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Our Precious Memories of Aunty Myl.

Exactly 46 years ago, to the day, “21 August 1974” was
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the day of our wedding. We wanted someone who was
very special, admired and looked up to, and whom we
had a reciprocal love to put the veil on the bride. That
very special person for us, was Aunty Myl.

Uncle and Aunty Myl were one of daddy’s (Jayaratnam
Barr Kumarakulasinghe) closest friends. The
Mylvaganam family shared every important as well as
not so important family occasion with us. Sadly, just
three weeks before our wedding, Daddy passed away, but
it was his wish that our wedding went ahead as planned.
For us it was a time of anxious confusion with all that
was happening around us. The guidance, advice and the
support we had from the Mylvaganams was invaluable.
It was so reassuring for us to have Aunty and Uncle Myl
as a sounding board for everything we did at that time.

Aunty Tilaka Mylvagnam was a very special and
exceptional lady. She was a role model to us in our
younger days. She was always calm but full of life and
fun. She was the sounding board for our new experiences
and problems, and she was always there in her most calm
soothing manner. However, our fondest memories of
Aunty are those happy times we shared with her.
Auntie’s home was an open house to us all. Whatever the
time of day, if you visited Aunty, you were assured of
very yummy food. She loved to entertain, and her food
was infused with love. I believe that’s why everything she
prepared was so tasty and memorable.

If someone asked me to mention two things that come to
mind about Aunty Myl, I would say without hesitation -
Food and Music. We had wonderful singsongs and a
repertoire in English, Tamil and Sinhala that were
endless. All this with Aunty at the helm. She hardly ever
needed a word sheet and knew the lyrics of practically all

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