Snow and Fatty

Snow and Fatty
Are Following in Ti Ti’s Footsteps

It has been a decade since I met my family in Myanmar. That was a life-changing event for me. Click on this link to find photos of them on my three trips to see them and their country.

Snow is in a pink top, and Fatty sits beside her in their preschool class. They were in school when we first met. Ti Ti was home on winter break. My two younger granddaughters were too young to remember when we first met. Several years later, I returned for a visit. Ti Ti told them about PaPa Al, which she called me. Snow went along with calling me PaPa Al, but Fatty refused. She insisted on calling me Bo Bo Gyi, the most important Theravada Buddhist nat. Bo Bo Gyi, ဘိုးဘိုးကြီး, means honored or hallowed grandfather. Nats are similar to what we call saints, but while they appear to be real, they aren’t. Bo Bo Gyi had various talents and interests, one of which was to be a guardian spirit for those in need.

That is the backstory. This is what Snow and Fatty look like today.

I miss seeing them and their parents. Ti Ti is now at Gusto University in Yangon. She has a section on my website. Ti Ti I has also excelled academically. What fascinates me is that her younger sisters are following in her footsteps. This photo is of my younger granddaughters and their parents at an award ceremony. Snow and Fatty both received awards for their academic excellence.

Their father, Ko Ko, and their mother, Moh Moh, have provided all their children with intelligence and good looks. However, more importantly, Ti Ti, Snow, and Fatty are caring and loving children.

This video is Snow and Fatty wishing PaPa Al, aka Bo Bo Gyi, well.