Reflections Of A Desi Mom

Family!  An often over rated but also underestimated concept. Stark contrast in itself. But so is a Family.  Agar is duniya mein koi bhi cheez hai jo aksar nazar andaaz ki jaati hai lekin phir bhi mud ke dekho to apne paas milti hai to woh hai Family.  Aur aksar iski qadr humein tab hoti hai jab woh humse bahot door chali jaati hai ya phir le li jaati hai.  While watching Kapoor & Sons today, I almost cried myself twice. 1 when the lead character Tia cries on her birthday cos she misses her parents badly. And not just because they have passed away. But also because the last words she said to them were unpleasant, horrible and she can never ever change them.  A very very simple thing but we often fail to follow. Be it conversations or your day - Don't ever end them on a bitter note. You don't know if you will wake up to see or have another one.  This pandemic has made us all sit on the edge for a lot of things. Fear of losing ou...

Ok. Hello again! After weeks.. umm months!  Yes. People take sabbaticals when they are not ready for something. This was mine.  I essentially started this blog to share happy, healthy and a joyful journey of motherhood with my readers. But with the last 2 blog posts - I  only vented. Which wasn't healthy. Then other stuff happened, and then some more ugly stuff happened.  Not getting into the gory details of the ugliness, let's come to the point! LOL Have you ever experienced a lull and then it gets on your nerves so much that you want to change that? Not just get out of the lull but ...... also change your entire surrounding... surround yourself with only positivity... cut the crap of the negativity that has been engulfing??  Perhaps you do.. and Perhaps you don't. Perhaps its an on going process for most. People keep detoxing their bodies, mind and surroundings. Unfortunately, I have been an extremist. And I...