Putting it out to the universe
I’ve been looking for this girl. And I’ve been looking hard. Shruti is a speech therapist who worked with us for several years before going off to London to do a Master’s Degree in Pediatric Speech Therapy. The idea was that she would return and work with us after finishing her degree and earning enough […]
Independence Day
August 15th at Karuna Vihar is always a festival of color and a celebration of ability and self-reliance. I love seeing the children perform – each year the older ones get a little more sophisticated and the little ones a bit older and more confident. It’s a benchmark ceremonial day – we measure our progress […]
Love and Loss
St John Chrysostom said “Those whom we love and lose are no longer where they were. They are now wherever we are.” I love these words. I love them especially because, living in India, I have felt so far away from my mother for many, many years. I would have loved to have lived closer […]
Research
Now that Moy Moy is in “college” (the CVT), she needs to decide on her major, as well as her research topic. Cathleen is halfway through her college career, so she’s in a good position to help her make up her mind. After some discussion with her sister, Moy has decided that her major will […]
Cathleen Kavita
I wish everyone could have a daughter like our Cathleen. This summer, she came home for three months and we were all so excited about the prospect of so much time with her. One of her main reasons for coming was that she wanted to spend time with Moy Moy. After her illness in January, […]
Linda Upadhyaya
Today is Linda’s birthday. Had she lived, she would have been 49 today – 08-08-08. A special day, a very special woman. It still seems unbelievable that she has gone. We think of her almost every day, remembering all that she did for us and for our children, and we bless her memory and pray […]
Morning Time Blues
Moy Moy just graduated from KV School to our Centre for Vocational Training! She loves the jazzy new uniform (she has been wearing KV red for 12 years and she is fed up with it) and is thrilled about meeting all her old friends again (Sakshi, Arjun and Vishal, for instance) and particularly about being […]
How Memory Works: Duke Duchscherer and Carin Duchscherer
Memory is a fluid, mysterious thing and often what we think we remember may be incomplete, in error or totally backwards. Sometimes a piece of important information can be left out of the story and when – by luck or design or happy discovery – it surfaces, it can be an occasion of wonder and […]
Chrissie
My family is big on the Chris names. We have Aunt Chris, Christopher and Chrissie (my older sister), and if Lucy had been a boy, she would have been named Christian! Chrissie has played with her version of it for years – she has been Chris, Cris, Chrissie and Christine and she does all of […]
Backstage Man
In every family, there are always people who stay in the background and quietly make things happen. Christopher is one of those. Chris lives in Miami with Mom’s twin, Aunt Chris. He is her primary caregiver, making sure that she has every little thing she needs. It restricts his life considerably, but he seldom complains […]