Adi turns 18 : Remembering the special moments

Today my first born will turned 18. Its five in the morn’ and I watch him sleep peacefully feeling warm all over and remembering the special moments we shared since he came into my life. How we overcame each handicap like a hurdle in a steeple chase, riding smoothly with courage and confidence and [...]

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What’s love got to do with it ….

I love kids, curious, inquisitive, innocent kids or maybe not so innocent really
It was just another hot summer night and in the comforts of the air conditioner Kid 1# and 2# were watching some flick on HBO, I as usual was watching the glow stars on the ceiling in a half dazed state. [...]

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A JOY IS BORN : Kid 2 (NaBloPoMo)

I was 6days past my due date and anxious. It was late September and the weather was perfect with just a little nip in the air. My first born now four was so excited that every now and then he would keep his ears glued to my swollen tummy and say sweet nothings to [...]

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Sunday Day Out for Mom and Sons(NaBloPoMo)

It was a perfect mother’s day for me. Great weather, Outing with my Handsome sons and to top it all celebrations for the war won.. the IndusLadies contest victory.
I had decided to spend a lazy Sunday and that included no house work. The kids had done tremendous networking and I wanted to celebrate [...]

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A Mother’s Memoir.. Kid 1 (NaBloPoMo)

Six feet tall and looking handsome in his black suit, he stood in the doorway ready for the farewell ceremony for the last year in school.
I watched my 17year old with a mixed feeling of intense love and pride. My first born was soon going to be eighteen in few months. How time [...]

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A day in the life of a cyber mom

Karam kiyeja phal ki ichcha
mat kar aaye insan
jaisa karam karega waisa phal dega bhagwan
ye hai Geeta ka gyan
( do not worry about the rewards just keep doing your work)
Well, What a day it has been. The maid crises seems to be spreading like infectious disease. I fortunately knew about the dusky [...]

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I Am What I Am Mamma Thanks To You(Indus Ladies mother’s day blog contest entry)

The telephone rang in the morning.
“Can you come over this weekend to help me pack?”
“Help you pack? Are you going somewhere?”
“Yes, I am off to Greece.”
I pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Then my initial disbelief turned into a smile. That’s my mom, full of tremendous courage, sense of adventure and [...]

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Have It Flaunt It

Some days back I had an opportunity to be part of a birthday party of a teenage  friend of my boys .As the night became younger, I saw more of slender waists, toned hip skin and cleavages, than I imagined being on those fourteen to seventeen year old.
 
The belly buttons flashed from between the too [...]

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I am too sexy for my ….

Day ..Sunday October 12….time …2:30PM
Kid 1 had a worried look on his face .Something was bothering this young man.He had been in and out of the room twenty times ,sometimes stopping to examine his reflection in the mirror in a very critical manner .I looked up from my Ghost Stories and asked Kid 2 what [...]

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Mission Impossble : Project Declutter

I call this time of the year as “annual cleaning festival”. with the start of Navratra the backbreaking spring cleaning begins .The maid wants extra money  for extending her help, the  kids need incentives as a compensation for parting with all the muck they have been collecting as treasures all through the year. Hubby says [...]

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