You know what else Anita. When they talk about heroes and role models at school, I say my dad because he is a doctor.  It is a good job because he helps people.  All of his patients love him, and we are familly friends with some of them.  They always say he is such a good doctor, and sometimes if we see them at the store or at a party- they say my dad helped them so much.

Everyday when I talk to my dad on the phone or at home, I ask him “how are the patients?” and sometimes he tells me some stories.  i have been asking that ever since I was a baby I think.

a few times I visited my dads office, everyone there is so nice to me. my mom told me that my dad’s partner has jealousy of my dad, because he has a good wife and kids – and that the partner got divorced so many timmes.  she said that he is cunning and makes my dad work more than he does.

my mom says my dad is a really good doctor, and he has “really good hands.” that a lot of doctors don’t have good hands. but that my dad is especially good.  she also says how his job is good, but he could have even got a better one, but he didnt because if you’re from India it is harder.

my mom always says the hardest job is to stay at home.  You know that?

she says only a very strong person can stay at home.  because at home there is no one.  at work you can talk to people.  but if you are home at work all day doing work, like her – you have to be really strong.  she says how so many people can’t do it, like some of my aunts, so all they do is talk on the phone all day because they are lonely. or they always go drive somewhere.  because they aren’t that strong.

she says that one of the hardest jobs is a housewife because you have no where to go, all your work at home.  you know if my dad is home for a day, and he is tired or they have to do some house stuff – my mom always says “look see how hard it is, imagine if you had to stay home all day..”

she says how people who go to work, i mean moms who go to work, they come home and they dont do any work.  they dont even have to cook and clean!! that their husbands do that stuff, she says its so easy for them.  she says some people are okay with dirty houses, but not her.