A Tribute my dear Ammachi.
My Ammachi was a very special person to me. My Appuka left for his heavenly home before I was born and so I could not see him. But my ammachi never made me feel that he was not there, she filled that gap. She called me a treasure and named me Nidhi. I was blessed with 15 wonderful years with my ammachi. She was an amazing person and I was lucky to have learned a lot from her. She was very spiritual and loved her Lord. I still remember her sitting in her chair in the living room during prayer as we all sang songs and praised the Lord. I cannot imagine that house without her. :'( She loved the Lord and always spread that love to those around her. Ammachi taught many valuable lessons, to pray and love the Lord wholly, she told me to keep myself neat and tidy, to always conduct myself respectfully, to always welcome and treat guests and family well, and countless more. I will remember them forever.
Every year, during the summer vacation, we used to go to Kerala and I still remember her standing at our door, waiting for us to arrive. I believe that she was the one who loved me the most in the family. Once, Appa and ammachi were on a plane and she had briefly lost her memory. She couldn’t even remember Appa but she remembered me and kept on asking for me. Ammachi was an amazing cook. Even, when we were not in India, Ammachi always made it a point to send us her food, her halwa, cake and I will miss that. She prepared the best meals when we arrived home from Dubai. My Ammachi cared and noticed everything that may seem even trivial to us, she always asked me if I had enough dresses and if I was eating and all about my friends. I still remember her room and going and sitting with her on the bed in the evenings, we would sit and talk. I would tell of everything that was going on, about my friends, school, and so on. Even when I was child, ammachi gave me her full attention, she became a child for me and sat and played games with me. I still remember bringing my tiny toy doctor suitcase and pretending to give her a check-up. She tried to fulfill all my tiniest desires. I couldn’t keep pets here, so whenever I have gone home, each and every time, Ammachi made it a point to buy baby chickens. It actually made me very happy and she would sit in the evening with me and my pets. I loved spending time with her and I will truly miss that.
She taught me to love the Lord and wanted to see me baptised in front of her. She always told me to live for the Lord.
There is no one like my Ammachi, the love, and joy she used to spread is her testimony. I wanted to see Ammachi at least one last time. I was not able to go in the past year due to the current situation so I had planned to make up for everything. I promised her every single time she called that I would come and see her, now it saddens me greatly that I can’t anymore on this earth but I know that I will see her one day with my Lord.
I started 11th grade and since it is online, I knew that I would get to spend a good few months with her. I wanted to go and make her happy. She had so many stories to tell me of her young age, about Appuka, the various trials they faced, and how God always lead them through, even about my Appa. But, Ammachi lived a good life and passed on her legacy to me. Her love and compassion are precepts that I will live by. She is in a better place now with my Appuka and my Lord. She is happy and in peace and my hope is that I will see her once again in the land of the living. Despite everything, I am overjoyed to have spent these past years with her and I will never forget a single moment of them. I thank God for giving me this very opportunity.
May The Name of The Lord Be Glorified.