Report of 18 April 2024

 Good morning - 

My father passed away on 5 April 2024 after a bout of pneumonia.  He celebrated his birthday on 4 April, though he felt unwell then.  

My father was a plastic surgeon of considerable heft.  My mother taught physiology, putting her own dreams of OB/GYN aside; my father could then focus on his career while my mother taught and raised us and sewed.  They were a nice couple.  After I started working at the Banyan and on one of my trips home to Madurai, I said to them as I sat across from them at the dining table, "I've seen people whose families don't take care of them.  Thank you for taking excellent care of us."  My father turned to my mother and said, "Kettiya (Heard that), Saroj?  I hear we took good care of them," and both of them smiled.  It is a nice memory.  

While we brace for our parents' passing, chronologically, it is still a change, isn't it.  I cannot process much medically and cooking is iffy.  No wonder people take time off and friends/neighbors send food to bereaved homes.  

I hope you enjoy your own family.

Unw -

R