Tag Archives: Special encounters – It was hard to get to know her at first for two reasons: 1) she wasn’t here when I first arrived because she was in the village, and 2) she doesn’t really speak English, though she understands probably 90% of what I say.But, slowly and surely I came to understand and know her. Even though […]  Her family lives in the same village that the Acharyas are from and the two families have known each other for a long time. Gita’s family is incredibly poor – their meals consist of plain rice with salt and chilies on top for flavor. They don’t have money for vegetables or meal, or even daal! […]  Though she’s 13 she rarely acts her age. Sometimes she acts much older – helping tutor the younger kids, responsibly doing her homework, making tea or kaja… At the same time, she’s not interested in boys or anything else that 13 year olds in the West are interested in. I guess in that way, she’s […]  Mero AmaHer smile exudes kindness and warmth, her laugh lets me know that she is open-minded and likes being silly. She is my Nepali mother.She tries to speak English with me but all she manages to say is “Me…. You…. Yeaaaahhhh!!!”Her husband (from an arranged marriage) lives in their village, Dang, so she has raised […]  Yesterday I was helping my sister Jyoti write a resume because hers is not very professional-looking. I wrote her birthday as Nov. 22, 1984 because she had told me she was 22 years old. But then she said, “No, I was born in 1985!” I said, “No, you were born in 1984” because she had […] |
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