8th anniversary

Beautiful, gentle, generous, devoted, courageous, creative, unique, smart, pillar of strength, unselfish, compassionate, source of belief, caring, love, giving without any expectation, counsellor - all put together is you, my dearest AMMA You are so wonderful to think of, but hard to be without.. Your love for me was pure, unconditional and strong. . You were an essential part of my life as you understood me beyond compare, held my hand when I needed a friend, giving the assurance always that however time is hard.. You will be by my side. You were a wonderful guide and a positive influence in my life. Your love is still my guide in my waking thoughts, sweetest memories and dearest dreams. I keep moving through my life with your beautiful memories but never completely get over the loss of you. I think of you in silence. A million times, I've needed you.. A million times, I've cried longing for you and your gentle hug & tender kiss. There are moments in my life when i really missed you and wanted to pick u from my dreams and hug you for real.. If love alone could have saved you, I never would have lost you Amma.. Love you so much.. I'm sure you are keeping yourself busy in heaven taking care of the angels, dressing them up in your own style, nursing them, cooking their favourite dishes and being your best as you always used to be with us. Keep blessing and guiding always Amma..

7th anniversary

Amma.... I'm proud to say that you were important to me and what a powerful influence you continue to be.. You left us 7 years back with your beautiful memories. You're unconditional love is still our guide. Although we cannot see you, you're always at our side. Love you loads..

6th anniversary

Amma.. My head is longing to lean on your shoulders, eyes are longing to see u once, ears are longing to hear u talk, mouth is longing to kiss u and have a looong talk , hands are longing to hug... Miss u amma !! Its been 6 years since u left us and not a single day passes by without your thought. U have left behind lots of memories and we will cherish them forever. Love u Amma.. I know you are watching us from above and blessing us in our each and every step. God, please take care of my Amma.

5th anniversary

A MOTHER IS SHE WHO CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF ALL OTHERS BUT WHOSE PLACE NO ONE ELSE CAN TAKE. Amma, 5 yrs have passed since u left us physically but still your fond memories are being cherished by all of us. U are the most beautiful woman i ever saw and the best Mom one can get. Your love for us was so pure and forever and it was the fuel that made us to do the impossible. You gave us the feeling of trust and stability. You helped me grow and prosper in life. Im lucky to be born as your daughter but unlucky that your are not with us now physically to guide us. You were gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness...Your teachings and advices are making me lead my own life as a Mother. U were my gender partner and im your role model. For all that im today.. i owe to my dear angel mother whose face and smile is still in my deepest heart and cant forget it in my whole lifetime. Love you Amma. Miss You too !! My arms are just longing for one big hug from/for you. Seek your blessings from above always.

4th anniversary

Dear Amma, Today is your 4th Anniversary and its still hard for us to accept the fact. Our eyes are longing to see u, mouth longing to talk with u, ears longing to hear u talk, arms longing to hug u... Have heard that ' Mother' is a magic word in any language and yes it is true. You had that real magic in you. You were our bank where we deposited our worries and hurts. Your love for us was so pure. We love u forever our ever dear Amma. The memories left behind you are the ones which we cherish now. The days we were together are a treasure for us always. For what im today, i owe to u Amma. We seek your blessings from above in our every walk of our life. Ever loving daughter

3rd anniversary

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac All that Im today.. I owe to my angel Mother. 3 yrs have passed. Though missing you daily, your memories and our memorable days spent together are always with us. Love you Amma. We seek your blessings at every stage of our life.3

Nothing is impossible !! Car Driving - a year back and now

Nothing is impossible. You can learn anything at any age. This was very true with me.

