Aunt Juliet's Passing...

Dear Everyone
In the aftermath of the demise of our Aunt Juliet, it's is my duty, at least I felt so, to write something in her memory. In order for us to have a proper closure I am submitting you all this letter as a tribute to her.
I have known her since my childhood from the time, her family lived just a couple of houses behind ours. It may be up until mid 60's they took up the residency over there.
By the facts that she was only a few years older than I was and Sebaratnam was one of my closest associations, she was always in the picture. I remember everything from we, going together to the Coop store near the present day CKM bus-stand, to fetching firewoods from jungles around Madu church area whenever we made pilgrims to Madu. There are many unforgettable moments, where Aunt Juliet being the center of tales, that are vividly still stored in my memory.
As time rolled past my childhood, before I knew she became the wife of our uncle. When she came in to our Raphael family we couldn't ask for anyone better than her.
She was loved by elders and youngsters from our family alike. I remember, Ilayamama, Sinnamma, my sister and I were talking about her as one who has the most sense of humor.
This quality alone was more than enough for everyone of our family to feel her close to their hearts, not to mention her overall fine qualitities that made up a perfect person known to us as Aunt Juliet. Everyone in our family considered her as the perfect member for Raphael clan who always love fun, jokes, and laughs.
Now all these things, all of a sudden, became distanced memories only. We are not lucky enough to have her for longer period with us in our journey of life.
Now we have to wake up every morning and go to sleep at nights knowing that she is not here with us any more, a fact now we have to compromise ourselves to comprehend and adjust to.
We shall enshrine her memory in our hearts so long as we live on the face of the earth.
We will try finding happiness of her proximity as if we were seeing her face by seeing the faces of her beautiful daughters and son.
Her life was mugged up by defiant cancer on the 8^th of November 2009.
Funeral arrangements were planned for 11^th of November.

So Long!

Thank you
Don Sebamalai