The word that does the work no salary can
She has a name, but in your house she goes by what she does. Bai. Didi. Amma. She knows your daughter's fever cry from her hunger cry. She knows which shelf the turmeric lives on and which drawer your husband never closes properly. She has been inside your home longer than some of your relatives have. And so, at some point, you said it: she's like family.
