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A lovely summer Sunday in Bombay and I am all set to visit with dear Sharon and Donald and their little one Theo in Vasai . Sharon works with me in Max and is an invaluable asset with her calm and mature outlook and that awesome mixture of capability and compassion . She was all of 18 when she joined and today at 28 a proud Mom of an 8 month old and a role model for those in our team. Donald is a pilot in one of our leading airlines and obviously never ever at home . Despite his frequent absences he is the perfect partner for his childhood sweetheart and supports her in every manner required and possible ! My top couple forever . So the Saree I chose to wear for lunch with them is a beautiful Dacca Tangayal cotton in a raw mango green and dusty white .. How more summery can the combination get ? This Saree is rather special as it is a gift from Sohag my dear friend of 13 years , a patient advocate from Bangladesh who I met for the first time 2 years ago at the Cancer Conference in Beijing and he had brought this awesome gift for me . His Amma from Bombay he calls me. Meeting this young man for the first time was emotional enough having been with him throughout the early days of his diagnosis and seeing him, albeit virtually, cope with the blow and go ahead and make it all work for him …that he brought me this lovely gift moved me so much . Every time I wear this I celebrate his life and the affection and love that has bonded us together over all these years .And I salute the young man who today as I write this is representing his peers from his country at the CML conference in Barcelona . How proud he makes me