Uncle Comes

February 25, 2007 Link Amma's Grace

Sunday morning, around 3:45 am, our man Manoj calls from the airport and tells me that almost all the passengers of Uncle’s flight have left the airport, and that Uncle Jeff has still not come out of the airport. Not Again!!! He said he would wait some more. Around 4am, he calls again with the good news that Uncle Jeff has finally arrived, sans the most important bag: the one carrying the juicer and supplements, the hot/cold packs, etc! It was lost in the Dubai airport… Oh well. Uncle had, however, filled out all the papers.I asked Manoj chettan (elder brother) to bring uncle here ASAP, as Amma was expected to leave soon for the North Indian tour. So they hurry onwards, and I drift back into my semi sleep.

Come 5am, we all get up and take our baths, as we had heard that Amma was going to leave at 6. By 6am, we are all down below Amma’s room. At 6:30, Raju chettan kindly tells us to come back around 9:30, and that Amma was not leaving till after 10. We retire back to our room to sleep some more.

About 7:30, Manoj chettan calls and tells me to meet them at the Vallikavu side of the bridge. Uncle Jeff had finally arrived!

After the preliminaries, some marginal unpacking, etc, we all went down to near Amma’s house, introducing Uncle Jeff to all and sundry on the way. We went down to the Darshan Hut. Even though it was only 8:30, and She was only supposed to go by 10, there were still many people waiting for Her.
Aum Amriteshwaryai Namah
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