What to say to that?

Two days ago, I went to a funeral of a distant relative. When my son asked me; where I have been? I answered that I just been to comfort someone...

something not to swallow

I have a habit of swallowing soft chewing gum. Actually, the whole idea of me unwrapping those treats is not to chew them but rather to eat them. The whole...

Zero bad

My son recently tried to understand and apply the word zero in daily conversation. He would come up to me and say, “mother you are zero bad,” then he would...

A helping hand

My mother gave my son a Nintendo DS game and perhaps it is one of the few things that he can do calmly without having to jump around. It has...

Raised a teacher

My elder son loves puppets, acting, and shows. Now that he is off school for the Christmas holiday I have been thinking that this is his opportunity to improve on...

Humming to the words

We all done this at some stage, mainly as children. When we would forget the words to a popular song or a nursery rhyme or be it a national anthem...

Children teach us

When you first think of raising youngsters, whether your own or someone else’s, there might be a list of priority issues to focus on, besides taking care of their general...

An improvised lesson

My son loves role playing and sometimes he imagines the costumes, other times we buy them, and other times he would ….well… improvise On one of those days, he approached...

Pride and Joy

I have two sons and as I observe them, unique in their way, I would only be able to describe them as my pride and joy. ………………………………. I chose the...

The day has come

My son woke me this morning and because asking me when we will continue going through my things. He found some hidden treasure while I was clearing things and opening...

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