Eid Mubarak

Swensens Ice cream!!!!!!!!!! Tuti's last day of Ramadan was Tuesday--she told me she had to pray all day and that usually the day ends in a festival, a celebration where everyone dresses up and wears very nice clothing, uses make up and eats one large celebration meal together. I wanted to make Tuti feel at home here in Thailand and I told her that I wanted to celebrate Eid Mubarak with her (name of last day of Ramadan). So a large group of us planned to take Tuti to eat her favorite food; Ice Cream.

We chose Swensen's becuase Tuti had never gone and became sold on going there when I told her about the swing benches they have. We all had an amazing time, the ice cream was delicious and it tasted better than ever especially when before embarking on our Eid Mubarak adventure Tuti thanked all of us for making her feel at home. She told us that the one thing she missed at home was gathering around with her friends and just chatting about daily average things and going out and dressing up for meals on the weekends. It's an odd sensation to think that something as simple as a group of us going out to eat ice cream helped create a safe space or a comfort zone for someone. After having suffered a really bad spell of home sickness, I was happy to help a friend out with theirs.