My daughter is graduating in a week and it is a big deal for not just the usual reasons but also because she missed her high school graduation (it happened during the pandemic). It seems like it was just yesterday we went to her middle school graduation and sometime before that to her preschool graduation. … Continue reading Papa and the Graduation Dress
If you're a parent that has to deal with a picky eater, then this story is for you. I can't promise you'll get the same results but it's worth a shot if you've exhausted all other recourses. Back in 2005, my boy was a wee baby just getting introduced to solid food. And I had … Continue reading The Pea Monster and Other Made-up Stories
I went downstairs at 10 in the morning to fix breakfast. There wasn't enough bread for the four of us so I decided to make pancakes. Not regular pancakes but healthy ones with coconut flour. I took a glass bowl and dumped half a packet of coconut flour. In order to avoid sugar I mashed … Continue reading Coconut Flour Pancake Balls…A Recipe Disaster (Or Not)
The other day while surfing channels I chanced upon a news story that made me stop. A janitor was cleaning floors at a school and the reporter was saying that we shouldn't judge a person by the work they do. And yet I had made a lot of assumptions about this silver-haired person with a … Continue reading The Best Job in the World
This post is dedicated to all the supermoms out there. Who knew that the tiny bump growing in your belly would one day unleash dormant powers that you never knew you possessed. In the first few days of your baby's life you realize you can wake up at unearthly hours, sleep-walk to the crib, feed … Continue reading Power Up, Bring it On!
Disclaimer: These are MY views about moving to India after living in the U.S. for over a decade. Many before me have done it successfully and many will continue to do so long after this post has been published. Many like me have struggled to find their footing and gone back to the life they … Continue reading My Views About Moving to India
It has been my secret fantasy to encounter a ghost. Not the scary ones that haunt, possess and kill their victims, but the cute and cuddly Casper the friendly ghost types. My grandma met her fair share of ghosts in her lifetime and I thought it only fair that I should too. We moved into our … Continue reading A Poltergeist who Loves the Toilet
I think I left you hanging long enough. So here is my second big secret. If you have been following my blog for the past year, you know of my big move to India and all the trials and travails that followed. It wasn't as easy move after spending 13 years of my married life … Continue reading My Big Secret – Part 2
My daughter rushed into the room, "Amma! There's a kitten outside and it has been abandoned by its mother. It was hungry and we fed it some milk and Acha named it Lucky," she said. It was 8 in the morning and I was still in bed contemplating another miserable day spent languishing on the … Continue reading Along Came Lucky
Running carefree with naked feet, Reaching for mangoes up in the trees, Endless summer days of fun, Spent in the lap of the sun. Hours spent in glee with friends both imaginary and real, Board games, hopscotch, badminton and dolls, Trips to the beach on moonlit nights, And ice cream treats to beat the heat. … Continue reading Who Stole my Childhood?
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