Daughter
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Almost a Year!
It is almost a year. In the last one year, time has flown, crawled, and downright stopped! I can count on one hand the number of times I have been away from her, since she was born. The longest was for five days, that one time when I went on a trek. And here I Continue reading
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You Don’t Know How It Feels!
“Mumma you don’t know how it feels!” sobbed my girl. The bus ride back home from school had been the ‘worstest’ ever in her 6 years of travelling to and fro from her school. She had had a tiff with her two best friends. In her own words, “We always talk after a fight. But Continue reading
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Learning… In my 40s
We all know that learning is a life-long process, but I am beginning to believe that it is a process that we truly enjoy only as we grow older and, when we are not shackled by exams or competition, but are learning things for the sheer challenge and pleasure of it. Continue reading
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Another Poem
Wake up! WAKE UP! Do this Do that Comb your hair Learn to tie your shoe laces Do your homework Chew with your mouth closed Talk softly Don’t scream Run Run carefully Don’t trip Don’t lie Study well Write neatly Tell them I am busy Keep your room clean Don’t overeat Eat your veggies Don’t Continue reading
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A Prayer For My Daughter Another poem in the series that I wrote for my girl. I wish for you freedom… Freedom from worries… View Post Continue reading
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A Prayer For My Daughter
Another poem in the series that I wrote for my girl. I wish for you freedom… Freedom from worries about money Freedom to do what you will Freedom to be all that you can and want to be Freedom to scream, howl and be nasty. I wish for you independence I wish for Continue reading