Fly, fly, little butterfly

From last summer.

 

A year later Sarita still loves her butterflies, with a little less drama and much clearer pronunciation. She thoroughly enjoys the book about butterflies and moths I found in Target's dollar section, which is surprisingly educational. Thus, I thought The Butterfly Place would be a perfect Mother's Day destination for Sarita and Ragav's Mum. I was right. The butterflies were impressive.

Everyone was intrigued by the butterflies snacking on bananas, especially when they flaunted their vibrant blue wings hiding under their brown spotted exteriors (a challenging task to capture, but with patience I succeeded).

When Sarita spied the monarch butterflies and Ragav asked what they eat she remembered they eat milkweed from the Target book; another sign of of her budding interest in nature and her fantastic retention.

I have to pause to add that butterflies hold a special place in my heart since I like to think of my late Gramma as being a butterfly. I realize that may sounds strange, but we all have our ways of maintaining connections to special people we have lost. Sarita never got to meet my Gramma, but I like to mention her whenever I can. Sarita knows she is in heaven and just today she recalled me telling her Gramma "lives in our hearts". I melted when I realized she remembered.

Apparently the butterflies confused Sarita's bright orange cardigan knitted by Ragav's Mum with a flower. To our delight, two butterflies landed on her. Aside from her comical expression, it warmed my heart to think Sarita got a visit from my Gramma. Hokey as it may be, I hope Sarita is lucky enough to form the same bond with her grandmothers. I think she is on her way.

  

Comments

[Jocelyn]

That is a beautiful post. She is a very lucky little girl. Xo

[Sunita Khosla]

My little poppet please remember dadhi loves you very very much. Today you.will have no idea how much my heart strings were pulled and I could do nothing I just cried and cried. I love you my poppet. Just remember this there is nothing I would not do for you. Dadhi