Susan Narjala | January 21, 2025
“Guys, are you ready to leave?” “Guys??” “GUYSSS!!” A bored, disengaged response bounces back from my teens upstairs. “Why are you yelling? We already said we’re ready.” I’m pacing in...
Continue ReadingMaree | January 15, 2025
Walls around the heart keep people out, Our true self is hidden within. We seek to protect ourselves from pain, We wear a mask, an image to maintain. Walls around...
Continue ReadingAnna Jacob | January 10, 2025
As the final set of the celebrations wind down, the last of the season’s guests leave and the festive décor and travel suitcases are put away…there is still a lingering...
Continue ReadingK | December 19, 2024
One year, a friend generously gave me a Christmas gift of imported chocolate. It was an extravagant and generous gift, and I was so happy until I turned it over...
Continue ReadingK | October 23, 2024
There is a well-loved children's book*[i] about a young boy named Alexander who wakes up with chewing gum in his hair, and his day gets worse from there. At every...
Continue ReadingSheena Gershom | October 8, 2024
When we left the hospital with three premature babies after an extended stint in the NICU, I naively thought we had put all their medical issues behind us. Little did...
Continue ReadingShiphrah Lakka | September 23, 2024
There is a saying in English that goes like this – "To be heavenly-minded is to be of no earthly good." This saying assumes that the more we focus on...
Continue ReadingSheena Gershom | July 18, 2024
In December 2007, three baby boys were born 1Kg each and spent more than a month in the NICU. The doctors didn’t know if they would survive. They were medically...
Continue ReadingTania Rao | February 23, 2024
“Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back anymore . . . ” has been an overplayed song for parents as much as it has delighted children all...
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