Nimisha Ladva
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I see the two girls with headscarves.
They are barely middle school age.
The next wave carries me back to shore.
The same wave knocks the young man down.
I get out of the water, and I join my family.
But I can hear him cursing.
He is in a foul mood, and he is getting closer to my family.
I put my hands at my hips, and I stand in front of my children.
The man is getting closer, and my heartbeat quickens.
I start to breathe shallow and fast.
I look back at my children.
They are lost in their play.
But for the first time, I'm worried.
I am worried that with their two cultures, can they be hated two ways?
I'm thinking of my father.
In this September, he will be 75 years old.
He has had a brain tumor operated on twice.
He now walks with a walker and his hands shake a lot.
I look back up at the man and I wonder, is my children's burden twice mine?