The Wait

Dear Baby, I am writing this letter on May 23, the day before your due date.  Your nani has been here since the 17th (your father’s birthday) because everyone was convinced that you would show up early.  Truth be told,  I think your father was kind of excited by the possibility that he would get you as a birthday […]

Practices

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 […]

Our Religion

Dear Prea, One of the joys of expecting a baby is that we get a chance to organize our lives, much in the same way we are doing to our closets and our house right now. Part of that organization is physical, something they call nesting. We’ve been organizers since we were younger of course, […]

Our Biggest Adventure

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 […]

Faith or Trust?

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 […]

Community

Varun asks what community is and shares his thoughts on developing it going forward.