Jamshedpur: Residents of Cheshire Home had an unusual New Year celebration on Friday this year with just five different groups dropping in with gifts, unlike other years when the place would flood with people who arrive with chocolates, biscuits and other food items for the specially-abled children of the home.
Although the children cut cakes, danced and made merry, the celebrations were largely low-key keeping the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
“This year only five groups, including a group of chartered accounts and a few families, arrived,” said Sister Philomena, head of Cheshire Home.
“Since Diwali, we have not seen any corporate house visiting with gifts, barring ISWP (Indian Steel and Wire Products Ltd) that took utmost care of the inmates during the lockdown,” she added.
i just want him to come home. i keep going through calm stages where i just want to deal with everything and get it out of the way. but then every other minute i just want to break down and die. because i don t i don t know how to do this without him. sister philomena, the 77-year-old australian nun, was heading home. the beloved teacher, a shocking loss to the community. she s been a great mentor, and she s also a personal friend. so we re just devastated. the shock has been incredible. she very much brought love in all her interactions with everybody. and another australian, nick norris of perth, was flying with his three young grandchildren. family members taking some solace, knowing he died looking over little mo, evy and otis.