One Year

Wow... I cannot believe that it has been one full year already. Sadly I remember everything so clearly as if it happened yesterday. The day after I came back from a short spring break vacation and I heard to my despair the devastating news.

Oh who am I kidding, I can't write this formally. This is killing me inside and I'm tearing up with each word that I type. I can't stop now though, because I had realized the days after she passed that I can truly express my thoughts and feelings through spoken or written words rather than my clouded thoughts alone.

If I don't spill my feelings about this out into words, then I know that I'm going to boil, which isn't going to do me any good. I'd rather realize what my feelings are capable of rather than speculate what is not there.

So yes. It has been one whole year since that dreadful day when I learned that she passed. Her fight against cancer was undoubtedly the most inspiring battle that I witnessed first-hand. I felt as if I was the one with the cancer fighting endlessly to stay alive...

But I know that her effort did not, and will not, go to waste. Not at all. She was a God-sent, described not only be me but by many people who supported her and were inspired by her. Her fight encouraged others to fight harder to stay alive for those that loved them and those that they loved.

You have truly lived on forever. And I feel as if even now, you are right beside me smiling like an angel like you did every time I saw you.

I love you Prathna.