On Sunday afternoon as I sat outside by my pool( I live in Florida) soaking in the lukewarm December sun I looked around and realized just how fortunate I truly am that I have clean air to breathe, I have food to eat, I have more than enough love from my husband, daughter, friends and families in America and in India. Even though I have struggled with so many issues I have never been without the basics of life and someone has always come along to help me when I did need necessities. Unlike my family in India, I don’t do without food or clothes or comforts of a home. I can’t wait anymore for the time to be right, for my documentary or book to come out and possibly make some money some way to buy them a much needed house. They rent now and it is basically a government run slum area so they pay rent but do without lights at times and fight for water with other tenants when the truck brings water for them to drink.
Most conversations I have on the phone with my mother Shanti seem to be around her health, her unsafe home and the lack of funds to buy a home. We have sent them hundreds and hundreds of dollars to pay for food, grandchildren’s school and medical emergency bills this year but a house is a little more difficult to do.
I have toiled and stressed over how I was going to buy my mother a much needed house but on this day it became clear how to do it. I will be selling my paintings at an artwalk this week to start the fund for her but I know it will not be nearly enough. I really only need to raise $20,000 which is not a lot of money but it will make such a difference for the entire family and the quality of their life. As you can read in the tab for Shanti’s Dream you will see some of the reasons why I cannot wait anymore!
I believe I came here and was adopted for many reasons, one being so that I can help them now. It is their turn to not suffer and struggle in such dismal and unsafe living quarters. This is the least I can do for my mother who has done without her entire life.
I will soon have a way for people to donate on the blog and it won’t matter if it is only one dollar because every dollar will get me closer to her dream. I hope to raise the money by December 2009.
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