Post #37 - Memorial Website

Hey everyone,

I heard about this on the news. I thought it was a nice memorial website in memory of Manjit Panghali - especially the music, which sounds so beautiful and is from a hindi movie I've watched. According to the slideshow, her birthday was July 4.

Check it out: http://manjitpanghali.org/

I know Harinder is working on a website for Mama and that Jimmy is eager to help. I think the Dave Sidhu Foundation website will look great! I can't wait to post all the toy drive pictures, information about future events in memory of Mama, etc on it. If anyone has any suggestions about layouts or anything, make sure you e-mail Harinder. Even if you have another website you think he can refer to as a guide, it would be really helpful :)

Love Karen

Post #36 - Thanks Amrit

Hey everyone,

Well Amrit sent me the nicest e-mail about the blog, and even though I e-mailed him back, I also wanted to thank him on here for taking the time to do that :)

I hope he doesn't mind if I post what he sent me. I just thought his e-mail was so from the heart that it should be shared with everyone. It made my whole day. As Jasmin would say, "GOOD JOB!"

Hey Karen, I was just going through and taking a look at the blog on behalf of chacha's memory. It's nice to see how passionately you talk about him being a great guy, because he was a great guy, and your words justify that. Keep it up because i love reading them!! -Amrit

Amrit, I added you to the blog as a member. I know so far only Jason & I have written posts, but all of you are free to write whenever you want. Like I was telling Amrit, I began this blog because I needed an outlet of some sort for myself and at the same time, I knew you guys all kind of needed one too. If anything, I hope reading about Mama/Chacha has helped you in some way or another. My biggest goal was to bring us somewhat closer together by sharing our stories, thoughts, and feelings...and I suppose that down the road it'll also be a nice way for the boys to remember him by reading about all the little things they may not have known. For example, the National Geographic story comes to mind :)

Anyways, I know I haven't been posting reguarly, but I'll try my best - school has just been so insane lately!

Love Karen

Post #34 - 6 Months

January 4, 2007

I think Jason's MSN name says it best:
RIP Mama. Half a year has gone by...seems like it was just yesterday. Missing you.

My friend Kam sent me a nice e-mail last week to see how the family was doing. Sadly, she lost her mom a couple of years ago. I replied to her today and I just wanted to share a part of my e-mail to her:

"It was really nice going to the hospitals and meeting some of the kids. I just remember when my Mami-Ji gave a teddy bear to a newborn girl and I know that basically I make it through every day without my Mama by being there for her...by making HER happy.

xoxo Karen

Post #33 - Quote

"Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it's one day further from the last time you saw each other, it's one day closer to the next time you will..." - Unknown