{"id":134,"date":"2025-06-04T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:24:30","slug":"one-boarding-pass-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"One Boarding Pass Missing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear Adu,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been so long since I\u2019ve written to you. You must be thinking, \u201cMamma has forgotten me.\u201d But no, my love, that could never happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mamba had her exams last month, and we had to travel together. Things got hectic, and I just couldn\u2019t find the time to write. After that, we went to your Mama\u2019s place in Pune. Through it all, I missed you every single moment, sweetheart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While travelling to Pune, both of us felt this strange emptiness \u2014 like we had forgotten something important. And then it hit us: it was you<\/em>. Your absence was louder than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time we flew, it was with you. You were running around the airport \u2014 full of curiosity and mischief \u2014 making it nearly impossible for us to handle both you and our luggage! \ud83d\ude0a You wanted to explore every corner of the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flight, you wore Mana Ba\u2019s headphones, lost in your favourite music. You didn\u2019t trouble us even once. While other kids cried or fussed, you were calm and content. You loved<\/em> travelling. Little did I know that would be the last time we flew together.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Pune, I met your cousin after a long time \u2014 full of life and energy, A champ. He\u2019d chatter nonstop, play, go on walks with us. It was such a joy being around him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, it was also a sharp reminder of what I lost with you. A reminder of all the moments we\u2019ll never share. I\u2019ll never get to see you grow into the wonderful boy I know you would have been. Never get to chat, play, hug, shop, or even simply sit with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This grief sneaks up on me at the strangest times. On my flight back, memories of the night you left us came rushing in \u2014 your dad waiting at the Dubai airport, both of us broken, talking through tears on the phone. I felt choked, breathless, like I had just lost you all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this letter might sound like a mess, but I just want to say \u2014 I miss you so much, Jaan. I\u2019m trying to figure out how to live without you. But it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe someday I\u2019ll think of you without choking up.
But until then, I\u2019ll keep writing.
Because it brings me closer to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love you forever,
Mamma<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last time we flew, you were running around the airport with endless curiosity, headphones on, lost in your music \u2014 calm and content, unlike any other child. Little did I know that would be our final journey together. Every mile since has carried the quiet ache of your absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,28],"tags":[11,9,8,7],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-adi","category-memories","tag-emotional-reflections","tag-grief-journaling","tag-healing-journey","tag-memories","entry entry-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}