Letters from a Daughter to her Father - Epilogue

[JUSTIFY]So this my friends was my tribute to my father on father's day. It has been a journey that took me to corners of my mind which I thought had been long forgotten. A lot of old memories were revived. Many of them I have shared here, but there are very many that I shall reserve for a future date.

The memories were a bit scattered, but that is the way memories are – they just pop up unexpectedly and may not necessarily be interconnected. I have written them as they came to me.

Some of the memories made me smile, others brought tears over a father who is sorely missed. But life goes on.

I have written the last letter and I feel at a loose end. Every letter took me back in time and I was with him once again. It was like connecting with him virtually.

As coincidence may have it, my cousin sent me a picture of my father taken about 22 - 23 years ago. He sent it just after I had written the last letter. (He did not know anything about these letters). I was really stunned. Couldn't take my eyes of the picture. He looks so life like in the picture. It was as if I were really seeing him again. This is just how he looks in my memories. This is how he looks when he appears in my dreams.

This is what my cousin writes of him: “S. mama had been a sedate person a very cool soul and a very humourous persona..went on well with all sorts of company...old and not so old and also infants..a very magnanimous person with remarkable qualities”! No words could have been sweeter to my ears.

I shall take it that my dad has sent this as a sign that he has received my letters. This is his reply to me, indicating that he is in a better place and that he will always be with me.

“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun
And what lives on with me is all the things that we had done”.

Thanks to all my readers for being with me and sharing my memories over these last 3 weeks.
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Varalottiji,

Thanks a lot for your very encouraging feedback and for being the first to post your comments here. It really means a lot to me.

I need not say Varalottiji, that the greatest reward for a writer is to have readers who are genuinely interested in their writings. In a situation like blogs, where the only source of feedback is directly from the reader (unlike novels, where one gets reviews or can base an idea of the popularity on the sales), feedbacks really mean a lot to me and keep me going. And in this context, I am eternally grateful to you Varalottiji and to all those who have posted their comments here. It has been a source of great moral support and encouragement to me.

Looking forward to seeing you in my future blogs too sir.

 

Thanks so much Vijima. Even if you have not posted replies to each and every letter, I know that you have read them and that I have your good wishes and blessings. Thank you very much Vijima for being such a moral support and a lifeline to me in all my times of feeling low.

 

My dearest Kantha,

Thanks so much for your lovely feedback. Yes, I need to do something about publishing some of the stuff here, but don't quite know how to go about it. Well, if and when the time comes, they will get published.

 

Thanks a lot Sree for your very encouraging feedback. What you say is absolutely true. My dad was an absolute treasure. God has been very kind to me.