If you believe in karma that is. Else you can just believe in bad luck or stoically soldier through life's tough spots. A specific group of people across the world, who are strangers to each other but actually united in their erm..."difficulties" are the parents to preschoolers. I believe they cease to be group members... Continue Reading →
The Bearable Lightness of Being
Red would frown seeing Kundera being quasi-plaigiarised in this manner but I honestly couldn't think of any other title for this blog post. I sometimes get the sense of things being in a separate reality as it were. And while that may have shrinks reaching for a diagnosis of psychosis but there often doesn't seem... Continue Reading →
In Cartoons We Trust
MLM got acquainted with the telly pretty early in life. He used to have frequent bouts of cold and cough and feeding him would be a nightmare...dragged out for hours on end with precious little going down the gullet. Also there were the days when nebulization was de rigueur. The television would captivate his attention... Continue Reading →
We Are Home To Mr.NO & Mr. IT’s MINE!
Red and I have always tried to use positive words rather than negative words when communicating things to MLM. Kids are like sponges and like mirrors...they'll absorb everything and reflect them back on you...add boomerang to that list since they keep coming back no matter where you throw them. You *don't* throw your kids? Pity....try... Continue Reading →
Hello 2014!
Goodbye 2013. Hello 2014.
2013- In Retrospect Part Deux
Recap of 2013 cont.
2013 In Retrospect- Part I
December is the default time of the year to retrospect. The regrets start off from the hangover on 1st January itself. But this has been a BIG year for us as a family. A BIG year. Lots of decisions, individual and collective, have shaped up the way our lives will be in the years to... Continue Reading →
Trouble IS a Friend
The song that defines my state of being at present
I Give Thanks For…Retaining A Grip On My Sanity
Adventures in the new residence
Disappointment
We moved into this new place less than a month ago and already the kind of things which are coming to light are enough to make my head reel. This place was intended to be an upgrade in terms of amenities and also to enable us to socialize more, get to know our neighbors and... Continue Reading →