Sun 17 Jun
2007
SMALL MIRACLES
I’m adding this here as an addendum to the original post. I’m not sure how this happened, but how does a post, living on your website for so long, go un-noticed. This post would be one where you’d surely be expecting comments. You check every week and none are entered, not even from the people you would expect them to come from.
Then you realize, that although you have been able to preview the post, it’s never actually been activated on the site. Why? Because you set the post-dated date to 2008!! No big deal in most cases, but when the post concerns the birth of your baby niece Rihanna, the beautiful baby girl of your sister, umm … “ooops” just doesn’t explain it.
Mars and I had a good chuckle about it this morning … and the beauty of having the type of relationship as we’ve had while growing up together is, this … she knew full well there was no way I would have left out Rihanna’s birth here on the site, and that there was a perfectly good reason to why it hasn’t appeared yet.
Anyway, date changed and here’s the original post:
We got the news a late in the day, the three hour time difference the only seperation from us being with them. For many years, Harp and I had shared many long talks with them about this day and the fact that it would one day come.
No matter how far that day seemed to be, or for that matter, whether it would even come, we’d talk. Harp would spend long nights talking to my sister, feeling and sharing what she and her husband were going through. As for me, I just knew, I always knew that it would. For me, it was never a question.
And on January 4th of 2007, at 9.20 in the morning, Rihanna, the daughter of Marlene and Satwant, was born. Our little niece came a whole month early. Just a tiny angel no bigger than your hand, who had the power to bring an entire family enough joy to fill a lifetime.
Rihanna
To my Sister,
There has never been a time I have wanted to be with you more, to share with you, as your brother, one of the most important days of your life.
Take heart, little sis, and know that although I can’t be there with you now, I have never felt more joy for you than this at this very moment.
Send Sid my love, and give Rihanna a kiss from us all (especially our two little’uns).
love, your brother
Navin
So, that was the original post. I’ve added some updated pics of Little Ri. Uh oh, I’ve already got my nickname for here:
Reflecting
Rihanna and Dad, Happy Father’s Day!
Little Ri
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