According to Maria Montessori, the first six years of life is when the child develops his own mental flesh, using which he explores, judges, embraces and fights the world for the rest of his life. And it all gets kickstarted the moment they are born into this world. Right from infancy! ◎ The absorbent mind... Continue Reading →
Snippet #34 A Little Something
I started off my journey as a mother with absolutely no confidence in heart. This is the most exigent venture I have ever been on and always will be. I knew from the beginning that I'd occasionally fail as a parent because while looking around, that was all I could observe from the experienced ones... Continue Reading →
Snippet #33 Just Toddler Things
Visuals courtesy: Giphy, Unsplash I wake up on time, sometimes even before the alarm goes off, just to ensure I'm beside mommy. She is fast asleep. Why bother her? May be I should rip this diaper off myself. PLONK! Upon mommy's cherubic face falls the loaded diaper worth a kilogram, leaving a wet stain as... Continue Reading →
Snippets From “The Absorbent Mind”
Last week, a cousin of mine who is also a dear reader of this blog gifted me a book "The Absorbent Mind", written by Maria Montessori. For most of you, this internationally renowned book needs no introduction. Others (like me) who can only relate the author's last name to one of the most popular methods... Continue Reading →
Snippet #31 Perspective
The sun peeps out yet again in life, melting down the merciless cerebral frostbite that's been restricting my thought process for the past few weeks. Today's evening walk under the mellow sun awakened the zen master in me. For more than an hour, I remained in a state of mindfulness letting every moment sculpt my... Continue Reading →
Snippet #30 Sisterhood Remodeled
My youngest cousin K is home for her semester holidays. We suffer from a nettling age gap of 10 years and our interests are weirdly incompatible which in toto explains the kinda bond we are destined to share in the name of sisterhood. Her home is only a few hops away from mine, it feels... Continue Reading →
Snippet #28 In Sickness And In Health
3:30 PM Naptime is on! There is so much to summarize ere baby D wakes up. I may not expatiate the chronicles, but first things first, I want you to know the transient struggle I have been going through to fit in blog maintenance to my new routine, hence the time lag between posts. *facepalm*... Continue Reading →
Snippet #27 A Late Evening Realisation
My confused mind settles on its own as I walk around the backyard of our house. The sun is on the verge of setting down, its golden orange rays glistening the widespread skies. The gusting breeze of dusk carries along with it a faint yet captivating aroma of fresh coffee. Before I could drool over... Continue Reading →
Snippet #26 Breaking The Ice
To all those (erm.. I hope there's atleast one) who wonder what's wrong with me this week pertaining to blog updates, well, here's the answer. Life is good. God bless. Despite the hourglass liberally shedding down sands of time, it is a wee bit challenging to entertain my toddling child and simultaneously look after the... Continue Reading →