Dear Prea, Dear Varun

Dear Varun, Sorry for the late response to your last letter. Part of it was the busiest of the semester but the main reason I took so long was because I was stumped by your questions. I know that you have been thinking about what is education and how we should educate Vishva for a […]

Dear Varun, I wish I had the words to describe the joy I feel being with you.  How does it keep getting better?  Last year it was our first anniversary as a family of 3. We have spent the last year with our heads barely above water and yet all I can remember is laughter and delight […]

Dear Varun, I’m lying in bed, the last day of 2023, wishing I could sleep but instead being constantly woken up by these fireworks. You and baby are in the next room and every time I hear an explosion, I worry that he will be woken up but luckily your strategy of holding him in […]

Dear Varun,  It has been quite a while since you wrote your last letter to me.  Of course, we have been a bit busy preparing for the baby.  I can’t believe that I am 38 weeks now.  9 months.  Almost a year.  My stomach is grown unbelievably big and round (found out today that he is probably around 7 lbs!).  We’ve […]

Dear Baby,  Ever since we learned of your existence, I have been looking for a time to sit down and write down all of my thoughts.  With the semester finally over, it seems the first chance I’ve had is on the flight from Doha to Denpasar while your father is sleeping next to me and I’m […]

Dear Varun, We are still on the flight to Bali.  You are sleeping next to me so peacefully and I should perhaps be sleeping myself but there are so many things I want to make sure to write down before we land.  This is my one opportunity before we land for what will be the biggest trip […]

Dear Varun, It seems like it has been forever since we have had the opportunity to look at this site and write anything. Technically, you are supposed to write me next but I just wanted to write a brief post thanking you for simply being who you are. There are a million reasons I could […]

Dear Varun, I know I just wrote you but I supposed there isn’t much to respond to in that latter. I’ve been reading / listening to a book while you have been gone, though, so I thought I would write you a much shorter letter about the subject of that book. (I still really want […]

Dear Varun, It’s true that I may be procrastinating instead of working on my diss right now but you’ve been gone two days now and it’s rainy and cold and I just want to cuddle with you.  So indulge me a little as I start this long overdue blog post. Since your last post, I […]