How to be mom(me)- A light take on motherhood and everything around it!

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!  But behold! Enjoy your greenery before it gets to the other side! Just this morning when i took little A to costa coffee for her hot chocolate and a caffeine shot for myself, i saw a spunky young office goer getting a take away and heading out to wrap up some unfinished business with a spring in her step. It instantly transported me back to my office days when i could not even fathom sitting and leisurely enjoying a coffee during the day and getting a quick take away en route to a meeting was a luxury in itself. I smiled at the thought and realised how the "grass is greener" saying was a real deal!  Back when i used to work i would just sigh at the sight of a newborn cuddled in a mothers arm, and now i wish i walked with a spring in my step juggling a laptop with a bag and a take away mug?!  Isn't grass always greener on the other side of the fence? Even among us mother species ; the strong claws o...

Why the Why's Have to be answered and nurtured As a mum to an over zealous toddler who has grown up into a curious , inquisitive  pre schooler ; i have heard the word "why" at least 60 times on a good day(when i counted!). These why's range from  "oh, so cute", to "oh, that's embarrassing", to "oh my god, not now" to "oh no, not here" to "oh , why indeed". Most of the why's pop around the same time your little one starts to put words together to form sentences( remember how much you fretted over the fact that the little one hasn't started speaking yet!). My Little One loves "why" over the "hows","wheres", and "whens". As much as it tends to annoy me at times she is completely justified in using as many "whys". Imagine grown ups being transported to a new planet with no reference point and asked to go about their daily life. Wont we, as adults hav...