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Who wants to read another sopping Mother’s Day post? 11 May 2013 | 07:53 pm
Motherhood is a patchwork of moments. There are the ‘uh-oh’ moments when you accidentally leave an opened milk carton on the table and forget about it for oh lets say, a fraction of a millisecond, and...
A Tale of Three Elephants 2 Apr 2013 | 10:50 am
This is HUGE. My 3 year old just narrated a story to my 1 year old. It’s a tale of epic proportions. A story like no other. I am left spell bound by the simplicity of the plot and the magnificence of ...
If I had to do it all over again 28 Feb 2013 | 07:32 pm
If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. Not the age gap, “How do you handle a 3 year old AND a 1 year old alone?” Not your dusky skin tone, “The brothers are very different lookin...
The ‘One day in a Year’ Myth 20 Dec 2012 | 09:32 pm
Birthdays are all about false hopes. Of growing up. Or false fears. Of growing older. It’s the days in between each birthday that matter. It’s a myth you know. You don’t actually grow older on your bi...
It wasn’t that kind of a vacation at all. 25 Sep 2012 | 12:06 pm
If you read my blog regularly, you’d know that I had vowed never to go on vacation again till the children turned into respectable sleep-and-potty trained citizens of the world. Remember my Hellish Ho...
What was the name again? 12 Sep 2012 | 08:41 pm
We met up with an old friend of mine few weeks ago. I hadn’t seen him for years now. But he knew a lot about my family. Mainly from the B.L.O.G. He called Ryan by name, and told him his mom wrote abou...
The Sticker on our Coffee Table 30 Aug 2012 | 08:14 pm
Ryan stuck a sticker on our coffee table. It’s a picture of a strawberry. A small, inconsequential picture of a red strawberry and it is stuck firmly onto my wooden coffee table. The sticker has no in...
The Favourite Dish 12 Jul 2012 | 01:42 pm
One day, I asked my mother what her favourite dish was. Nothing, she replied. “But there must be something. Everyone has a favourite”, I persisted. “Nothing, you silly child”, she replied. Mummy in...
Not Proud of It Moment 29 Jun 2012 | 04:43 pm
There was this one instance in my life when I accidentally ‘forgot’ Ryan. At the vegetable section of the supermarket. Amidst a lively display of butterhead and romaine lettuce. I am not proud of the...
Dear Blog 17 Jun 2012 | 10:08 pm
My Mom left today. She had stayed on 3 months to take care of baby and me, and now there’s a vacuum in the apartment. I stood by the doorway as she left for the airport holding baby Steve in my arms ...
