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07/12/201315/04/2017

Life after twins

A lazy morning…

Alarm.

Morning walk.

Cup of tea, peaceful music, newspaper.

A glance at the clock.

Two tiffins, two breakfasts.

A quiet conversation, a hug.

Laptop bags, phones, office.

A crazy morning…

Alarm.

Scramble out of bed. Hurry!

Four tiffins, four breakfasts, twenty fights, forty cribs,
bargains, threats, smiles, tears, hugs, pleas.

Two washrooms…. Aaaaaargh!!! Hurry Hurry!!

Ponytails, mismatched socks, spilt milk, forgotten homework, lost
pencils, half eaten breakfast.

School bags, Skating bags, Laptop bags, project models, water
bottles, ribbons, ties, jackets, phones..

Hurry hurry hurry!

School bus. Office.

Whew!

So you think I’d do things differently?

Nah.. Never.

Linking to 100 words on Saturday-10

For the prompt ‘I’d do things differently’ given by Aditi of Life Is A Journey….Make It BeaYOUtiful

06/10/201315/04/2017

Every once in a while…

Her first
smile, his first look,

her first
turn, his first tooth,

her first
word, his first bite,

The first
step they ever took.

Running for
the camera, reaching for the phone.. yes she said ‘Mama’, yeah he walked
on his own.

You should
see him kick that ball!
She’s cycling after many a fall.

Digging into
a French toast he made on his own, amazed at that rangoli she did alone.

Each moment,
each day I watch them grow and yet every
once in a while I stop and think

‘When did
they grow up I didn’t even blink?’

Linking to Write Tribe Saturday -6 for the prompt ‘Every Once in a while’

21/09/201315/04/2017

The signs
are everywhere. Red, white, yellow, green… They pop up on streets, at roadsides.
They stare at me out of magazines and newspapers and even from the television.
They inundate malls, flood stores. I switch on the Internet and there they are tempting,
beckoning, begging me.

Take a look,
they say, come on in. What are you waiting for? They ask.

I turn away.
I cannot answer their call.

You dear
sister sit far away in another city. All these signboards shouting out SALE are
no fun without you, the best shopping partner ever.

If only you
were here!

Linking to “100 words on Saturday” at Write Tribe for the prompt “If only you were here…”