Nimisha Ladva
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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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?
The answer comes to me in my father's voice.
No, not today, not now.
I look back at the man.
My father can no longer take the wasps out himself, but I can, and I am ready.