Dear Suchitra,
This is wonderful. Many smiles while listening to your dialogue with your little one. To allow our children to just be who and what they are, to encourage them and celebrate them in doing that, this is love, not to mention pure joy and lots of fun.

Thank you so much,
Sharon

Suchitra, the message in the card from your parents is the most beautiful message from parent to child I've ever read...if every parent filled every child with such wisdom, the feeling of consciousness shifting would be palpable!
I have to ask though...after the quote you say "nice, na?"...I've been using the word "na" for a few years, in the same context (ie. don't you think?)...it drives my husband crazy, says I can't just make up a word...to which I say why not!...but now I see you use it, so I didn't make it up at all??

Aloha Suchitra

Today is my son's birthday. The miracle of life:) that never ends.

I am not sure how old your daughter is, but someone suggested to me Club Penguin for my granddaughters. I just pay monthly for them and they seem to enjoy it. It is a disney site and monitored. My granddaughter informed me, her Penguin's pet had run away because she wasn't taking care of it. She now has to create 800 more dollars to purchase another one:) It's cute safe site, they decorate their Penguin's igloos, purchase clothing etc. The pet they have to feed, walk and bath. They have to contribute to its well being. It is a cute site, they work... games like making pizzas.. you might want to do it with her... and pets allow attachments, where they, we learn all life is precious. HB to her, and I am sure you are everything and more that your parents desired.

http://www.clubpenguin.com/

love patty

Hello! I would like to tell you all another anecdote here- "The birth of Kaveri"

The birth of Kaveri:

In ancient times there was a severe drought in southern India. The crops were dying and the wells dried up. Even the greatest trees wilted through lack of water. The people and children were starving. The great rishi, Agastya, felt very sad about this and he prayed to the creator, Lord Brahma, to stop their suffering. Brahma told him, "Go to where Lord Shiva lives and from there bring some of the sacred water of the snow that never ends. With this snow-water you will start a new river to save this hot land."

Accordingly, Agastya walked for many days to Kailash, filled up his pot with snow water and returned. He looked for a good place to start the river in the hilly Coorg region. Agastya rested for a while and searched for the correct place to put down his special water pot. Close by a small boy was playing. The child was dressed in rags and had a dirty face. Agastya called him, "Little fellow, come and hold this pot for me. Hold it in both hands and don't spill any of it." Agastya looked around and carefully evaluated the land. He considered various places but dismissed them one by one. One place was too flat, one was too hilly. He was thinking very much.

The little boy was really Lord Ganesha, in disguise. He picked a place for the river to start, put the pot down and disappeared. Agastya could not choose a place and called out, "Little fellow, what do you think?" Silence. "Where are you, child? Why have you put down the pot?" Suddenly a large crow flew out of the sky and perched on the edge of the pot, which toppled over and spilled the very special and precious water onto the ground. Agastya was furious and he cursed the crow. But a blinding light flashed for a moment and the crow disappeared. Instead, a jolly-faced Lord Ganesha waving his rose-pink trunk appeared in place of the crow! "What! A curse! Why, I have done nothing wrong but started your river for you." Agastya's anger changed into bliss and Ganesha laughed, his huge ears waving in the morning breeze.

As he laughed, a crystal clear River with wonderfully tasting waters bubbled out of Agastya's pot. When she reached the ground, she became a small stream, then she became a fast-flowing, fully fledged river growing wider and wider. She tumbled down the Coorg hills and spread across the land giving life to all the land and its plant, animal and human beings as she raced across the peninsula. To this day she flows until she blends into the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal.

To this day, the people tell the story of how rishi Agastya brought Kaveri from the Himalayas and how he was surprised by Lord Ganesha.

They also say, that we should look at life from another angle - things that we feel are holding us back are really helping us and that is the work of the cheerful elephant-faced Lord.

Dear Kaveri,

This one birthday poem is for you..(I dont have too many creatives bones in my body but have tried to express my wishes in the best way that came to me!)

Happy birthday to Kaveri, my little friend!

Although I haven't known you for many years,
But I now wish u for all the past birthdays and say for the coming ones “Three Cheers!”

Smiles, good luck and wishes I send
Your happiness should last till all things end…

Oft’ hearing ur questions have made me smile :)
Rejoice in your own specialness awhile,

Birthdays are not just one day or 24 hours long,
So u don’t have to wait a whole year for us to sing another birthday song

Just express ur wish and don’t hesitate
And we will come once again and celebrate!

Wishing u nothing but the best always Kaveri!

Suchitra, Thanks for the wonderful post...There is nothing to comment on it because the post is "Complete" in itself. It answers all questions and thoughts that might come in anyone's mind while reading it...At a loss of words to express how beautiful it is..

"things that we feel are holding us back are really helping us and that is the work of the cheerful elephant-faced Lord"

what a heart-opener, thank you Scout Finch

and I agree with your final sentiment of the "complete" beauty of Suchitra's post.

love,
sharon