The school going kids are slowly returning today. Almost all of them are happy to be back and as I have a word or two with their guardians who bring them back, the elders say that they have been restless to get back. So far no tantrums or even tears. As soon as they are in the campus, they are at home!
One of them made his father prepare his favourite, aloo parathas (potato chapatis) for me and as he handed it over to me, told me to report back to him about the taste! When I told him that I shared it with the other Fathers and Brothers at lunch and that they asked me to thank him, he was beaming!
Another one was keen that I see his things which he brought from home before he deposits it all in the dormitory. He just wanted me to see his new pair of clothes and some soaps his relatives gave him before he came here. Just that. Once I took a glance, off he went, proudly with his bag slung across his shoulders.
Another one came straight and hugged me with a broad smile. The single mother was happy to see it.
However, some of them, were brought back by their parents. I ask myself why then is the child here with us? Why not at home with his own people? About some of them I've already got the answers talking to the other confreres and knowing the background. A few others, I'm still wondering, why?
One of them made his father prepare his favourite, aloo parathas (potato chapatis) for me and as he handed it over to me, told me to report back to him about the taste! When I told him that I shared it with the other Fathers and Brothers at lunch and that they asked me to thank him, he was beaming!
Another one was keen that I see his things which he brought from home before he deposits it all in the dormitory. He just wanted me to see his new pair of clothes and some soaps his relatives gave him before he came here. Just that. Once I took a glance, off he went, proudly with his bag slung across his shoulders.
Another one came straight and hugged me with a broad smile. The single mother was happy to see it.
However, some of them, were brought back by their parents. I ask myself why then is the child here with us? Why not at home with his own people? About some of them I've already got the answers talking to the other confreres and knowing the background. A few others, I'm still wondering, why?
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