May has been a month of joy, relaxation, and a bustling one. I would love to share with you all the favourite moments and experiences I enjoyed this month.

The Pleasantness of the Community

A year back, we moved to an apartment in a gated community.

Day one started like, “I didn’t know who my neighbour was”.

After a few days, we just nodded heads while bumping into each other. My mind voice was like ( “Oh, she is coming, let me put my head down, no eye contact, am I being rude by avoiding her?, should I look at her?”).

After a few months, I smiled at each one while coming across the park, corridors, and lifts. My mind voice was like (” Look at their face Madhu, are they smiling at me? No, they are not looking at me. Let me try after a few mins. Yeah, yeah, they are looking at me, smile Madhu, smile”).

On the go, I have made good pals with whom I can share my heartfelt decisions and desires, and with a few, I share the same interests. I made mommy friends where each of us praised and put down each other and bragged or complained about our kids and shared experiences each mommy came over something in their motherhood.

Helping one another and listening to a whole lot of problems makes me realize life can be very hard sometimes, and a shoulder-to-shoulder can make you feel better. It’s great to have heard about multitudinous women’s career journey made me have goosebumps and inspired me to write, improvise and grow my content business.

Getting out and meeting my girlfriends is one thing I look forward to each day. Craking up jokes and laughing out loud, pulling each other’s legs and having light-hearted conversations, keeps me sane, admits these mommy duties.

Book of the Month

Since the year 2024 began, I made up a resolution to read a book a month, so the read of the month was, “The Wild and Free Family”. The author, mother of five, and founder of the thriving community Wild + Free, talks about respecting kids and their choices, and how they grow up free, and wild along with nature. This book talks about homeschooling, how they stay as a happy family together, setting their own rules having fun, etc. As a mommy, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was full of insight. It felt like I was walked through by a friend sharing her wild and free way of bringing up the kids and building a wary family.

Start of my New Gig

I had been working for 9 years and finally quit my corporate job to take care of my son but quitting was not easy for me, I enjoyed working, meeting people and learning new things. After giving so much thought, I decided quitting was the right choice for me and my son.

I enjoyed the new phase of mommy who had only one thing to, didn’t have to juggle between work and kid. It felt good to be present with my kid. when days passed by, babysitting was the only thing I was doing, and it started to feel monotonous. As my son grew older, he kind of turned to be independent, and I found some time for myself as well, where I found my new joy for storytelling for kids.

May is a month where I grabbed a few gigs for storytelling at the summer camps happening at various venues. I found the joy reigniting inside me.

The boring early morning wake-ups felt blissful.

The uneaten morning breakfast was replaced by a healthy breakfast.

The unbathed mommy became a refreshed little lady all set to work.

Finally, I felt happy to do something I enjoyed. My heart feels happy when work doesn’t feel like a chore to do.

My son’s Tonsure

It was a long pending task from the kid’s list.

As per our custom, where we touch our ancestor’ land, visit the temple and get their first tonsure done. This had been followed for generations. We visited my husband’s ancestors’ place and got his tonsure done. It was a long pending item and finally, after so many preparations of telling my son every day how they will shave his hair and how they pierce his ears, I said to him, “It’s just gonna pain a while” and my son listened to it keenly every day.

Admits all preparations, he did cry but I hope he was prepared, not a complete surprise for him. I was more anxious than my son. Will they do it properly? Will it be painful for him? I had a million thoughts crossing my mind. Every step the kid goes through into this world is a reliving moment for mommies themselves.

The last week of the month we settled down here at my parent’s place having some leisure time, torturing my mom to cook this and that, and asking my Dad to take my son for a drive in a repeat mode. I am not sure when I will be kicked out for bossing around my parent’s place😂 Anyway, finally, I find some time to sit on the couch with my Kindle on.

Xoxo,

Mita