Family Reunion – 2

My previous blog on family reunion on the occasion of my Mama’s golden anniversary received lots of love, but another more beautiful and affectionate reunion happened in my family, albeit a little away in Johannesburg.

My daughter was required to go to Berlin for a week in connection with the global module of MBA being pursued by her. Neither we nor her Durban based in laws were able to be with children in her absence because of respective preoccupation. Ankita had started preparing both her kids, 6 and 4, many days in advance and advised them to be good boys and not yo bother their father or their full time domestic help. But expectedly children were playing truant at the thought of being without their mother for one full week.

At last the D day came and the scene at the aeroplane was most heart rending. The elder one started crying uncontrollably and the junior joined the chorus. Sitting thousands of kilometres away, we were feeling helpless.

To cut the story short, the children behaved well and spent most of the week in anticipation of their mother’s return. The elder one, an accomplished baker, prepared special chocolate cake iced with vanilla cream, while the younger joined him in decorating the house. My daughter, upon her return, received virtually a red carpet welcome with house decorated, cake beautifully laid on the table and above all invaluable hugs and kisses from the two munchkins.

It was a family reunion most memorable and most affectionate. Children really won our hearts and proud parents and grandparents are understandably on cloud 9.