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September 4, 2011
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Days With My Daughter | By Nishant Upadhyaya

Few of you have wanted to read the book Nishant wrote about the time he spent with her daughter, Anika. The reason he wrote this book is because he thought that this book would help in filling the void that his absence has left in his daughter’s life. The book chronicles the time that Nishant [...]

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September 1, 2011
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Nishant Upadhyaya, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2011.

Nishant Upadhyaya (November 21, 1977 – August 31, 2011), age 33, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 after a long illness. There will be a funeral service on Friday, September 2, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Cress Funeral & Cremation Service, 6021 University Avenue, Madison WI 53705. Sushant Upadhyaya on behalf of my brother, [...]

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July 27, 2010
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A Year Later

It was on this day last year that I had to take an early retirement from my job because of my illness. At that time I was bit worried as I wasn’t sure about what I’m going to do without work. But I am glad that I made the call to stop working at the [...]

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June 23, 2010
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Parent Trap | This American Life

Few days back I wrote about my dilemma regarding writing letters to my daughter. A friend of mine shared this radio talk with me and it really helped. You might want to listen to it starting about at 9:40 minutes into the talk. Act One. Letter Day Saint. Rebecca was 16 years old when her [...]

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June 19, 2010
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Father’s Day

The one thing that troubles me about my illness is that who will teach my daughter the lessons that I have learned over the years? Someone suggested that I write letters to her which she can read later in her life. I tried writing but couldn’t go further than writing ‘dear’. It was just hard [...]

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