My Namesake

I just finished reading a book by Jhumpa Lahiri titled the Namesake, so it seemed like a good title for this blog. I never planned on naming any of my kids after myself, nor did I ever think anyone would name their child after me. What I never considered was having someone name an animal after me, this could be considered an insult to some. A family in the community of Corozo that we enjoy a lot named one of their four birds after me. At first I thought, great they named a bird after me, but then they told me the other birds did not have names. That was when I realized how special I was to have a bird named after me. They also told me they were going to give me the bird, but right now it was too young. They are going to train it to eat everything, so when they give it to me it will be easy to handle. I have never wanted a bird as a pet, but I am so touched by this that I will probably have a pet bird once we find a place to live in Teustepe. So I would like to introduce all of you to my namesake...Sarita (little Sarah).