It’s been six years today since cancer took you away from me. I wrote this blog, “Hope and Regret – The Final 10 Hours of Kusum in This World,” just three months after you left. And now, six years later, nothing has changed what has written in this blog. I still feel you around me just as much as I did then, yet I still yearn to hear your voice, to hug you, to laugh with you.
And those regrets… they haven’t faded. They still weigh on me, torment me. I keep thinking—I should have done more, I should have said something different, I shouldn’t have let you go. Though, deep down, I don’t even know what else I could have done.
But one thing I have ensured—your legacy lives on. Your love, your hope, your courage, and your unwavering positivity continue to touch lives. For our families, for millions of cancer patients and their loved ones, I have tried to be a thread of hope and keep it strong.
And you, my love—you are still making a difference. Through your work in transforming healthcare and cancer research in India, through the lives you touched, the patients you helped, the courage you showed—you continue to inspire, not just in India but across the world.
I miss you with every breath I take… until we meet again❣️.
Yours,
Vivek
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