The Thailand Powderpuff flowers bring a rich colourful look in the front lawn of our garden. The aliveness and the brightness they add to the garden is refreshing to watch.
Each flower contributes to form the ball of flowers! A few hundreds together form the cluster of flowers.
The fullness is formed by the many flowers blossoming together ! This synergy and togetherness make that possible.
I recall a five year old child looking at the blossoms of the flower and saying to his parents: 'Many flowers make the ball'! What an insightful observation and description!
This message resonated with my thoughts at that time! A family ambience becomes equally comfortable to everyone when the longing for togetherness and shared life experiences become the ethos of the home!
Such a journey takes us from an individualistic view of life to a family centred view of life!
Anna took a break from her active professional pursuit when children needed a home where their interests needed to be taken care of. She returned to her professional education and teaching career after a break of fifteen years. The twenty five years since then in her teaching path took her beyond her field of Pharmacology to new directions such as editing a book on Medical education and starting a scientific journal from the department of Continuing Medical Education at CMC Vellore. For us as a family at the right time, she held us together as a family, by being a home maker and enabler to rest of us to pursue what appeared to be an opportunity ahed ! I feel moved every time I am reminded of the self-giving gift Anna brought to our home, which held us together during a season of many demands. The formation of ASHIRVD, a voluntary organisation focussing on Child Development and Integrated Living was largely possible because of Anna's availability and initiative. Anna had the foresight to see the future and make her presence in a seminal way to allow our children to grow and blossom at a time, when they needed that formative support !
Every family is a blossom of flowers. Each person forms the collective ambience of a family! The integrating, participating and relational ambience in a home make a family to become a blossom ! Just as the blossoms become a delight for the beholder, every family is to be a blessing to others! That is the vocation of each family!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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