Report of 3 June 2011
Hello from our breezy living room!
It has been a busy couple of weeks - watching Navin row in the regatta and win a couple of prizes; attending a wonderful family wedding in Bangalore; hearing Navin sing at a concert organised by his voice teachers; celebrating a couple of family b'days; seeing Naren in a play. Medicine has been interspersed with these occasions.
The wedding in Bangalore was of my mother's cousin's daughter. My mother was of the "Pattada" family, and so is this cousin. So the Pattadas were out in force and it was great to see everyone. We stayed with my sister-in-law, Susan, and that was merry: sleeping bags and a late morning, plenty of fruit and being taken out to eat by Susan. She has received a big promotion at work and is in charge of a prestigious project for Johnson and Johnson, so the meal was a grand celebration. My father was with us, also, and that was fun; it was nice for all the cousins (our kids and their ilk) to meet at the wedding and subsequently one faction to continue the fun at lunch the next day. I tremendously appreciate the chance to be in touch with family.
Navin's regatta was fun and he rowed well; I love the chance to see our sons perform - on the sports field or on stage. His concert was also nice. Yesterday, we saw Naren in a play called "The word of God," and he was good, as was the whole cast. We will see it again 2 more times. Birthday celebrations with family were at local restaurants and those were grand fun, with available sibs and nephews and spouse and kids.
On return to Chennai, my cousin Sheila phoned. I had to treat her for a small medical issue, and then we discussed what they were doing for their maid's child. The little one has a hole in her heart, and Sheila and her husband, Sunil, have run around getting all the paperwork necessary for the child to have free surgery under a Government scheme. We will know the outcome (about the funds being sanctioned) next week and hope for the best. I commended Sheila for the wonderful interest she was taking in the child's case. Truly, there is something so rewarding about doing for the poor. Sheila is a dear, and though our parents (my mother and her father) did not talk to each other, I appreciate the fact that the cousins have kept in touch.
Where would be without family, and close friends.
Unw -
R
It has been a busy couple of weeks - watching Navin row in the regatta and win a couple of prizes; attending a wonderful family wedding in Bangalore; hearing Navin sing at a concert organised by his voice teachers; celebrating a couple of family b'days; seeing Naren in a play. Medicine has been interspersed with these occasions.
The wedding in Bangalore was of my mother's cousin's daughter. My mother was of the "Pattada" family, and so is this cousin. So the Pattadas were out in force and it was great to see everyone. We stayed with my sister-in-law, Susan, and that was merry: sleeping bags and a late morning, plenty of fruit and being taken out to eat by Susan. She has received a big promotion at work and is in charge of a prestigious project for Johnson and Johnson, so the meal was a grand celebration. My father was with us, also, and that was fun; it was nice for all the cousins (our kids and their ilk) to meet at the wedding and subsequently one faction to continue the fun at lunch the next day. I tremendously appreciate the chance to be in touch with family.
Navin's regatta was fun and he rowed well; I love the chance to see our sons perform - on the sports field or on stage. His concert was also nice. Yesterday, we saw Naren in a play called "The word of God," and he was good, as was the whole cast. We will see it again 2 more times. Birthday celebrations with family were at local restaurants and those were grand fun, with available sibs and nephews and spouse and kids.
On return to Chennai, my cousin Sheila phoned. I had to treat her for a small medical issue, and then we discussed what they were doing for their maid's child. The little one has a hole in her heart, and Sheila and her husband, Sunil, have run around getting all the paperwork necessary for the child to have free surgery under a Government scheme. We will know the outcome (about the funds being sanctioned) next week and hope for the best. I commended Sheila for the wonderful interest she was taking in the child's case. Truly, there is something so rewarding about doing for the poor. Sheila is a dear, and though our parents (my mother and her father) did not talk to each other, I appreciate the fact that the cousins have kept in touch.
Where would be without family, and close friends.
Unw -
R
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