Words. Photographs. Tea. Love. Friends. Design. Conversations. Thats who I am.
8 months ago, I was worried about the C section I was going to go through.
Now after 8 months, I worry that soon it will be time for Zoey to rush off to university….
Time really is flying…isnt it?
Please dont forget to say mashallah…
Photo credit: Zaira, the phopp!
Sometimes birthday gifts come before time…or maybe they are belated gifts from the last birthday….I would like to believe that after having a very turbulent 30th year, Allah Mian blessed me with an earlier gift for the 31st birthday….letting me have faith that 31st year is going to be much much better and everything good from the last year! Ameen.
“A” turned 20 yesterday…unbelievable. I still remember her as the baby sister who came back from the hospital. For her, this wasnt a very happy birthday. She wanted to celebrate her 20th the wild way with friends from her universty abroad where she would be studying. All would have been granted had her visa not been rejected. God must have had different plans. So on this not a very happy birthday, these cupcakes made her day and helped her understand that life can be yummy even being back at home!
Ps: Obviously at 20, life only seems to be good if you are away from home!
pps: I love you and wish you loads of colourful birthdays!
Big dreams come in small packages!
My first birthday gift of the 31st year!
I am a big advocate of giving presents to myself on important celebrations of life. And in 10 days inshallah there is going to be another reason to get myself a gift…..Its my first birthday after stepping into mommyhood…..and I happily turn 31 inshallah. Now, obviously a lady stepping into 31 will have a lot of material wants, but I tried to shortlist the wants and see what I need. Needless to say, the needs are neverending too. But after a lot of thinking and shortlisting I now need to descide what I want to get for myself out of these two things:
The phone I have been eyeing for quite a while now, but no ones given me like a totally satisfactory feedback about it.
The portable photo printer I saw today at the Sony store and fell in love with it…So, in the next 9 days I need to descide what I want out of these two…and go and indulge in some retail therapy! Suggestions are most welcome!
When a client descides to go with the not so good idea, mood: dissapointed.
When a plan I have been looking foward to gets cancelled, mood: upset.
When I am busy with life and dont get time to do things I enjoy, mood: sad.
When I know there is not a vacation to look foward to, mood: gloomy.
When I have to make a difficult choice, mood: murky.
When Zoey is not well, mood: most depressing. Just the mere thought of her not being in her spirits makes me go numb in my mind and brings me down to my wobbly knees.
I really wonder HOW, like how do women manage to get back to work leaving their little kid at home? Zoey was 5 months and 13 days when I got back into my office work routine. My pact with my boss was simple. I get to bring Zoey to work or I do not join.
Working at a small place obviously has its perk. On the turn of celebrating her 6th monthaversary, Zoey became a young office going lady. Obviously, work takes more time for me now, but work has also taken an all new meaning. Every morning (apart from weekends) we have a rush hour and Zoey has also learnt the excitement and urgentness of it. Now that I look back I wonder how did I ever manage to work without a kid in my life.
When family and friends find out about my resuming work, I get raised eyebrow looks. I know everyone wonders how I manage to work, but Allah ka shukar, its done.
There are days when I have to leave Zoey home…and on those days work takes even longer, because my attention is divided between my work and my little monkey whose not hanging off me. And these are the days which make me wonder how women I know manage to leave their kid at home and go for work. Hats off to all these women!
…and no matter how hard you try to break them they just dont go away!
