
Her dad used to take care of rabbits.
I now have a niece. My sister, Najwa, gave birth to a healthy 3.3kg baby girl, on the 22nd of November 2002. Her name is Aeisyah Humaira'. Having taken care of her for a couple of days, I think about how her life will be like, and what kind of world she'll be growing up in. The more I thought about it, the more I realise what most parents go through. When she starts to crawl, how often my sister would have to clean the floors and carpets. When she starts to walk, which pieces of furniture would have to be padded or put away. When she starts her schooling, how much money should she bring to school, what kind of
friends would she have... I guess all this worrying that parents (and aunties like me) go through boils down to this: We've made our mistakes, we've learned much, we want our young ones to do better than we have done.