Our Offsprings :)

Kathir,

Mom and Dad named you Kathir. Hope you grow up to like it.

Here was our criteria
1) Should Rhyme with Kavya
2) Lord Murugan’s Name
3) Short
4) Unmistakably Tamil

Our initial list..
Kathir (this was the name your mom came up first)
Shakthi (your sister LOVED this name as there was a kid in her class by this name!)
Shathivel
Shakthi Saravanan (your mom liked this name a lot)
Vallab (A short form of Vallabhai Patel – Dad’s favorite Leader. I loved his determination, pragmatism and his belief in the market system)
Kandan
Kanagavel (looked very old fashioned)
Satya
Kabilan
Guhan
Arya
Kawin
Muhil

Finalists were..
1) Kathir
2) Guhan

How we decided..
Your sister was a great proponent of Guhan, even though she didn’t dislike Kathir. Both your Athai’s, Periamma, aachi all liked Kathir. Mom was indiferent between both. She wanted to make sure I named you. The deal between both of us was that she gets to name the first child and I get to name the second child. Dad’s mind bounced back and forth between these two names. Dad chose Kathir because of its meaning – a ray of light. Except the fact that Guhan is a character in Ramayana, it didn’t have a meaning as such.

As parents, we spend a lot of time thinking about an attractive name. But in the end, it is what you become that makes the name attractive to people. On that count, both of us are going to leave no stones unturned..

Dad

Kathir - Ray of Light

Hi Kavya,

You might wonder why we started this blog.

We have plenty of pictures and videos of you growing up. However, as time went by, we realized that the stories behind the pictures and videos are becoming hazy to us. We wanted a place where we can add pictures/videos and write the story behind it. That way, the memories are fresh and clear for us to relive when we become 60+!

Moreover, there are many things that happen in your childhood that we couldn’t capture in pictures and videos. The things that you do at the nic of a moment, the thoughts that run in our minds, the words and actions of others that impact you and our family. We wanted this blog to write about those. They are as interesting as the pictures and videos.

All in all, we hope that you love reading this blog when you grow up and enjoy thinking about your childhood!

Dad

Dad & Mom

We (your Dad & Mom) have been always thinking of creating a blogspace to hold memories about how we grew you up. Thus this space got created on Jan 7th, 2009 (Wednesday). We chose the name for this blogspace as “ouroffsprings.com”, totally inspired by your Dad’s addiction for the “Nemo” movie, in which the parent tortoise introduces it’s child as “offspring”.

We hope later when you are big enough to read, you will enjoy reading this blogspace where we have shared our joyful memories & moments.

We love you forever

Malathy Jey