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from Susan Narjala
When You’re Not Feeling It
There are those rare occasions when I’m driving all alone in my mini-van – no one’s demanding snacks, asking if we’re “there yet,” or kicking the back of my seat. It’s just me and radio turned up louder than usual. Matthew West comes on the speakers with, “The Motions.”
I belt it out with him:
“I don’t ...
From Spring Chicken to Mama Hen
I just spent a good chunk of my morning YouTubing a how-to video (That's a verb, right? YouTubing?). It wasn't a 'How to Deal with Whining Kids' or a 'How to Bake Hot Cross Buns for Easter' video. It was somewhat less noble. It was a tutorial. On how to apply mascara.
A sweet young thing earnestly expounded the intricacies of ...
Jesus Knows…Yet Jesus Chose
Recently, I was engaged in one of those privileges of being a mom, i.e. taking out the trash from all the rooms. I was pulling out the plastic trash bag when I spied with my little eye a bunch of kiddie vitamins. Not the yummy gummy-bear kind. Nope. No kid in his right mind would sacrifice those. But the semi-yucky, hard-as-rock Flintstone vitamins. ...
15 Signs I’m Married to a Techie
It works most of the time - he's the yin to my yang, the creamer to my coffee, the salsa to my chips.
But sometimes I just look at my hubbers and go, "Really?!"
He loves his devices and would use a tablet as a pillow, if I let him. When I think of tablets, on the other ...
The Wedding Guest
Recently we were invited to a wedding. It was my cousin's Big Fat Indian Wedding - in Phuket, Thailand. I tried to lose weight, shopped for outfits for FIVE different wedding events, matched shoes to each outfit (because what would the world think if I repeated shoes, right?) and made sure I was primped, plucked and ...
From the Outside Looking In
Wow, these squirrels are as big as cats in India. That was one of my first reactions when I came to America as an eager grad student in the early 2000s. Everything was bigger, brighter and faster.
I hadn't stepped foot outside India before then. But I knew all about American culture - what was cable ...
8 Surprising Reasons I’m Not Skinny
I exercise. I've done Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred at least 30 times. I've not emerged shredded.
Maybe I shouldn't have spread those 30 workouts over, say, 365 days. Really, though, Jillian should be more accurate about this shredding business.
Soon, spring cleaning will edge out my already non-existent workout routine. I'm one of those who gets an endorphin rush ...
The Grasshopper Syndrome
We’ve all been there. That uncomfortable, sometimes even threatening place, where we feel insignificant, insecure and downright invisible. Maybe it’s an interview for a job where you feel underqualified. Maybe it’s as innocuous as a party where you don’t know a soul and everyone else looks like they stepped off Page 3 of the local ...
Mama Mama, Valentine Drama (inspired by the Llama Llama series ;))
There's love in the air - or so it's been said,
But for mommies out there, hearts fill with dread.
Get on Pinterest for the perfect Valentine pun,
Need a nap, but have to make a candy run.
This year we'll make our very own cards,
On occasion, mommies too can be bards.
Our cards will say: "There's no one Elsa like ...
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