a story of a boy

What story should I write?
Of a young boy, banished as a toddler, labelled as an evil twin
banished across oceans to live with guardians
of that child's yearning for his family, his sisters, his brothers, his mother most of all
of that child's first trip back home where no one even knew what he looked like anymore
of the love of that family for that far off child, the far off brother

to be continued...

Sleep Training Diary

Sleep Training Diary

Tear drops in her eyes

Downturned lips

Quivering chin and nose

My baby is about to cry

She wants mummy to pick her up

Doesn't understand why

Mummy doesn't pick her up

Sleep baby sleep

We love you baby

Hard lesson

Harder for mummy

Perhaps

How does my Baby Grow?

Tell me Tell me, how does my baby grow?
With Twinkling Eyes
And Dimpled Smiles
With Squeals of Joy
And Peals of Laughter
That's how my baby grows!

Life imitates Art

Is it true that perhaps, rather than art imitating life, life now imitates art?
We read about something, then read about something else similar and then we start believing the same things are going to happen in our lives...
do you ever feel that way? that literature, rather than liberate us and our thinking, instead constrains? It gives us new fears, new worries. It disturbs us , not allowing one to sleep sometimes.
Is that the point of Lit? To make one think so much that they lose reason?

Baby's first words

14 months old... is my baby's speech developing properly? A fairly common concern among parents I'm sure!
So, to allay my fears, I'm listing out the words my baby can say - and let's see how I feel after that!

Baa baa (sheep)
Mum Mum (food, water, milk, biscuits)
Mummae (when she's very hungry in the middle of the night, asking specifically for milk)
Aatha (that's me!)
Appa (whispered usually)
Aaya (maternal grandma)
Iyya (grandpa)
Aathappa (no idea!)
Thathathae (no idea!)
Iyyappa (no idea - or maybe God?)
boo (for moo)
wow wow (dogs)
kkoo (bird)
ot ot (hot)
co (cold)
Be be (said once so far - for baby)
uck (once, for duck)
cow (once, for cow)

So what do you think - not too bad eh?
She understands a lot more than she speaks!
A real joy watching her grow!