I had full body goosebumps and tremors even while I was sweating through my clothes, I had too many bathroom adventures to count, my head was full of nothing but snot and pressure, and I nearly passed out in public twice on the day I walked a mile to get a PCR test. I have never...
“You are not the mother. I am the mother. You no more asking questions. You go change you clothes. Why you in pajamas, anyway?” Mom opens her mouth in defense, but Halmoni claps her hands. “I set up dinner now. Lily help me.” I didn’t exactly volunteer, but Halmoni has...
She could not give him clothes or ornaments or toys: such was not the fashion of Baboo's race. Neither was he old enough to wear the silk sarong that his Aunt Fatima had woven for him on her loom. Baboo had been well trained, and however lordly he might be in the quarters, he ...