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in 2015

What Lurks Within (+ Shameless Marketing Drive)

The contents of a woman's purse - a black hole, an impenetrable mystery to man. Very few actually know what lurks in the deep, dark crevices of their handbags. Even fewer want to find out. But, today, I plan to reveal the contents of my handbag to the world. Fine, if I had to be literal: to ...

Blunder-Proof Interviews

Re-posting an article from a lifetime ago - twelve years, to be precise! I wrote it for Sulekha, a website for the Asian American community. In retrospect, I should have edited about 150 words and tightened the copy, but I'm sure my 20-something self believed she nailed it with her first draft. (Also, my apologies for the guy bashing ...

How to Redeem Your Grocery Goof-Up

Twenty one cucumbers stare at me from the kitchen counter. One disappears and then there are twenty. No, this isn’t the start of an obscure nursery rhyme designed to teach kids to count backwards. It’s just the result of my online grocery shopping gone a wee bit wrong. Yeah, I’m not entirely sure how I ended up ...

I was “that” mom today…

Kids packed off to school. Coffee down. Time to unload the dishwasher. It's then I see it. A mason jar. Not just any old mason jar - the jar that was supposed to hold the plant that Sonny boy was supposed to take with him to school on Monday morning. Except today is Monday morning. And the jar is looking up ...

Easy Recipe for Chocolate-Hazelnut Pops

I can't wait to share this recipe with you. It's made entertaining a breeze. It's made my days so much sweeter. And, the best part is, it's fairly simple. Here goes: Utensils 5-6 Tablespoons Coffee mug Ingredients Nutella - 1 jar Method: Open jar of Nutella. Preferably do so out the line of sight of your little peeps. (In fact, you'll find the ...

In Search of Rest

This month my post for Indiaanya was on rest - something that God is showing me how to enjoy, in the absence of much of the craziness that my life with two littles in America afforded. So, at the moment, I'm enjoying my R&R, and discovering that our souls find rest in God alone. (Ps 62) You can read ...

Mama’s Modus Operandi

Mama’s Panic When you wake up in a sweat at 2:34 am and realize you're out of clean uniforms for the kids. Mama’s 'I’ve-Had-It' When you're late for an appointment and the kids decide to put on their shoes in slow motion. Mama’s Answer to Almost Everything Have you tried going potty? Mama's Vocation Deciding who started it, whose turn it is, ...

Installing India – Phase 1

  It's been two months since we've moved back to India. And life has been very different. (I've heard that's what happens when you move across the globe). Start with routine things like, taking a shower. In the US that meant: taking a shower. Here, things get a little more complicated! Let's take this evening, for instance. The kids needed to ...
MEET SUSAN

I love words. But you probably figured that out by now, considering this website essentially collates my words on the web. Read More…