It's Exam Time!

I might be a baby with not much experience under my little diaper belt but I do say that these people who call themselves adults tru...

Marie in New York types a letter to her friend Shyami in far away Sri Lanka and e-mails it.Ten minutes later, Shyami smiles as she r...

Woke up to a throbbing pain in my head. How did that happen?...I feel so hot, has the airconditioning gone belly up, have we moved c...

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

My son happens to be the only boy in a family of four children. He is surrounded by women, with his sisters who pester him, a mother...

“It’s the end of another week.  TGIF or Thank God it’s Friday!  Have you finished your work or do you ne...

I’m not sure what Mrs Pillay’s verdict on the country is BUT I can safely say that in our household, it is definitel...

As a child I remember looking forward to summer holidays with lighthearted happiness. 

My baby senses detect discontentment in the air. All does not seem well with the infantry troops in the household.

Usually the phrase ‘swept off my feet’ comes with it some excitement, a new love a romantic rendezvous, it hints of the ...

I find this constant battle of wills mildly irritating, Mommy dearest. Last week I had made a decision to curtail my sleeping hours ...

Through the Looking Glass

I think it is safe to say that our children’s views on respect differ greatly from what we practised when we were growing up. ...

You can sing, you can dance, you can rock me for hours on end, you can powder me from head to toe and wrap me in my comfy Bob the Bu...

Through the Looking Glass

Having the children at home during the summer holidays has been a real ‘parenting’ eye-opener.

Oh lawdie lord..it’s happened. There’s a more important baby out there than me, His Royal Highness Prince George made an...

A recent study showed that less than 10 percent of Americans sleep in the buff. Not only is it dead sexy, experts swear naked sleep ...

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

The other day I was at a family event where I met various family members of all shapes and sizes after a long period of time.

And there it sits, pristine and white, glistening like a shimmering white coral on the floor of the seabed, what could it be, you as...

Through the Looking Glass

Eenie Meanie Minie Mo, which one of Dad’s carefully ironed shirts for work, should I crumple and do a drool fest on.

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Well THAT day is finally here, the day I’ve been dreading in trepidation. The start of the summer holidays.