Susee Mable's Silent Meditations

                                                      Susee Mable - Edwards Gardens - Toronto, 1988 Photo: Raju   Happy 81st Birthday Mummy!  You were real and you were perfect. We love you. 💖 Posted by: Suha

  Susee Mable: May 20, 1941 - April 13, 2015 Anil, Susee and Suha, Niagara Falls 1977 Photo by: Raju Every day we live our lives on one side of an equation. The variable on the other side is still unknown or at the least, unclear. We have an idea, but that too is shaped by probabilities and it is this uncertainty that derives value in what we do know for certain and what we hope for at best. When my mother passed away five years ago , it hit my family very hard. We were as prepared for it as we ever would be and did our best to honor mom. Each one of us is now treading a path through grief collectively and singularly as best we can. The heartache is ever present, and so too is the courage and strength which mom gifted to us.  Photo by: Suha The balance of the equation is in understanding the nature of a unique and irreplaceable relationship, its loss, its value and its effect on the self. The balance of the equation is the self—it’s all of us who ...

Susee, Anil and Suha (1978) Photo: Raju "Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime." —Shakespeare (Sonnet III) Posted by: Suha

Susee, Suha and Anil C.N. Tower, Toronto 1978 Photo: Raju “Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”―J.K.Rowling Posted by: Suhasini

"Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime." —Shakespeare (Sonnet III) Posted by: Suhasini

With Mum at the helm, ours was a happy family life. She brought so much love and joy into our lives and taught us to explore our world with curiosity and kindness. Our first trip to the Toronto Zoo in 1979, filled with giraffes, monkeys, lions and aquatic life (among others), was an absolute delight; and not just because of our animal friends but because of Mum's cheerful spirit and wide-eyed wonder. She was a treasure, and not just as a wife and mother but as a nurse, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a human being and a child of God. We enjoyed every minute of our time together. Posted by: Suhasini; Photograph by: Raju (Dad), © Anandaraju Family Archives

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada 1976 Posted by: Suhasini

Thousand Islands Gananoque, Ontario 1977 Posted By Suhasini

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."—Coco Chanel Posted by Suhasini

A photograph of my beautiful mother standing with her cane, dated August 3, 2007. Posted by Suhasini