Yearly Archives
in 2017
Finding My Place While Parenting As An Immigrant
If you’d peeked into my kitchen a few years ago, you’d have seen the chef (that would be yours truly) with something strange on her head. No, it wouldn’t have been a chef’s hat. It would, in fact, have been a polka-dotted, vinyl shower cap. Definitely an unusual choice of headgear for cooking.
For me, however, ...
Making Space – An Advent Devotional
Christmas – along it being the most wonderful time of the year, it tends to be the busiest. This Christmas, let’s clear the clutter to make space for Christ. These Advent devotionals, one for each day of December leading up to Christmas, are a small way we can focus on what truly counts.
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A Parent Primer on How to Deal With Bullies
The moment your wrinkly, wailing baby enters this world, there’s one thing you’re sure of: you’re never going to let anyone hurt your precious child. If they try, they’ll first have to contend with mama bear.
By the time your child enters elementary school there’s one thing you’re sure of: you can’t possibly protect your child ...
The Two Words That Steal Our Joy (And the Two Words That Can Restore It)
The kids were with the grandparents for the night. Which meant we had the perfect opportunity to catch a movie in an actual theater, eat out without cutting the chicken into bite-sized pieces and spend the evening without repeatedly giving instructions to one’s progeny about baths and brushing.
Except, the evening didn’t pan out quite like ...
A Letter to My 9-Year-Old Son
Hey kid,
We’re at the halfway point. In another nine years, you’ll be an adult. I have no idea how we got here. And, – I don’t mean to scare you – but we really have no clue how we’ll raise you in the next nine either.
When you made your pink, wrinkly, wailing arrival into our world, your ...
Two Words
A few months ago, a post I wrote for Parent Co - The Two Words That Can Transform Your Parenting - did super well. Like knock-the-socks-off-of-me well with 85K social media likes and shares.
An editor from Faithit emailed the other day and asked if they could run the article on their site. Of course, I ...
13 Reasons Why I’m A Fully Desi Homemaker (Sort Of)
Earlier today, I exchanged a few words with our apartment building’s “ironing man.” He rang the bell and proceeded to knock on our door with an urgency that should be reserved for someone who ate too much bhel poori trying to get into a loo.
After handing me my neat pile of freshly ironed clothes, he ...
Why I’m Perfectly Okay With My Average Parenting Goals This Year
It’s the eve of back-to-school. I’ve labeled books and bags, filled up BPA-free water bottles and made sure there are enough pairs of matching socks for the next few days.
We sit our two elementary school-age kidlings down and lecture them on our expectations this year.
They will bounce out of bed with a happy “good morning” ...
Not So Lean, Not So Mean Writing Machine
I've been busy. Busy parenting. Busy being a somewhat supportive wife. And very busy writing. Like, I've been churning out so many posts and queries and whatnot that I've not kept track of it on my blog.
As a result, this post is a data dump of my recent links on Parent co.
https://www.parent.co/five-ways-to-fomo-proof-your-parenting/
https://www.parent.co/speaking-to-our-kids-about-diversity/
https://www.parent.co/how-to-manage-the-factors-that-shape-our-kids-body-image/
https://www.parent.co/rethinking-gender-stereotypes-in-our-conversations/
Happy reading!
Susan