Friends & Family - I am also posting this message to reach out to all those who sent me messages of support, encouragement, kind thoughts and most importantly your precious prayers during my time of grief when Nook passed away. I did not get a chance to read or respond to the 300 or so messages that still float around Nook's and my yahoo, gmail, LinkedIn, and Facebook. But that doesn't mean I appreciate it any less. In fact, that's going to be a comforting, cathartic experience for me to read those messages to keep me going - to reinforce how loved Nook was as a friend, coworker, family member, acquaintance. This is a legacy I can pass onto my children, something they can comprehend versus the incomprehensible thoughts of souls, spirits and how physical bodies become ashes or understanding how God can transport a soul or who or where God is. Sanvi already has her ideas of how to honor her Dad via a scrapbook of pictures, cards we received and printouts of email notes. All of you were amazing in responding so readily with favors and help during the hospitalization and the first few weeks. To my amazing Anaheim Hills and Irvine friends, I am sure you are waiting for the day I move out of AH so I can stop bugging you for tech help, mail support, and Handyman 101!!! For all those who attended Nook's funeral and memorial services in person, I know I did not have a chance to acknowledge everyone that day, but I was truly overwhelmed with the number of people that came to bid him adieu despite it being a weekday and right in the middle of the working day. We are blessed indeed to have such a large extended family - I seem to always have this vision of Nook watching from somewhere above laughing and having a good time socializing at his own funeral with that everlasting smile of his that none of us can ever forget.
A Big Thanks from the bottom of my heart for all your kindness.
Sangeetha.
Note: There were several people around the world who wanted to be able to participate in the memorial services and couldn't be there in person - I know some of you feel you need closure too and would have liked to have seen him. If it's of any comfort to you, here's a link to the wonderful slideshow presentation down memory lane that our buddies Sameer and Rajeev put together. It's been my solace over the months to relive the memories via these pictures http://sdrv.ms/Nchsr5. Here's also a link to Sanvi's tribute to Nook as she sang one of his favorite songs: http://youtu.be/kR0U3TGFYO8 or search in youtube by "sanvi kolluru" (Sanvi remembers Nook singing this song as Nook was so impressed with Adele's voice back then - him being sick and at home coincided with the time when Adele won the Grammys - father and daughter usually loved singing the Adele songs together on the iPad). And last but not the least, here's the Nook we all know - with his characteristic smile and a poem written by Aditi where only she could so eloquently describe Nook. As I read the poem again, I can't help attaching the picture of the full moon on the night of May 5th as we were driving back from the hospital. The news described it as one of those rare "once in x number of years type occurrences", when the moon is closest to the earth or some such interesting tidbit, but every month, when the kids and I see the full moon, we call it "Daddy's Day!".
No comments:
Post a Comment