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in 2016
Stepping Out to Build
"Akka, can I tell you a joke?” she asks, pulling out a neatly-folded newspaper from her backpack.
“Okay, sure,” I respond.
“What do you call security guards outside a Samsung store?” she continues eagerly.
“Hmm… I don’t know. What?”
“Guardians of the Galaxy!” comes her answer.
Lavanya, all of 10 years old, with bright eyes and a pixie haircut that ...
When Your Littles Start Growing Up
Her birthday is around the corner. She’s been talking about it for months now. She has the theme down, reminds me to buy juice, assembles the party favors. She’d like a butterfly cake for her garden-themed party – as long as it’s purple or blue. No more pink. She’ll be turning seven, after all.
We have conversation ...
Are You Looking for the Mangoes?
If you’ve ever lived through an Indian summer, you know that it’s often hotter than a sizzler doused in hot sauce served in hell’s kitchen. Your head feels like a wet mop that can never be wrung out. You towel off after a shower only to realise it’s a somewhat pointless routine. You have to ...
Summer Plans: 6 Scenarios that are Probably Better on Paper
School’s out! And you decided that camps were so last year. This summer you’re going embrace your inner chilled-out mama and let the kids be KIDS.
Except, things don’t always pan out exactly how you’d planned. Here’s a new and revised edition of What to Expect When You’re Expecting Too Much: 6 Summer Scenarios That Are ...
Will I ever stop being that mom?
It’s summer vacation. Which means bike rides and beaches, popsicles and picnics, library trips and lounging in PJs. And kids in your space all the time.
As a mom your patience has to grow quicker than you can pack on the pounds at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Either that, or you turn into the summer version of the ...
10 Ways to Create the Best Ever Father’s Day for Your Man
It has an uncanny knack of sneaking up on you. Like heartburn after biriyani. Father’s Day seems to pop up before you’re even done recovering Mother’s Day “brunch” (i.e. toast and OJ in bed courtesy chefs under four foot high). It’s here quicker than you can say, “Remember to put the seat down!”
Wives and kids ...
7 Words Moms Should Stop Saying
There she is. Running after her toddler or kissing away a boo-boo or looking like she hasn’t slept in weeks. There she is rocking the baby until her arms are numb, playing puzzles on the floor, eating leftovers because she forgot her own meal. There she is pouring her heart and soul into her little ...
He’s Not Done With Us Yet
Every morning before my kids head out the door for school we have a little devotional time. Well, to be more accurate, we try every morning to have a devotional time. Some days, I’m more devoted to exercising my lungs while I hurry them out the door.
On the days they’re dressed and ready and we ...
Move Over, Hunger Games. Let the Grocery Games Begin.
You may recall my online grocery shopping goof up from a few months ago. What?? That life-changing event is not indelibly etched in your memory?
Well, to recap, I accidentally ordered 21 cucumbers online and then solemnly pledged not to let even one wither away, so help me God! I won that battle hands down.
I now bring you ...
MEET SUSAN
