Oh i do love getting a tattoo!! This one was my longest sitting yet. It took just under 5 hours because i decided (with kunchoks wise advice) that maybe i didn't want all the lines filled in with black. So I was directing him to change things and add black and thicken lines. It was so much fun! And i absolutely love the finished work.
Today we sent kunchok off on his train back home. Deborah took a long walk around the neighborhood and then had a quiet afternoon. I did some writing and i started working on a few projects for the retreat. Tomorrow we are going to do a yoga practice on the terrace. Im looking forward to that. I also have more acupuncture in the morning and i am really looking forward to that! I am going to stop eating wheat again. i did have one delicious biscuit called a rescue biscuit thats made from wheat germ and tastes like something from my childhood that i cant put my finger on.
I took a walk today and had a chai by myself and read some of my book. the street woman who always comes up to Deborah found me. She always has a little child with her since it helps her get handouts. Today it really upset me because she was asking for money and the little three year old girl saw my water bottle and started really begging for it. That was hard. I let her drink from it and she was clearly incredibly thirsty so i bought her a coconut as well. A man sells them from a cart here and cuts them open with a machete. Today it was just a lot to witness. Im sure shes feeding her kids, im sure she grew up that way and its just how life is. I dont judge her for it at all. Survival is survival. What is so hard is that this little girl doesn't have a shot at a different life. Not here. India is different like that. you stay where you are born. So im pretty sure i should move to India and take this baby with me.
Today we sent kunchok off on his train back home. Deborah took a long walk around the neighborhood and then had a quiet afternoon. I did some writing and i started working on a few projects for the retreat. Tomorrow we are going to do a yoga practice on the terrace. Im looking forward to that. I also have more acupuncture in the morning and i am really looking forward to that! I am going to stop eating wheat again. i did have one delicious biscuit called a rescue biscuit thats made from wheat germ and tastes like something from my childhood that i cant put my finger on.
I took a walk today and had a chai by myself and read some of my book. the street woman who always comes up to Deborah found me. She always has a little child with her since it helps her get handouts. Today it really upset me because she was asking for money and the little three year old girl saw my water bottle and started really begging for it. That was hard. I let her drink from it and she was clearly incredibly thirsty so i bought her a coconut as well. A man sells them from a cart here and cuts them open with a machete. Today it was just a lot to witness. Im sure shes feeding her kids, im sure she grew up that way and its just how life is. I dont judge her for it at all. Survival is survival. What is so hard is that this little girl doesn't have a shot at a different life. Not here. India is different like that. you stay where you are born. So im pretty sure i should move to India and take this baby with me.
Holy crap! I love the look of that tattoo! What does it mean/say?
ReplyDeleteNow you can tell the stories of your ink and be like "and this one comes from India" lol
I am glad you gave that little girl water and a coconut. When will you go back and visit the little boy at the children's home? Maybe this is how you end up with your child. If not now.. maybe some day :)
Giving up wheat IS hard. I miss bread a lot. I've been playing with coconut flour it's not the same but it provides some sort of bread product.
I've been making yam biscuits and those are pretty good too.
I need to try some different flours because I am not a huge fan of coconut or almond and those are the two main flours available on the wheat free plan. Blah!!!