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Daughter-in-law: Never the daughter, nowhere like the son-in-law!
Sharing here an article of mine that has gone viral on all social media sites, bringing me applaud and criticism alike. It would be just wrong of me to not share it here. Dear Mom-in-law, Ever since I walked into the door of your house, dressed in a red suit, I have been trying to fit in. I did manage to make the house my home, but I still am lost at my place in the family. Daughter-in-law- that is my identity, but what does it really mean? Am I a daughter of sorts? The name does sound extremely similar, but why doesn’t it feel so? I asked myself this question a…
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Love story of a baby’s parents
Parenting is a tough job. It not only drains you physically, but also puts your relationship with your partner to a test. When you are busy handling bawls, throw-ups and dirty diapers, you are left with little patience to pick up the wet towel your darling husband left on the bed as usual. It is tough on the new fathers too. They find it difficult to handle a hormonal, tired and frustrated wife and a frighteningly tiny baby who cries for unknown reasons. This is when your love is tested. My darling daughter, baby S, as I usually refer her as, was an insomniac. For the initial six months, she…
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Star Wars in my home- Re-invented!
As I grew up watching and awing over Star Wars, I never knew I would be living them one day. Surprised? Well, don’t be. Having a child in the house is nothing less than Star Wars; you get the Jedi and Sith together, packaged in the form of an adorably cute little person and you constantly fight to eliminate the Sith and bask in the glory of the occasional moments when the Jedi takes over. Being a parent is apparently an intergalactic experience too! HP has always come up with innovative, out-of-the-box ideas but I am literally swept away by its Star Wars Special Edition notebook. It is like a…
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Greatness in deeds is greatness indeed!
Greatness ain’t what you become it is what you overcome! In this journey that we call life, we cross paths with so many people; some as acquaintances, some as friends, a few as family and a lot that just co-inhabit the planet. We forget many…remember so few. Only rarely do we come across a person whose name can be appended with ‘the great…’- a person who is truly #madeofgreat and touches our life in a way that changes it forever. Greatness, I believe, does not pertain to a single act of heroism or an achievement. It is a part of an individual’s personality- a habit of committing to the right,…
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Home is where the remote is!
In the times when women swear by characters like ‘Gopi Bahu’ and discuss serials more than their actual lives, I have a confession to make- I don’t watch serials. I have heard of Gopi bahu but I do not even know what channel the serial is aired on. Good…you say? Well yes,maybe ‘coz the stories of addiction are rampant but my reasons are different. Though I am no fan of the camera zooming on every character’s face thrice after each dialogue with a melodramatic sound in the background, yet I do like to watch a couple of things on TV when I get an access to it. No,I don’t live…
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My world in my arms-when I hug you dad!
Dear Dad, Happy Father’s Day! I love you and I miss you. This year, I wanted to give you something that would reflect the love and gratitude I feel towards you but.. What do you give to the man who gave you everything? I owe you my life Dad; no material thing can even faintly measure up to the magnanimity of your love. There were so many times when I missed saying Thank you…so many moments when I ought to have expressed in words the feeling within but just remained quiet. Today, I want to let you know by…
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Sending hugs your way…on Father’s Day!
I sat down yesterday with the laptop in front of me and browsed through various shopping sites, thinking of a gift for my dad on Father’s Day. I could think of none that could even remotely match up to what all he has given me. This Father’s Day, I just want to hug him and say thank you! I know even words cannot be enough to express my love and gratitude….still I want to hug him and say… You held me so nimbly when I was born Afraid you were of hurting me. I felt secure in your arms Your warm embrace around me. When I slept on your tummy…
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The Lodgy(cal) life!
Our first car after marriage was a hatchback. Easily maneuverable, it offered a great driving experience. After a couple of years though, when the stork visited us and baby S arrived,everything in our world…from our house to our hatchback, shrunk in size. The poor hatchback was no match to the paraphernalia that needed to be carried along baby S. The boot space got cramped up with stuff while a lot more stood outside. Husband dear got irritated with the pushing, piling, squeezing and fretting that preceded travel and went ahead and bought a sedan. All was well with the world again. As the infant became a toddler and then a pre…
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My first & forever expert-my supermom!
The womb that created …. The bosom that nurtured. The lap I sat in & giggled…. The hand that steadied my every stumble. The shoulder I slept & cried on…. The arm that nestled my sleepy head. The face that lit up at my sight…. The legs that turned into a slide. The feet that never tired running after me …. The back that carried me. The tresses I loved to play with…. The gestures I tried to imitate. Time flew & I grew. A lot has changed since then. But you were,are & always will, Be the one I turn to for everything. My super hero, my zone of…
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Stress-every mother’s middle name!
‘Relax mom!’ has been my standard reply to all the worried questions my mother has ever asked me since I was in school. I always thought she went overboard worrying about too many things and often wondered,’Why doesn’t she take anything lightly?’ Right from the time I was a little girl, I saw her worrying over my brothers and me. We pestered her a lot too. I now realise that we treated her like our encyclopedia…she was supposed to know everything. She would be cooking breakfast and we all would be shouting for every little thing we could not find or did not feel like looking for.(it is so much…
