Mrs chilly has started to nip at my toes as the day begins but gets nudged out the way by midday only to return again in the evening. Needless to say, socks and blankets are now part of the daily routine.
We have been up to Bangalore a few days back as we are trying to get Son 4's permission to leave the country. The complicated thing is that he is now a NZ citizen by decent and holds an NZ passport (all of which we received much quicker than anticipated which was a huge relief). Of course he does not have a visa or stamp in his passport to say he arrived in the country so we need to get permission for him to leave. We e-mailed and Phoned the FRRO ( Foreign registration office) and got the same information from two sources. We needed to go to Bangalore and register him within 14 days of receiving his passport. So we got all our documents together and arrived at the office within the time frame. They decided that he should have registered 14 days after issue of the passport and no amount of trying to explain that we did not yet have the passport to register him was understood. So then we were told we will need to pay a fine for not registering on time and get an extension, an extension on what???? Finally after much questioning and confusion, the lady in charge finally said that since we have to pay a fine anyway then just don't bother registering him, come back 4 days before we depart, pay the fine and get an exit permit. So this is what we will do.
Things here at the 'Home' have been great. I really love these girls so much. Just recently I feel that my relationship with them has deepened, especially with the older girls. They used to confide in DC but they are now also drawing nearer to me. We have the older girls 2 nights a week at our place for a discussion time. The other night we were looking at love and love languages, it was very insightful to see how they perceived love from us all. I wont go into details for confidentiality's sake. The funny thing is that one of the girls now informs me of what type of love she is showing me e.g she will hug me and then say "physical touch" or compliment me and say, "words of affirmation," it's become a bit of a joke between us. The girls will not go to college without coming to our house first for their morning hug. They even race each other to see who gets the first hug and this is 16/17 year olds I am talking about. We all need a good hug from time to time. Love love love love love... yes I am still passionate about it, it just has to be at the core of everything we do. With out love all else is meaningless.
I continue to be so proud of my own kids and how freely they share us with 60 other daughters. We make sure we have family time and have a couple of meals a week at our home because I never want to make my kids feel like they come off second best. Our kids have made some great friends and mingle well. The boys sometimes get irritated with all the attention and cheek pinching but they can stand their ground among the high doses of estrogen that surround them.
We have been up to Bangalore a few days back as we are trying to get Son 4's permission to leave the country. The complicated thing is that he is now a NZ citizen by decent and holds an NZ passport (all of which we received much quicker than anticipated which was a huge relief). Of course he does not have a visa or stamp in his passport to say he arrived in the country so we need to get permission for him to leave. We e-mailed and Phoned the FRRO ( Foreign registration office) and got the same information from two sources. We needed to go to Bangalore and register him within 14 days of receiving his passport. So we got all our documents together and arrived at the office within the time frame. They decided that he should have registered 14 days after issue of the passport and no amount of trying to explain that we did not yet have the passport to register him was understood. So then we were told we will need to pay a fine for not registering on time and get an extension, an extension on what???? Finally after much questioning and confusion, the lady in charge finally said that since we have to pay a fine anyway then just don't bother registering him, come back 4 days before we depart, pay the fine and get an exit permit. So this is what we will do.
Things here at the 'Home' have been great. I really love these girls so much. Just recently I feel that my relationship with them has deepened, especially with the older girls. They used to confide in DC but they are now also drawing nearer to me. We have the older girls 2 nights a week at our place for a discussion time. The other night we were looking at love and love languages, it was very insightful to see how they perceived love from us all. I wont go into details for confidentiality's sake. The funny thing is that one of the girls now informs me of what type of love she is showing me e.g she will hug me and then say "physical touch" or compliment me and say, "words of affirmation," it's become a bit of a joke between us. The girls will not go to college without coming to our house first for their morning hug. They even race each other to see who gets the first hug and this is 16/17 year olds I am talking about. We all need a good hug from time to time. Love love love love love... yes I am still passionate about it, it just has to be at the core of everything we do. With out love all else is meaningless.
I continue to be so proud of my own kids and how freely they share us with 60 other daughters. We make sure we have family time and have a couple of meals a week at our home because I never want to make my kids feel like they come off second best. Our kids have made some great friends and mingle well. The boys sometimes get irritated with all the attention and cheek pinching but they can stand their ground among the high doses of estrogen that surround them.
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