Children's generosity
Sandra Dodd
This takes some intro. It's from Hema Bharadwaj's blog:
http://thebharadwajknights.blogspot.com/2009/10/surprise-nana.html
Hema and her husband Ravi (the "Nana" of the story) live in India.
They have a three year old daughter named Zoya, and a son who's six,
and that's Raghu who did the charming thing about which she's
written. "DS" isn't a son, here, it's a Gameboy. The packing has to
do with a trip they're taking to England, and then New Jersey to visit
relatives, and then to New Mexico to see me! That's the origin and
purpose of The Monkey Platter Festival. They couldn't come during a
planned conference anywhere, and would've liked to have, so I'm making
a little local/regional conference-ish thing up in their honor.
(I'll put a link below, but here's the post.)
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In the midst of a crazy evening... while caring for Zoya's ear-
infection, packing, making lists and getting the kids dinner.... I
decided to make myself a chopped tomato, ground pepper and feta cheese
salad and pour myself a glass of red wine. I needed to sit and chill.
So i did.
A while later when Z was napping (its night but she is in nap mode)
Ravi came home from work looking tired. Raghu who until this point had
been playing his DS for several hours jumped up and said he was making
a surprise for Nana (Ravi). So Ravi went and changed and came back
down and closed his eyes.
Raghu, with no help from me, had chopped a tomato, ground some pepper
over the pieces and had crumbled feta into the mix. He then found the
wine and poured Ravi a glass. He asked me to re-cork it. Ravi was,
needless to say, thrilled and enjoyed the snack. He wanted me to write
about it on the blog. So here it is.
My rough evening became smooth and I could see beyond the chaos. And I
think Ravi felt less tired instantly :-)
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I'm looking forward to having them as guests. They'll get the room
Kirby used to have, which Holly then had for a while. I was going to
give them two rooms, but Holly decided to come back for this too!
http://sandradodd.com/festival
Sandra
http://thebharadwajknights.blogspot.com/2009/10/surprise-nana.html
Hema and her husband Ravi (the "Nana" of the story) live in India.
They have a three year old daughter named Zoya, and a son who's six,
and that's Raghu who did the charming thing about which she's
written. "DS" isn't a son, here, it's a Gameboy. The packing has to
do with a trip they're taking to England, and then New Jersey to visit
relatives, and then to New Mexico to see me! That's the origin and
purpose of The Monkey Platter Festival. They couldn't come during a
planned conference anywhere, and would've liked to have, so I'm making
a little local/regional conference-ish thing up in their honor.
(I'll put a link below, but here's the post.)
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In the midst of a crazy evening... while caring for Zoya's ear-
infection, packing, making lists and getting the kids dinner.... I
decided to make myself a chopped tomato, ground pepper and feta cheese
salad and pour myself a glass of red wine. I needed to sit and chill.
So i did.
A while later when Z was napping (its night but she is in nap mode)
Ravi came home from work looking tired. Raghu who until this point had
been playing his DS for several hours jumped up and said he was making
a surprise for Nana (Ravi). So Ravi went and changed and came back
down and closed his eyes.
Raghu, with no help from me, had chopped a tomato, ground some pepper
over the pieces and had crumbled feta into the mix. He then found the
wine and poured Ravi a glass. He asked me to re-cork it. Ravi was,
needless to say, thrilled and enjoyed the snack. He wanted me to write
about it on the blog. So here it is.
My rough evening became smooth and I could see beyond the chaos. And I
think Ravi felt less tired instantly :-)
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I'm looking forward to having them as guests. They'll get the room
Kirby used to have, which Holly then had for a while. I was going to
give them two rooms, but Holly decided to come back for this too!
http://sandradodd.com/festival
Sandra