Living with Synchronicity
It is amazing what I just realized. There has been a strange synchronicity in how loss happened to me. Repeated dates and days connect the three paternal figures in my life - my father (Baba), his brother and my uncle (Jethu), and my father-in-law (my acquired Baba). Baba and my father-in-law decided to say goodbye on a Friday . While Jethu chose Wednesday. Baba wanted to lead the path by choosing Friday,17th December 2010, followed by Jethu on Wednesday , 11 th March 2015, and my father-in-law on Friday, 13th February 2026. Coincidentally, this year, 11th March, when Jethu bid goodbye, was again a Wednesday ! Also, it is the 11 th year since then. As I dig deeper into the relationship I shared with all three of them, they were my innate source of affection, the kind I will not get from anywhere else. It is not just the loss of a father figure that is making life feel different; it is more the feeling that I will not be loved as a kid by anyone in this world. Toda...