April 20th

Hi Everyone,

This time last month I was spending the day unpacking from a trip and talking to my mom. We were laughing and joking about the difficulties we would be facing in the coming days. It was a very peaceful day. Thankfully, I have a short 5 minute clip of that day on video which I will definetly try to share with everyone. It's been 14 days since I last talked to my mom and 19 days since she talked to me. I have my mom's strength to face all this with a smiling face. Some days are harder than others but that's how life goes. We had a beautiful set of bhajans last Friday. A few close friends came to the house and sang with much devotion. Yesterday, the 19th of April we had a pooja at the house for mom's "termu" (13th day) as it is called. It was a very nice pooja with close family from out of town and a few close friends. At night we had bhajans at the temple. I sang a bhajan and ofcourse had to mess up for my mother. Mom and Dad used to always get on my case to make me sing at the temple when I was younger. I dislike singing in big crowds and haven't practiced in a long time. So yesterdays program went well and dad and I are staying in good spirits. I'll update this blog with news about Dad and I occassionally. We're hanging in there and laughing and smiling as my mother would want us to do.