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-----------------Celebrating Birthday Parties-------------

Soon enough we were getting invited to the children’s birthday parties. We wore our best, chose the best gifts and attended those parties and enjoyed with the children. The food menu was great with the decorated cake in the middle. It was nicely dented by the birthday person. The mothers also came along and although many of them did not know English, and we were just on the brink of getting a few words while playing with the children, we somehow communicated with them now, shrugging off our shoulders if we didn’t get something at all and yet, life felt sweet.

As time lapsed, it was our little sister’s birthday. Now it was our turn to celebrate her birthday. We made birthday cards and handed out to the children and although it was in English, we somehow conveyed the message in their language. So far so good…..

The birthday arrived and the night before we decorated the living room with balloons and decoration pieces. Mommy was busy baking cake, making sweet as well as hot items.

It was 12pm and the children arrived in a queue. Soon the mothers came along too. Our sister made a tiny cut into the beautiful chocolate cake. We clapped and sang the birthday song. Our sister got lots of birthday gifts which we opened up after the party was over.

During the party we not only enjoyed the food but also took photographs with the children and the mothers both inside the house and outside, with the sea in the background.

After the party, we opened up the gifts, and there was a picture of a teddy bear with a playing ball drawn by a renowned artist mother in the complex, and there were view cards and toys of all kinds appropriate for a new eight-year old.

It was indeed a memorable day, never to be forgotten with all the joy, merriment and laughter.