Vocal Mama

 2021 has been the worst year of my life and that’s solely because I lost my father in 2021. Well, that lost is irreplaceable and unexplainable and nothing/nobody can ever change that. The memories of his death still haunts me. But, keeping aside the fact that I can’t ever get papa back and I blame this sucky year for that, 2021 taught me a lot of things which I don’t think I would have learnt any other way: 1. Death is inevitable. We all are going to die and thats a solid reason to make the most of this life. Do what makes you happy. Work hard party harder.  2. Help yourself. Nobody but you should be responsible for your own life. Keep some money aside for the unfortunate times. Secure your and your family’s future. Get medical insurances. God help them who help themselves.  3. Expect nothing. This one is the toughest but expectations only cause sadness. Don’t expect people to come and spoon-feed you. Take the steering of your life in our own hands. Its your life and you...

Toddler and tantrums are synonyms. Y was a calm baby but as a toddler, his emotions are no less than a roller coaster. Sometimes he is easy to distract and sometimes he is impossible to. At home, we somehow manage to respond to his demands but once out, he becomes 10x difficult of handle. We have a mall nearby where we usually take Y on weekends. Y loves to take the toy-train ride there. This weekend, we went to a different mall where there was no toy-train for Y to ride. He kept searching around for train ride the whole time and when we told him that there was no ride there, he threw a fit. From that moment till we got back home; Y kept crying for the train ride. He was crying and sobbing as if he had lost something very pricey. This was not the first time that something like this happened. These tantrums are now a part and parcel of our lives and I am sure that this scenario is persistent among all toddler-parents. So I thought to share a checklist here which I swear by while handlin...