Nanna LUDO aaduva Ajji

My mother-in-law moved to the other world two years ago. My son, 6 years at that time, went through a difficult stage due to the loss. Both of them shared a very loving relationship that can only be defined as one shared by grandparents and grandkids. My last memories of my son and M-I-L together are of him sitting next to her body, wiping her brow as though easing her pain.

I always had a niggling unease about that, but what I didn't take into consideration was that children are reselient. None of us seem to have recovered from this gap in our lives but we seem to be learning to live with it.

To get rid of the uneasiness, I decided to tackle the issue head-on. I asked my son about his recollections of his grandma. (More of a rounabout approach :( I guess.)
He thought for a few seconds, with a fond smile on his lips. ehad many sweet memories, but recalled one of his cherished one - playing Ludo with her. This was the game that changed their relationship subtly from grandma-grandson to friend and confidante. This was the game that took both of them to another realm, away from the others but with each other. And this was the game that granny always won!

I was happy that my son had fond memories of 'Nanna LUDO aaduva Ajji!'