Reflections Of A Desi Mom

I wonder if there ever will be a birthday of N's when I won't be beyond exhausted and feel hungover for almost 2 days in a row!! J has stopped wondering!!!! LOL He just knows.. 😜 This year when I brought up the idea to combat lockdown blues on her birthday, he was instantly on board and i could see relief on his face.. Bas now it will get done and I don't have to do lift my finger from my keyboard was perhaps going on in his mind..  🙄 May began with another lockdown in the city thanks to ever rising covid cases and N started loosing hope that she will be able to have friends over.. but after all she is a child and she stored some hope in the back of her heart..hidden. But later she realized that we are struggling to get appointments for vaccines and till we don't get - we just need to keep behaving like Rapunzel locked up in our homes - being safe! Few days before her birthday I heard her telling her BFF - R - "I don't think I can call u or S (another BFF) fo...

What happens when a blogger is not able to find enough words to express what they are feeling?  It means either something too tragic or extremely wonderful has happened!  Day before yesterday I knew I am going to have a great day because of how I felt and how I took the change in the calendar.. Done with 30s But little did I know I was in for not 1 - but many small n huge surprises!  Now, when you are a close knit nuclear family its difficult to keep secrets and plan out something different than routine - and when it comes to men doing it (hidden from wives ) - its even more difficult or so it seems.... 😎😜😆 Midnight Surprise -  We had just finished watching Indian Idol when my perky 9.5 yr old decided she is feeling sleepy and instead surprised me with a big huge dairy milk silk and balloons to welcome the clock striking 12!  It followed by family video call where I was reminded how it felt like just yesterday I was born in the middle of a chaos (in the city)...