October 31, 2009. Exactly a year since you passed on.

You are missed – every single minute of every single day. Not a day goes by when we don’t think about you, your sharp intellect, your generous heart, your joyful spirit. And not a day goes by when we don’t wonder how it might have been, had you been allowed to live a long and fulfilled life, as every child deserves to.

You would have been three years and eight months old today. Studying in LKG. Joining anna in his sloka and singing classes. Lighting up everyone’s lives.

I wonder what you’d look like now.

I hope you are at peace, dear heart. Beyond pain, hurt and fear. In a happy place. And one day, we will meet again. Till then, every minute will be spent in thinking of you.

Dear little Shraddha.

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