In which I knock out an entire to-do list.

I’m not sure what I intended to do Tuesday, no doubt I’d had a mental list, but what I ended up doing was a list of things literally more than a decade in the making.

I bought my Amma doll in the late 90’s. I’ve had the face repaired by the dollmakers, and I’ve had to repair the body myself after a dog carried her around, but suddenly it’s 2023 and the doll’s dingy and dusty and her clothes are yellowing and she’s half falling apart.

So Tuesday I put on some satsang videos on YouTube and got out my Amma doll!

I soaked her white clothes in Oxyclean, then hung them out on the line to air dry in the sun. I put her mala, bracelets and anklets into jewelry cleaner, then rinsed and air dried them. I brushed her hair and cleaned dust off her body. I mended two holes, dressed her again, reapplied her gopi chandan tilak, and refreshed her perfumes. I even sewed the lid back on the basket I keep her clothes in, and that thing’s been broken since before I left Iowa!

Now she looks and smells and feels brand new!

It was a lovely, quiet, contemplative day. Something very much needed. Haven’t seen Amma in three years now because of the pandemic; used to see Her every single year.

Maybe She’ll come to the U.S. this year!

om shree gurubhyo namaha hari om