She was a model of patience

My wife Virginia (Ginny) passed away on November 18, 2017, a victim of the dreaded cancer. She was operated for stage 3 ovarian cancer in October 2016, and we did everything we could to no avail...she passed away at the Maharagama Cancer Hospital and was interred at the family burial grounds at Madampitiya on the 20th. We had celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary on the 11th of June 2017.

I met my wife in 1980. We got to know each other and fell in love.My parents vehemently opposed this liason, which only strengthened my will to continue. I visited her home often, and being a hotelier, she was advised not to associate with me.I don’t blame them. Despite all the adversity, she stood by me through thick and thin. We were married in June 1983, had our first child in May 1987 (a daughter Ashanti), and our second (a son,Wiranga) in Dec 1991.

I’m a stickler for being methodical: if a pen, eraser, or whatever is taken in the home, it has to be returned to its original position.In most instances it did not happen, and I would blow a fuse.Through all these tantrums she would keep her cool, not uttering a word, until I realized how stupid I had been.

Long after the dust had settled, she would tell me very politely, ‘ You could’ve said it in a more subtle way’. Patience is a virtue with which she was gifted in abundance. The children are now 30 and 26, our daughter is now a mother of a seven-yearold daughter – which made us proud grandparents.

My wife and I had been down the long and winding road,through thick and thin,trial and error and weathered many a storm together these past 35 years. She was the model mother instilling / inculcating in our children values, which have stood them in good stead..

May she rest in eternal peace.

We miss you so very very much darling Ginny / Mama......Till we meet again