Suja's+childhood

I have a wonderful family - Thank you Lord.

In my early days I had my grandparents, aunts and cousins who had a great impact on my development. Especially Jeyamma and Kadaiappa (my paternal grandparents) who showered their love and affection to the utmost which at times made mum think that I would grow up to be a spoilt brat. Thanks to amma's advice and guidance. Unfortunately, amma didn't have a mum for long enough to guide her as she lost her mum at a very young age of 5 years. That's too rude for amma, but thankfully she had her loving dad, other friends and families, relatives and her older sister who offered support and guidance. I missed having a maternal grandmum or ammamma who undoubtedly would have showered with the same love and affection as Jeyamma. I missed going over to grandparents' house because my grandparents stayed with us although naina thatha (amma's appa) visited us and stayed with us occasionally. While I was having amma and appa only to myself I was soon joined by Hari, my younger sibling. He was totally different to me. While I enjoyed sweet and bland foods he ate hot and spicy foods. I stayed cool, he was very hot to the literal sense, always sweating and turning the fan on at its maximum speed. We had arguments and fights and to take sides on different occasions our youngest kutty thambi joined us. Madhu was a cutie and always followed me just like Hari. I found Hari to be an interruption when I played games or joined friends but Madhu was an enjoyable company. Is this sibling rivalry? Could it be the age difference? When Madhu was born I was six and a half years old, may be I had the maturity to take on the role of an older sister. But as we grew older the arguments and fights got lesser. More so when I got married at the age of 20. I missed my family so much and my loving brothers. I missed a lot when Hari went to Tiruppatur to do his graduation.