Two months on...there is good around!

It is now two months since it happened. Its been very different!
On the one hand the loss of a loved one,is still hurting badly,on the other,the sheer number of people who have reached out to Nithya and me have made us believe the world has a lot of good people too!
From Akhil's friends, to some of my own, who have joined our cause, to people whom we have got to know, after this tragedy.To us, this is so gratifying!
My effort with Beyond Carlton too has begun to take better shape, we did a few nice things-23rd happened to be Surabhi Joshi's[one of the unfortunate who lost her life] birthday and we decided to plant a sapling in her memory.This has led us to believe that we need to cleberate all the 8 others,who are no longer with us in some manner like this.
Yesterday,was the start of our awareness campaign and it was again so nice to see the support we got.Support from the Forum Mall,Ogilvy and various other suppliers.
We surely must be touching people!
This makes me feel that out of our adversity we are slowly carving out some good!
Thank you all, you are making our journey a lot smoother!

Picking the pieces?

Over 5 weeks and feeling a little down.Pardon me for that!
It is getting tougher rather than easier without Akhil.
I think it is, due to fewer folks around us and more time to ourselves now.

Small things hurt.
Like, deleting his phone number from the favourites on my phone, took me 5 weeks.Yesterday,that act got me so emotional.

All I keep saying to Nithya even now,is 'I still can't believe it'.
Our challenge is,that there wasn't any survivor from this tragedy, who was with him.
So, there are a lot of unanswered questions.Someone, who could have told us what happened in the last hour of the event.We are just not able to piece the facts together to get closure.
This is quite unlike any other accident in one way.

Will we get the answers ever? I don't know!
Our effort to get on with our lives, is an attempt, sometimes, to runaway from the reality,strange isn't it?

Akhil had his whole life ahead,his career,his wanting to achieve things for himself and for his family.We suddenly realise, we will not just have a son anymore,we will not have another daughter who would have been his wife,no grandchildren's chatter in the house,besides, of course,for me ,no one to talk to, on the latest gizmos and cars.

Take a look at this beautiful video created by the 'Beyond Carlton' team,it sums up my mood...
Akhil, you're gone too soon!