Maid and Baby

Time flies. It seems just yesterday our maid, Puji, arrived at our home. And baby Ethan was still newborn. It has been nearly 2 years since.

And Puji has decided to go home to take care of her daughter, because her husband has found a job in Malaysia. She will be leaving next month.

I want to express my heartfelt thank-you to her. She has proved herself to be reliable. She has earned my wife and my trust to take care of Ethan. More importantly, i felt that she really cares for and loves Ethan. Ethan definitely reciprocates this feeling i am sure.

I am sad, because this will be Ethan's first experience of transiency. I feel he is too young to go through this; I don't want him to go through that. But that is beyond my powers. My wife tells me will he adapt and get over it in no time. Perhaps in Ethan's young mind he possesses more wisdom than that of his father's; I certainly do not discount this possibility.

Part of me wanted Puji to stay on with our family, I have even contemplated using monetary incentives. But I know it would be the wrong reason to retain her services. She has her family and a daugther to go back to. If fate decides she stays on with us, then so be it. But I know i should not, and would not be the one to influence the outcome.

Well, we move on. And I hope I have been a worthy employer of her services.