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Where is the Good in Goodbye?<br />
Not only did I get her height but I got her spicy sweet personality. She is my dad’s mom and my<br />
grandma, my dadi. Dadi is 5’2 and she has bright orange red hair that is forever in a perfect bun. That<br />
short, spicy, sweet woman was going home today. She stepped into the kitchen with her hair in a perfect<br />
bun ready for the 17 hour flight back to India.<br />
“Kiran,” dadi called.<br />
“Yes,” I answered from my room as I tried not to cry over my dadi and dadoo going home for at<br />
least a year. I ran downstairs and into my dadi’s arms. I was lost in memories of card games on starry<br />
nights, garage sales on lazy Saturdays, spicy vegetarian dinners on hungry nights and walks in the sunny<br />
afternoons around the neighborhood. Why did she have to go?<br />
“I’ll miss you,” dadi said as the wave of memories retreated.<br />
“I’ll miss you too,” I managed to get out before my voice cracked. The only thing I was thinking<br />
about was dadi and dadoo picked up their bags and left was that spicy sweet woman that would be back<br />
soon but not soon enough.<br />
“Goodbye,” was the last thing dadi said to me before she left. Where is the good in goodbye?<br />
Can you tell me?<br />
Kiran Arora<br />
Age: 11<br />
Spring Harbor Middle School<br />
Madison, <strong>Wisconsin</strong><br />
Parent/Guardian: Leigh Arora<br />
4 <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Wisconsin</strong> | <strong>Best</strong> <strong>Time</strong> <strong>Ever</strong> Contest
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