23rd May,today, marks 15 months since our lives changed forever!
It still seems like yesterday!Well, it has been a rough ride with almost every action reminding us of the times we had with Akhil. Our lives have taken many directions,on the one hand,to try and make an effort to see, if what we have been through, does hopefully not happen to someone else and the other our own personal lives have new challenges!
On the first, of reaching out to a larger world, our efforts with Beyond Carlton has just scratched the surface. This is a marathon and we need to stay the course, if we need to complete the distance! I am now learning, that in this journey, we will have some who will drop off and some who will join us afresh! Initially, this was disturbing but I am learning to cope. Somewhere, this has got us noticed and organisations have reached out to us, asking us to come on board their venture-- like the Namma Bengaluru Foundation to help advice them on a common interest of a fire safe Bangalore!Others have supported us in our initiatives and joined our cause!This sheer ability now to reach out to more people is most satisfying!
On our personal front, we have heard from friends, whom we had lost touch with and have reconnected after decades!Most are surprised at the way we have handled this moment 15 months ago and even go to the extent of calling us their personal heroes.A blog from a very dear friend Minoo, whom we we connected with after maybe 20years and now lives in the US,coincidentally, posted today talks about us and our lives! Not sure we deserve this!.
As I mentioned to Minoo, I am not sure we qualify to be anyone's hero and possibly most people handle lives the way we did!
So, yes life is different and will always be, when you go through a life changing moment, but I am learning to cope 15 months on and find new meaning!In this new life what is most rewarding is meeting so many new people,reconnecting with so many we had lost touch with.
Yes, the sun will rise every morning and its another day!
Thank you for being part of this!
