I met my husband in
India, where we were
married, and moved
here 18 years ago. He
works at the Cleveland
Clinic. I arrived in
Cleveland directly from
What brought
you here
from India?
India in June, when it was nice
and green and lovely. I could not
imagine that winter was coming;
that was a rude awakening. I grew
up in New Delhi and went to
boarding school in the environs of
the Himalayas, where we would
only get a smattering of snow.
The first winter here was exciting,
because it was the first time I really
experienced snow. Now I’m over it.
We’ve lived in
three different
neighborhoods
and loved them
all. We started
off in Mercer,
then moved
to Lomond
where our kids
went to Carol
Where in
Shaker
do you
live?
Nursery School. That was really
my initiation into Shaker; I met
all these wonderful mothers, and
we would hang out for hours on
the playground. I also made some
long lasting friendships at the
libraries, during Play and Learn
and story hour.
We then moved to Onaway,
which is literally like a little Utopia
with the three schools there. We
have two boys, one at Woodbury
and one at Shaker Middle School,
and a rescue dog, Layla. I love
that our boys can walk to school,
or ride bikes up to the Van
Aken District to meet friends at
Mitchell’s. Being an immigrant
and losing one’s home base, one
feels a need to establish roots for
oneself and one’s family. Shaker
Heights provided us with that safe,
inclusive, welcoming community.
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