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Monday Morning Career Counseling

February 27, 20212 Comments

Every Monday morning, I have a work meeting during which the team goes over individual updates from the week before. And every Monday morning in the thirty minutes leading up to this meeting, I question my career choices. I wonder how and why I got into this field of work. I wonder if I should … Continue reading Monday Morning Career Counseling

I Lead Two Lives

January 26, 2021Leave a comment

I lead two lives. Like Superman. Except, I don’t have a costume. Nor do I leave my house. Or save the world. Maybe I save myself. I lead two lives because one is not enough to do all that I need to do. To do all that I want to do. So I have this … Continue reading I Lead Two Lives

Be Present – Lessons From My Toddler

January 15, 2021Leave a comment

i. My son burst into giggles on a drive recently. Until that point, we had all been silent, lulled into contemplation by the hum of the freeway. I asked him why he’d laughed. Thain, thain he said. Thain, meaning that. It is only when he giggled again I realized that the bumps and dips on … Continue reading Be Present – Lessons From My Toddler

From Baby To Toddler

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021Leave a comment

Weaning my son off the bottle turned out to be easier than expected. A day before we went cold turkey, we let him know that we were getting rid of his bottles and asked him to say a “buh-bye” to them. Giving him that notice, preparing him for it - turned out that was all … Continue reading From Baby To Toddler

A True Test of Patience

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021Leave a comment

A true test of patience iswhen a motherHolding her toddler’s pant, one eyeOn the clockSquats on the floor, waitingWhile he decides on theleg that’ll go in first,yain ki thainMeaning this or thatRight or left. In an unexpected turn of events however,he decides no leg willgo into the pant after allInstead he proceeds to calculatethe tenacity … Continue reading A True Test of Patience

Full Circle – A Poem

January 1, 2021December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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Empty – A Poem

December 30, 2020December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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Disappointing – A Poem

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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Love – A Poem

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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Hot Summer Nights – A Poem

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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Conversation – A Poem

December 28, 2020Leave a comment

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On the first year of parenting

September 7, 2020Leave a comment

Photo by Azrul Aziz on Unsplash At some point during my pregnancy, I had a revelation - my husband and I were no longer equals. I don’t remember the precise moment that triggered this thought. But by the time I was in the final weeks of my pregnancy I was making peace with the fact … Continue reading On the first year of parenting

On Gardening and Asymmetry

July 10, 2020July 12, 20201 Comment

There is a waterfall fountain in our backyard. It is flanked by two large blue decorative planters that were left behind by the previous owner of the house. When we moved in, the planters housed a large shrub of some kind. We didn’t put in the effort to identify the shrub. It was flowerless at … Continue reading On Gardening and Asymmetry

Where are you from? Otherwise asked as, what is your native?

January 16, 2020January 16, 20202 Comments

the way kids go about getting to know someone they’ve just met, or someone they don’t know too well is by asking them a lot of questions. adults do the same thing but the questions are less intrusive. adults tend to show a little restraint, although there are exceptions. adults, i think, are just as … Continue reading Where are you from? Otherwise asked as, what is your native?

On New Year Resolutions

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020Leave a comment

it's that time of the year. we assemble our goals, hopes, aspirations, fantasies into a list. a list we hope to abide by in order to become the person we think we should be. or maybe to become the person we think others think we should be. either way like all firsts (the first day … Continue reading On New Year Resolutions

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