I haven’t written that many “Around the House” posts, but the few I have written have the same theme — they highlight my mom’s creativity and wizardry in the house. This post is no different. Our house is full of hundreds of my mom’s special touches. They’re easy to overlook on a day-to-day basis — especially… Continue reading A Tale of Two Bed Comforters
A few days ago at work, I was having lunch with a friend who’s also coping with loss in his life. We were relating to each other’s experiences around seeing certain relationships in our lives fade in the midst of our personal adversity. Indeed, I’ve struggled a lot with expecting support from certain people in my life… Continue reading The Attitude of Gratitude
Last weekend, while I was lying down in Savasana (final resting/lying down) pose at the end of a gruesome yoga bootcamp-type class, I started thinking about my mom. I go to yoga regularly and I always find myself thinking about her during this pose, as when my mind is given the freedom to wander, it usually wanders… Continue reading The Honor behind a Daily Walk
Many months ago when I was first thinking about starting this blog, I came up with a list of topics I planned to write about. One was about my mom’s switch from “Mom” to “Mum” when I moved to England seven years ago. I didn’t give it much thought at the time, but today, when… Continue reading From Mama to Mum
There are certain post topics that spend a long time floating around in my head, and this is one of them. A couple months ago, my dad and I were driving to LA and we switched the radio to a classical pops station, I believe it was. I don’t know what it was about the music,… Continue reading Sweet Laughter
On New Year’s Day yesterday, I spent a lot of time thinking about my New Year’s two years ago. I had flown over to London to spend the holiday with Shaan. We had plans to meet up with a couple of his friends on New Year’s Eve, and that evening we were sitting at his family home beforehand getting ready… Continue reading The Thoughtfulness of a Good Heart
It’s been a while since my last post; weekends are the time I usually write but the last several have left me with no free time, despite my desire to write a post for some time now. Thanks to the end of Daylight Savings Time today, I find myself with one extra hour (the only perk, I must… Continue reading Life’s Simple Pleasures
Today’s post is a different kind of post — a general message of hope and inspiration. As I’ve said before, this blog is my personal journal and expression of love for my mom that I want to share with close friends and family. As her birthday was a week ago, it’s been an especially challenging time, and I’ve found myself… Continue reading A Message of Hope — From a Basil Plant
One thing that often comes up in conversation about my mom is that a lot of people considered her to be their best friend. This is, among so many other things, one of the very touching and unique things about her. She made each of her friends feel so special and important that so many of them… Continue reading One Good Friend
Though I doubt anyone is paying much attention to my categorization of these posts, I still need to start off by saying that even though I’ve put this post into the “Around the House” category, it doesn’t technically fit there. But I’ve put it there because this post has to do with my mom’s creativity and resourcefulness,… Continue reading “Always Our Little Baby”
Lessons from Anju 