Happy happy 5th birthday Afsana!  You are truly a joy.  You are a very passionate young girl.  You love people fiercely.  Krishna Nanaji died this year and you felt the sadness, you comforted Kunkum Naniji, you took interest in all the funeral proceedings, and you missed and talked about Nansji afterwards.

You also had a new little sister born this year, miss Isha.  Afsana you are such a great big sister.  You have been a tremendous help...you have held Isha for up to 2 hours, you sing her to sleep and most of all you make her smile and laugh!  You and Kiran also play together really well...you are very kind to her.  You even shared your birthday balloons and cupcake with her.

You are great at art...I'm always surprised at your intricate and meaningful creations.  You learned to write in cursive at school and your hand-writing is beautiful!   You love to help cook...especially Indian food!

You are riding a bicycle (2 wheels) and you love it!  You rocked it the first day we got you the bike.  You also spend as much time as possible in the pool...you are learning to swim.  You had a super fun pool party this year with samosas and chocolate cake.

You learned to sing "kidney banaya Isha ko."

Since you are passionate you also have intense anger at times.  We are praying and teaching you to pray about this and how it is sin.  We pray the Lird continues to soften your heart Afsana and you serve Him with all your heart.

I love you so very much and am honored to be you Mummy.