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Toys on Sentry Duty

When we open our front door to step out, there is a neat row of little toys that meets the eye. Camel, Elephant, Duck, Dinosaur – they all stand sharply, on guard duty, on the porch beam right under our roof. I understand this is not a common place for toys to be found. Let me share with you the story of how this came about. It happened a few months back. It was the beginning of summer. Flowers were blooming. Pictures of the aforesaid flowers were being posted on Facebook. Vegetables were growing. Experiments… Read More »Toys on Sentry Duty

My Hero of Woodhams Road!

Published on Indian Moms Connect on Sep 29, 2016 http://www.indianmomsconnect.com/2016/09/29/about-a-shoe/ A shoe is a strange thing to write about, but stranger things have been written about. I once wrote a poem about a lonely sock. That one was a tad sad. This one, though, has a happy ending. I lost a shoe. It belonged to my one-year-old. It was new. I just got it 2 days back. It was a dark navy blue that matched with most outfits. The front had a little orangeish pink tongue painted on it. One of the two straps had… Read More »My Hero of Woodhams Road!

The treasure in my bag

  This morning as I was walking back from dropping my kids to daycare/school, I clutched at my bag. I could feel my wallet inside – it carried a few spare notes and some cards that were easily replaceable. But the treasure was not in the wallet. It was in a little ziploc next to it. Neatly packed in it were six little pebbles, a lavender flower, a small twig, a round sweetgum fruit and some dried wild berries. Every morning I now walk my kids to school and this ziploc is the repository of… Read More »The treasure in my bag