Some learn car driving as their hobby/interest and some learn it on necessity or compulsion. Initially a year back, i came into the second category. Car driving was something which i had been neglecting for a very long time though i had the support from Magesh who keeps insisting me in learning. I was always comfortable with my 2 wheeler no matter what distance i had to go in Pune/Chennai. I always felt that i didnt have the self confidence to drive a car.. didnt have the sufficient knowledge in understanding the car controls(which i feel i dont have even now as im owning an auto gear), road visibility, judgement on either side while driving... Nov 2014 was the time when we decided to change school for kids and for the option of school which we had in mind, required dropping and picking up kids ourselves as there isnt school bus commuting to this area. School distance being 11 kms from our place, going with 2 kids in activa on a regular basis isnt advisable. Ocassionally i can get Magesh's help in dropping or picking up but not regularly and thats when i was forced to learn car driving and joined a driving school with lots of fear.. Will i be able to learn? Will i get the confidence? Will my road fear get rid? And at that point my mind was saying a No only. On joining the driving school, before learning to drive on road, I had to familiarise myself with the basic things inside the car like: the basic controls, seat adjustment, use of foot pedals,steering controls, mirror adjustment.. Had a couple of theory classes which was ok and then 3-4 classes in a simulator, which was also ok.. meanwhile my LLR got ready and the day came when i had to drive a real alto on road...Though the instructor was next to me always and had the brake control.. i had the fear till the classes got over though i started driving in 4th gear. Still remember holding the steering so tightly and instructor always use to correct me asking me to hold the steering relaxedly. I had big difficulty in controlling all together: gear, clutch, brake, steering control and gear change.. uhhhh.. i used to drive on the left lane itself always and whenever any vehicle overtakes me.. i used to put a brake. Also when i see so many vehicles on road, get nervous and start stopping the car almost 200 mts before itself if i see a signal ahead and ofcourse i know thats not required but that was my fear level. Taking a u turn, getting the vehicle in reverse, turning in narrow roads, parking the car with a proper judgement on the left side, everything was kind of tough at that stage. Finally the last day of my driving class came and i was told by my instructor that how much ever i learn in class.. the real challenge and confidence comes when u take your own car and start driving alone in traffic.Even then my mind was saying how am i going to get that confidence.. The road fear didnt go at all. Went for my licence test and was through and got my licence by Feb 20.. Initially had lots of confusion whether to go in for auto or normal. Magesh said that i can definitely manage with normal car but i wanted auto gear only and finalised on it and booked alto K10 vxi autogear.. Got my car delivery also on march 12th but didnt get the confidence driving it.

School was to reopen on 1st April and i had to get the confidence of atleast driving it without anyone near me by then so that i can start taking it for the purpose i learnt. Magesh kept encouraging me daily asking me to take but i kept refusing and somehow 2 days before school reopened, took it and went for a small drive in our area but i made sure that i took it out when there wont be traffic. The first day to school, morning Magesh came to drop and after dropping them and coming, he gave it to me to drive but had to take it alone in the evening during pick up. The travel time is 20-25 mins and i use to leave home by 2.30 itself for 3.30 leaving time. The entire april session managed somehow with one of my friend's help who use to make sure she comes behind my car itself in the evenings so that if any issues in between i was feeling comfortable that she was there. The entire may, didnt drive and again started driving in June once school reopened. Slowly started getting the confidence, fear started going and was feeling comfortable driving but still never dare to drive it during mornings as there will be traffic and within a month, couldnt believe myself that i will also start driving as others and even overtaking few vehicles would be like a bigg thing for me and tell Magesh and feel happy. Slowly started with one by one... driving in traffics, taking car for my other outings, night driving, taking kids to mall, restaurants and movies when Magesh was not in Chennai. Also had the experience of driving in heavy rains with the wipers on full swing.. Wanted to try a long drive for quite sometime and with Archarya's blessings, got the opportunity to drive to Kanchipuram recently, a month ago. Thanks to my brother who was with me throughout my drive guiding me. A year has passed by and the roads where i use to drive during my driving class gives me many memories. Keep thinking whenever i cross the 200 ft road that this was the road where i use to learn, get scared and now feel happy that just like others im also driving. Also get to see others learning to drive o the same road from the same driving school.. Felt like sharing my car driving experience with all of you. Thanks for sparing 5-10 mins of your precious time in reading this.