Comments on: The Gatekeeper https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: suzanne brazil https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-41066 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:09:36 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-41066 What a loving tribute…it is more difficult to write about the ones we love. With sadness for your loss and hope for youand your family’s healing.

]]> By: Sweta Srivastava Vikram https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-23160 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:41:50 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-23160 In reply to Prabha Salimath.

It’s a special relationship–we are born off our mothers–a part of them. Thank you for sharing your kind words, Prabha.

]]> By: Sweta Srivastava Vikram https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-23131 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:40:44 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-23131 In reply to JKR.

Dear JKR,

I am sorry about your father. Please accept my condolences. You are right; I get to keep my mother’s memories and stories alive…and that in itself makes me so grateful.

Sending much peace and strength your way,
Sweta

]]> By: Prabha Salimath https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-23130 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:39:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-23130 Heart touching Sweta.
We daughter and mother are like you explained here. I can’t be for a single moment without her we fight a lot left in disagreement still we stay together like twins again..

I do felt bad for your situation….

]]> By: Sweta Srivastava Vikram https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-23129 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:38:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-23129 In reply to Sharon Maas.

Dear Sharon,

I am so sorry to hear about both your mother and husband’s illness. Sometimes life puts us in tough situations. But the one thing I’ve learned from my Mom’s sudden demise is that life is too precious, unpredictable, and a gift. And we should honor it within the parameters of our own personalities. Sending much strength your way.

My best,
Sweta

]]> By: Sharon Maas https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-22956 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 07:15:13 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-22956 Thank you for this. At the moment, my own mother, 96 years old, is far away on another continent, and I know that her time will come soon, and I cannot be with her. I cannot be with her because I have to be near my husband, only 70 years old, who himself is in the last stage of his own illness. Luckily, my son is with Mum but I know one day that call will come and it might be too late — I do hope to visit in November, knowing it might be the last time.

]]> By: JKR https://booksbywomen.org/the-gatekeeper-by-sweta-vikram/#comment-22840 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:13:31 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12295#comment-22840 Thankyou for sharing this very tender and intimate account, it has spoken to me very much after losing my own father very suddenly recently. It is the bewilderment of life in the middle of the pain of loss, but your mother continues to create through you in every line she inspires in you and more beyond. Peace to you & all your family.

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