We don't talk about women's friendships enough. How a long conversation with our girls heals us, how hot meals in their kitchens have nurtured us and their homes have protected us.
My safest haven has always been my girls.
What women understand about women, no man can.
If there's something that I can't get used to after 6+ yrs of living in the US, it's a room full of white women bowing & saying 'Namaste' to each other!! Cringe!!
My toddler Son had declared a cardboard box as his house!
He even put a cushion, blanket and a box of cookies in it and had been spending a good amount of time there.
So like an overenthusiastic parent that I am, I built him a cardboard house. With cut out windows and a light and all that I could with a couple of boxes.
So I was at the park with my son who's now 2.5 years old.
At one point he sits down and says, “Mommy come sit beside me and let’s talk”.
Okay so I go sit and ask him “what do you want to talk about baby”
He goes “let’s talk about fruits”.
And I swear we did.
For good 15mins!
Today our neighbour’s 6-year-old girl tells me I drive too slow!!
For someone who drives a toy car and repeatedly runs into walls, she sure talks a lot 🙄
The one liberty I earned this year is to be able to walk out in anger. I can finally do the classic “I am going for a drive. I need to clear my head.”
Problem is, I am such a housewife now that I still look for a grocery list or trash to throw out on my way out.
Is there anything funnier & weirder than a 2-year-old proclaiming his love for BANANAS at 2 bloody AM!?
“I love bananas! I love 2 bananas!”
Then goes on to say,“ Ducks say quack quack quack.”
What do I do with all this information kid!?!
If you hear a collective “Hooray!” when in our house, you know that my 18-month-old toddler managed to pee in the toilet.
Sometimes he demands that we clap too but that’s optional while Hooray is compulsory.
#parenting
How we westernise saying thank you!! When someone is doing something for you even if it's your mother even if it's as simple as giving you a glass of water, say thank you.
To someone who does shit for you all the time, it makes them feel good. Thank you!
I am attempting to learn how to drive for the millionth time!
One feels so useless you know not knowing how to drive 😐
Wish me luck and maybe a presence of mind and some confidence and some more luck.