Two long emails, a phone call, a new blog,
A few mouse clicks,
And a new friend!
Thank you all!
I want to tell you about Zayan, my new friend. He is a man of few words, our conversations have been short, yet meaningful.He doesn't speak my language, but he listens and looks at me compassionately. Sometimes he nods his bald head. His days are long, almost as long as years, and he shares his wisdom of 45 years.
I have been helping a friend to take care of her baby since her husband had to go to another country. Its been a while since I've held anything as fragile as a 45 day old baby and I clearly seemed to have forgotten that babies do cry a lot! The maddening catena of dirty diapers, feeding bottles, projectile vomits and never ending cries is overwhelming for any new mother, especially when she is recovering from postpartum blues. But sometimes Zayan smiles, and that makes up for everything.
I got a chance to revive my memories, to sing old Malayalam poems that I used sing for my son, to understand how precious, how vulnerable children are, to build trust. I also learned to mix formula milk. :-)
Babies always make you think that life is simple when you look at it that way!
A few mouse clicks,
And a new friend!
Thank you all!
I want to tell you about Zayan, my new friend. He is a man of few words, our conversations have been short, yet meaningful.He doesn't speak my language, but he listens and looks at me compassionately. Sometimes he nods his bald head. His days are long, almost as long as years, and he shares his wisdom of 45 years.
I have been helping a friend to take care of her baby since her husband had to go to another country. Its been a while since I've held anything as fragile as a 45 day old baby and I clearly seemed to have forgotten that babies do cry a lot! The maddening catena of dirty diapers, feeding bottles, projectile vomits and never ending cries is overwhelming for any new mother, especially when she is recovering from postpartum blues. But sometimes Zayan smiles, and that makes up for everything.
I got a chance to revive my memories, to sing old Malayalam poems that I used sing for my son, to understand how precious, how vulnerable children are, to build trust. I also learned to mix formula milk. :-)
Babies always make you think that life is simple when you look at it that way!
