Kith and Kin

I've journeyed to India with family to visit family.

I've come with relatives well-known - my husband and sister-in-law and niece - to visit family members barely-known or never before met.

It's an extraordinary thing to be so far from Dixon Hill, in a country so alien and different, and yet to find ourselves surrounded by people to whom we belong. We haven't felt like strangers in this land. Instead we've come home.

The experience has given me a deeper appreciation of the bonds of kinship. I'm grateful to be intimately connected to these people in another part of the world. They've welcomed us as their own and showered us with kindness.

I thank them from the bottom of my heart. I'm honoured to belong to them and to India.

Comments

[jacqueline]

Dearest sweet helen, sounds like a wonderful trip and a very inspiring one! Loving this gorgeous photo! Have alovely merry happy weekend and a fun wonderful trip in that beautiful land of india! Love to you!

[Monica]

So beautiful...your words, the photos, all of it. Can't wait to hear and see more!

[Ramesh Kumar]

Hello Helen,

We are still recovering from your visit, which was rather nostalgic, to say the least.
Did you get some photographs that I send?
You have a special gift of writing so well. Whenever you have time,please do let me know about you all.
Love,

Ramesh

[Jamie]

Beautiful.