PRIMDAD AND RAMDI

excerpt from TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, REMEMBRANCES (see Aug 31, 2010)

One of the families I met and got to know was so poor they lived in a shack with a dirt floor.  They had only one bowl and spoon, which was reserved for company.  They used banana tree leaves for plates and used their hands to wrap their food in a flat bread called roti.  It is similar to a flour tortilla but is soft and tasty.  The father of the family, Primdad, felt badly about being so poor until he heard his wife, Ramdi, say the following Baha'i prayer called "Blessed is the Spot":

"Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God has been made, and His praise glorified."  Baha'u'llah

He was a carpenter and she took care of their little garden and the one cow that provided the milk for their seven children and also was a means of earning a little money when they were able to sell the milk.  Their devotion to each other and to their sweet childen was a beautiful thing to see.