My emotions this trip did not partake of the usual joys. I lost two of my three cousins earlier in the year—the last, my cousin Vija, passed away only a week before our arrival. The flowers were still fresh on her grave. But life goes on even as we remember those dear to us, and, through our actions, hold dear those people and those ideals which they did.

Yet, it was not a trip of unbridled sadness. I met online acquaintances, long-unseen relatives, moreover, through it all, it was as if the universe itself had guided the circumstances and purpose of this trip. What had been anticipated to see and do remained unseen and undone–but replaced with unanticipated surprises and serendipities.

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