You raised me to your cheek

Grace Nair (née Mary “Grace” Modale Pothen; d. 11 October 2018 at 4:25PM EST) and grandson Jayan Koshy (né Jayan Nair)

Grace Nair (née Mary “Grace” Modale Pothen; d. 11 October 2018 at 4:25PM EST) and grandson Jayan Koshy (né Jayan Nair)

“When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

The more I called them,

the more they went from me;

they kept sacrificing to the Baals,

and offering incense to idols.

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,

I took them up in my arms;

but they did not know that I healed them.

I led them with cords of human kindness,

with bands of love.

I was to them like those

who lift infants to their cheeks.

I bent down to them and fed them.”

— Hosea 11:1-4 NRSV