ouchhhh!!

Two days back, kunju sat by the main entrance stairs and waited for me to get her mum mum ( lunch ). Since she was sitting alone, i called out to her from the kitchen, like always, to have a conversation while i was filling her plate with the delicious yummm food prepared for [...]

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greens..

i have always wanted to have a garden big enough to plant my own veggies… the idea of cooking everyday by simply picking up stuff available in the backyard is mind blowing, healthy, fulfilling and great fun. My favorite, Jamie Oliver of course, only reinforces that thought repeatedly with his books like Jamie at home [...]

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Miss mismatch

I wish all of kunju’s maids who have ever looked after her could be reading this.. i am sure they would be most willing to pool in ALL their life time savings, spend for an international flight and fly all the way here, just to give kunju a thank you hug.
Since her birth, her [...]

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no words…pure magic :)

I came across this gorgeous book by Suzy lee called WAVE. It’s without a single word..and wowwww sketches!! Understated & simple yet extremely expressive.. stylish.. bringing little joys of life alive and the best part is, it has no ABC’s or shapes or any other thing that most other book try to educate kids [...]

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Guide to be guided!!

Parenting guides are plenty..and in various forms… books, maalish walli’s ( masseur) , mom’s, mother in laws, friends, single friends who have never even held a baby ( Ha!!) or never even plan to have one, neighbors, arbid strangers and so on and so forth. I definitely hear what each of them have to say, [...]

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Thank you? No, thank you!!

I understand parenting brings in loads of responsibility and commitment… after all, your baby can be just how you might mold him to be.. with your guidance, support, love and care. It seems very scary too at times.. what if one is not taking the right decisions, and there’s too much of it for sure.. [...]

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Devil in disguise

Kunju has acquired a status of being an “angel , quiet, calm or well behaved” by everyone with a positive approach in life and a status of being ” sticky, unfriendly, anti social or cold” by pessimists. Sometimes, the pessimists get a plastic smile from me, but ahem.. i just carry on with the [...]

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Constant change !!

Things happen… things change.. thoughts change… times change… all that remains constant is CHANGE itself. Very true.
I never knew before I delivered how much I’d change post having my baby in my arms.. post seeing her grow from an infant into a 2 yr old BIG girl who knows exactly what she wants and sure [...]

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