Earlier in the day, around four in the morning, I'd dropped Indira kunjamma(my third ma'asi) at the Guruvayur temple as she's here as a member of the 'Narayaneeyam' prayer team. She had caught the night train, along with the group, back to Thiruvananthapuram. I observe that she has been able to tide over her age related discomfort - she's all of 72 years - thanks to her keeping busy on such spiritual activities!
And this had taken place just a couple of months back. The results had confirmed the worst as the ailment had reached the tertiary stage and had started affecting her liver which gave her immense pain towards the end which came around 2130h on 07 Jun. I couldn't make it for her funeral due to some pressing commitments and had mentally jotted down that I'd make it there at the earliest possible occasion.
This morning, the three of us - mom, Lekha and me - were able to visit her house, offer our prayers at her cremation spot and also spend time with the immediate family consisting of her husband, a son and a daughter. As her partner relived the final moments, it was evident that he missed her sorely but was contended that he'd provided the best medical management for her.
Our journey up and down was free of glitches, despite the rains and we're back home before teatime. Coincidentally, my kid sister and her husband had also dropped by, from Palakkad, making it look like a collective family endeavour - headed by none other than my mom - to share the family's grief!
RIP, chechi(I still do not know her name and was not willing to inquire about it because of the inappropriateness of the moment)! My prayers with the hope that your immediate family would be able to tide over their difficult times!!
Tailpiece.
Earlier in the day, around four in the morning, I'd dropped Indira kunjamma(my third ma'asi) at the Guruvayur temple as she's here as a member of the 'Narayaneeyam' prayer team. She had caught the night train, along with the group, back to Thiruvananthapuram. I observe that she has been able to tide over her age related discomfort - she's all of 72 years - thanks to her keeping busy on such spiritual activities!
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