A Branch from the tree of my life has fallen!

‘Unniappha’ (as I used to call him), little did I know that grief would be this unique when u left for a better place this morning. For a moment it seems as if am still dreaming but as they say it is what it is. Was there anyone like you? No! no one was, & never would be. One of a kind, a blessed one, truer than the truth & purer than the purity. I cannot even fathom how much u’ll be missed for the times to come. No one ever felt left out in ur presence. I have realized that you were a superhuman when u fought hard in the last few days. U loved children, especially ur granddaughters, the void u have left in their lives, will never be filled. If patience & courage had a face, it would be u! You were the rainbow of all our lives yet life showed u its darkest of colors but u tried ur best to fly successfully through them. I don’t even know what to say about Jaya Icchamma (wife) & Anu Ettan (son), all I can say they both are far more stronger than they think they are. Coming to terms with the grief your absence brings, is difficult, to say the least. There are things left unsaid, questions left unanswered, words left unspoken. Lastly all I would like to say is that grief/pain is no stranger to me, I have ventured this uncharted territory, a few times. I know I won’t wake up one morning saying, ‘Hey, I’ve conquered my grief; now I’m ready to move on’. It’s something that’ll walk beside me every day & I don’t know for how long. Yes, u do get healed after an amputation, but gradually. There is no immediate fix for grief either. Everything that heals leaves a scab, that fades with time, whether it’s a scraped knee or a scraped heart.