Kiss me goodnight – A mother’s five favorite things to do at bedtime
Even when my kids were young I looked forward to their bed time. My children have never slept during the day. Not even when they were toddlers. So, after a long day chock-a-block with chores that...
View ArticleReinventing Festivals
As some of you know I write bimonthly for a parenting forum “parentous” . Since I haven’t been able to take out much time for blogging these days. I thought I will share with you an article I wrote for...
View ArticleTo Send or Not to send – Dilemmas of being a Boarding school parent
My little girl M is going away. No she is not 16 and moving to college. Neither is she 26 and getting married. She is not taking off on a holiday or a camp! My little girl is 9 and come April 1st. she...
View ArticleConsidering buying some puppy love? – Five reasons you should not get a pup...
You think it is just a pet. You think it only needs to be given food thrice a day and to be walked once maybe twice. You think “I can do that much”. Sorry! Pal. You are way off the mark. You need to...
View ArticleShe is going away…
She is going away… I didn’t want to write about this since I already wrote about this last month. But since the last few days it’s all I think about. The thought I sleep with and the dull ache I wake...
View ArticleWelcoming ‘Books, Coco and me’ to the blogging community
Most of my friends in the blogosphere know ‘M’, my daughter. Many of you may also remember from my various posts about her that she is an avid reader. She has loved books since the time she was a...
View ArticleThe Reading Child
“Children these days don’t read” is a common complaint nowadays. Teachers, parents and people in general are always complaining about the absence of reading habit amongst today’s children. As a parent...
View ArticleA spoonfull of ‘mommy’ wisdom
My younger one – K is Nine now. I sure miss the days when I could scoop him up in my arms and cuddle him, rubbing my nose against the little hollow at the base of his throat. It always brought out...
View ArticleThe Dress can be ‘Garbaged’
Couple of years back about this time I was raving and ranting about M leaving. It was all I could talk about or think about or ‘anything’ about. Two years hence I am ‘quieter’ ‘saner’ and infinitely...
View ArticleA Mother’s Regret
It’s the paradox that all parents are faced with. The time when our kids are young, is also the time when we are just setting up home, establishing our careers, getting a grip on our adult...
View ArticleThe Reading Child
“Children these days don’t read” is a common complaint nowadays. Teachers, parents and people in general are always complaining about the absence of reading habit amongst today’s children. As a parent...
View ArticleA spoonfull of ‘mommy’ wisdom
My younger one – K is Nine now. I sure miss the days when I could scoop him up in my arms and cuddle him, rubbing my nose against the little hollow at the base of his throat. It always brought out...
View ArticleThe Dress can be ‘Garbaged’
Couple of years back about this time I was raving and ranting about M leaving. It was all I could talk about or think about or ‘anything’ about. Two years hence I am ‘quieter’ ‘saner’ and infinitely...
View ArticleThe Reading Child
“Children these days don’t read” is a common complaint nowadays. Teachers, parents and people in general are always complaining about the absence of reading habit amongst today’s children. As a parent...
View ArticleA spoonfull of ‘mommy’ wisdom
My younger one – K is Nine now. I sure miss the days when I could scoop him up in my arms and cuddle him, rubbing my nose against the little hollow at the base of his throat. It always brought out...
View ArticleThe Dress can be ‘Garbaged’
Couple of years back about this time I was raving and ranting about M leaving. It was all I could talk about or think about or ‘anything’ about. Two years hence I am ‘quieter’ ‘saner’ and infinitely...
View ArticleHappy Birthday K
They say the best things in life happen when you’re looking the other way – That is how it was with K – My younger one. When the knowledge of him came I was still so overwhelmed with the...
View ArticleAn Ode to the Old Year
Midway into December, I get a call from an unknown no. that flashes Scotland. Who do I know in ‘Half the world away and at least twenty degrees colder Scotland?’ The only person that comes to my mind...
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