Satu's New Arrival

Satu’s new arrival

Who would have thought that 7 months ago when Satu told us that he and his wife were expecting that we would be in Jodhpur at the time of their new arrival!

We were woken up by a phone call sharing the wonderful news of a new baby girl! Satu wanted to send a car to come get us so we could come to the hospital and share in their joy. This was not an opportunity we wanted to miss!!

Our driver whisked us across town to the hospital where we were met out front by a beaming new father! The hospital is more of what us American’s would think of as a clinic. Small, lots of people, sparce in detail, and furniture from the 50’s. We proceeded to pass the crowded pharmacy and through the short hallway to the elevator. It was the type of elevator that you see in the movies where there is a metal accordian screen on the floor side and then another on the elevator side, as in a building under construction or an industrial flat. As we walked into the hospital room, we were greeted with all smiles from the family and a beautiful baby girl lying on the bed next to her beautiful mother! Colorful sarees and veils on the women, large smiles on the men as they offered Randy sweets in celebration!

I was instantly handed the new baby and my heart filled with so much love. I am the US Grandmother, none-the-less!!! A baby is a baby no matter what your language, culture, or religion. Life experiences as childbirth and weddings have no barriers to happiness and joy. We have been so very blessed to have been befriended by so many wonderful people through our journeys that have opened their lives up to us and included us as family!!

I wish all the best to the Satu Deora family with their growing family, and, by the way, Linnea would make a wonderful Indian name!