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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. Click the image ...

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 ...

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 ...

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
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…