Giving a Gift

The past two days have been the best of my life! Yesterday I was able to use my own brain and take the initiative to do things on my own, instead of being told to do things on my own, instead of being told to do so! Today, I got to give Niroat a little surprise myself, and it was the most wonderful feeling, seeing the look on his face was absolutely priceless.

Yesterday, as I said, I really worked on being mentally active and taking initiative. So after we finished fixing the clotheslines, I thought that it would be nice to replace the rope for the bucket in the well, and I was very proud of that idea, I’m not going to lie. It was great to do something on my own.

Today, I had the chance to give Niroat the gift that I was passing on to him from Nikko. At first, he didn’t seem to realize that it was from her, once he did, his face lit up, and he smiled the biggest smile I’ve seen him show yet. He opened it up, and handled each thing so carefully, like it was made of glass. His eyes got a little bit wider with everything he took out. I admit it, I did cry a little bit, but not out of sadness, out of joy. Seeing just how happy Niroat got at receiving this simple gift from a person that he cares so much about made me truly appreciate why we’re here. Whatever we do for them now will still mean the world to them even years after we’ve gone. It’s not as if we’ll do all of these things and then be gone from each other’s lives forever. Each will carry the others in their hearts for as long as they live and even beyond then.

Starting tomorrow, we only have 3 days left with the kids who’ve become so dear to us. The thought of leaving them kills me, it is almost unbearable. It really has gone by much too fast. However, I’ll take what I learned from them on the first day and use it now. I will embrace every moment that I have left with them. I will not think about what is coming, I will live in the present and love every minute of it.