Saturday, January 7, 2012
Our flight to Cochin from the Philadelphia was long as expected and uneventful as wished. The last leg of the trip was a car ride from the airport to my home in Kottayam, a distance of only100 kilometers, which  normally would take three hours but at four O' Clock in the morning with no traffic except for some vans carrying Hindu pilgrims on their way to Sabarimala, was a quite fete to be accomplished in less than two hours. As dawn was barely braking in, we arrived at the door and were greeted by my youngest sister, Anitha, still wearing a collar, which immediately reminded me of the recent accident and miraculous survival she had experienced along with her husband.  The joy of seeing her healthy and in good spirits and attending to our needs brought tears of joy to both Susan and me.  My mom, ninety years old was also up that early, and alert in making sure that we are well cared for.  Despite the lack of sleep while traveling, we both were quite awake and energetic, and were ready to enter a day that had quite a long to-do list.  The day ended, feeling satisfied with and giving thanks to God for what we were able to accomplish on the first day.  Like the other day, it is getting late, and I will fill you in on other exciting things in the next few days.