GRATITUDE makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. … So how does it work? Our happy todays, health, finances, the food on our table, the clothes on our back is something we take for granted. We fail to realise so many times that a lot of people…
Trusting God with moving places
I lived in Kuwait for 35 years and that’s a pretty long time to live in a place for someone like me who wants adventure. My husband is the more calm, steady one compared to me who is the more crazy on the move engine. The decision to move was never an easy one especially…
Zephaniah 3: 17
“For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” This scripture is a breath of fresh air. Two days ago I was struggling to understand…
Socks War
Have you struggled with getting your family’s socks all paired up and going into the wash with their matching counterparts? Or are you like me where when a sock gets washed this week and the matching pair in the week after just because your family won’t bother putting it together? It is a constant battle…
Raising tomorrow’s men
I have only one boy and he is the only one on his paternal and maternal side. So that is one boy among-st 7 girls. Fingers crossed, more boys will come! I give you this count cause at times he feels he is the only give and therefore needs to be extra pampered. I disgaree!…
Be Honest, Be Grateful, Be Useful, Be Kind
I have been in the process of writing letters to my children. It helps to articulate our emotions and thoughts along life’s journey. Two, we never know what tomorrow holds for us and therefore, my intention is for these words to stick to them in case I can’t be around. For as long as I…
Unplanned but not Unwanted
Every pregnancy is a different story. Women have done it for centuries but everybody has a different story to tell. Some are long, some are short, some are funny and some are excruciatingly painful. Through it all one thing that stands true is – every pregnancy is ordained by God. I have had four pregnancies…
Working after maternity
I had my older kids in the Middle East where the maternity leave is a maximum of ten weeks. You could probably club in a few days from your annual leave and make it fourteen, but that’s about it. Going to work after having my first child was like ripping my heart out of my…
Kids and Dressup
I love dressing up kids! So much so, that I sometimes consider pursuing it as a career. Dressing kids when they are little especially is gratifying mainly cause they still idolise you and wear whatever you get them, secondly because kids look lovely in anything and everything. I love dressing them in Indian, Western, Costumes…..
Children , they are my blessings to trust God’s provision
Child 1>> Girl >> Born 2008 Child 2>> Boy >> Born 2011 Child 3 >> Girl >> Born 2017 “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” – Psalm 127 : 3 I have loved children from as long as I can remember. They are cute, cuddly, squishy, wobbly and certainly delightful….
A Migrant Mum 