Efforts - Maria Francis

The dog is looking at me. His eyes, they seem to see right into my soul. I am not great at prolonged eye contact even with humans. So a dog, a menacing looking black dog that too. Nope not good. 5 …...

8 Years Ago

P is for Preoccupied, G is for Guilt

Yesterday, Ryan asks me a question that made me stop in my tracks. Ok not exactly stop, because I was driving after school pickup and it wouldn’t have been a good idea. “Amma, why…...

9 Years Ago

Reading and other things my kids don’t want to do

Now this year, R made the big and painful leap from reading children’s books to books for children which have chapters and minimal pictures. Ok it wasn’t a leap, it’s been a frigg…...

9 Years Ago

Night-time

He kicked me. Over and over again. Every night, it was the same. I had tried to make things different between us. But he wouldn’t listen. Come morning, and he pretended like it was…...

9 Years Ago

Sibling love and other Things I tried (and failed) to teach my kids

So we are on our way back from grocery shopping. Which is always the time when the offspring are Least Likeable. I know you thought about that your own kid’s LL moment didn’t cha? They …...

9 Years Ago

Losing you

I saw you today. And my breath caught. For the longest time I had lost hope of ever seeing you again. When you vanished, my mind knew I shouldn’t dwell on it. Many had warned me this could ha…...

9 Years Ago

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