Its her birthday today and she turns six.
The most adored one in our entire family. Youngest of the lot. My sister’s daughter Nidhi.
Having seen three boys grow up in the family, mine and my
brothers non-identical twins, Nidhi was a breath of fresh air for all of
us. She is a real bundle of Joy and a cutie-pie.
Most people who see us together, cannot resist mentioning our
resemblance, mostly mistaken for mom- daughter duo. I call my niece Nidhu and she calls me Vinsu.
A couple of days back, my sister couldn’t hold her enthusiasm
in her voice, when she called me.
A HR recruiter by profession, my sister quit her day job at
an IT organization after Nidhi’s arrival and became a work from home consultant. Now she is looking at restarting her corporate
career and is slowly making Nidhi understand that when she comes back from
school, she may have to stay with a nanny until my sister returns from work.
Nidhi wasn’t happy. Period.
The drama queen she is, apparently told my sister, that she
will miss Amma, she will be scared if Amma is not home. My sister thought she was almost successful
in convincing Nidhi about this nanny stuff after long conversations and
justifications ideal for a 6 year old.
Finally Nidhi has one condition.
Okay Amma, I will stay with which ever Akka you ask me to,
but make sure you get me someone like Vinsu.
How do you like that?
My sister’s question to me “ How do I find someone like you Chechi?”
This is therapy finding its way to me.
Ha Ha. You now have a new job offer :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes!!!
DeleteAnd i will love it :-) :-)
Nidhi paapa - y go for someone like. When u got the original. Catch hold of her
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteShe will even be ready to relocate to Chennai. You dont know Nidhi pappa Gilsu
Awww.. that's so sweet.. what's with nieces and nephews, my sister'son who is just 11 is also my email buddy and it just melts my heart every time the phone rings and he calls me valyamma...
ReplyDeleteI hope she truly gets someone like you to look after her.. all the best to your sister too.
Hugs to you
I tried teaching Nidhu to call me Valyamma and she outright refused that. same with my nephews, they told me how can we suddenly call you Ammayi, when all along we have been calling you Aunty.
Deletenevertheless as you said, these kids sure can melt our hearts.
oooh, she is a cutie-pie.. my daughter wants to talk to her valiyamma all the time. She is even packing her bags and asking us to get her tickets to India.
ReplyDeleteOhh thats cho chweet. Yeah the aunts and nieces definitely share a special bond.
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