After losing my brother six years ago, I subconsciously promised myself not to allow warm-hearted people into my life anymore. That was who he was and I concluded that such people led such evanescent lives that there was no point getting close to them.
You were already there. True to your nature, you warmed yourself into everyone’s lives. You were there with the phone calls that brought laughter and the chastisements that somehow had the same effect.
You will be missed, Nengi. Not just you, but every element that made you YOU: The cheerfulness that lit up the room; the entrepreneurial spirit that made us think of our lives; the selflessness that just made you so ubiquitous and the self-confidence that kept you in charge!
Though you warmly permeated through those walls I put up, I have no regrets. I am sure glad that I got to enjoy the friendship you so willingly gave, and absorbed bits of those elements that made you great!
Farewell my friend, and thanks for sharing your life!