Obsessivemom

22/01/201415/04/2017

The treasure box

Mum, is such a spoil
sport and what an eagle eye she has! She always
appears as soon as things get interesting. “No”, “Stop”, “Don’t”.. that’s all I
hear. Tell me why would God make such fascinating things if he didn’t intend us to explore? The sand
in the garden, the electric sockets at home, the water in the bathroom pot, mums
makeup stuff – to touch, to taste, to feel – that’s what they’re for.

Today’s my chance. While mum gets that cake I’ll dive into this
shiny treasure box and see what I find.

Hah! this is will be fun.

********

Linking to Write Tribe’s 100 words on Saturday for the picture prompt (above) given by the wonderful Vidya Sury. Check out her blog here.

22/01/201415/04/2017

The kiss

She came down for office and found that familiar ball of fur parked on her scooter.

Darn that cat!!

Each day, every day she messed her seat,
scratched the cover, left muddy footprints.

She’d had enough. Determined, she charged at her and saw…

… not one cat but two. The tender kiss took her breath away.

It’s Day 3 at the Marathon Bloggers’ 55 festival. Today’s prompt is The tender kiss.

21/01/201415/04/2017

B has to be for blogging

Today I do a ‘listicle’ (yeah that’s a legitimate word for an article written out as a list) on

5 reasons I love blogging

1. I can write anything I please..
…absolutely anything. That’s a freedom I never had in my job as a journalist. I can write at my whim in my time, or not write at all if I so please. Interestingly, it’s this freedom that pushes me to commit to a certain deadline and stick with some kind of a schedule. Paradoxical isn’t it?

2. It kept my passion for writing alive
… and made me better at it. Over the last few years I’ve tried my hand at fiction, flash fiction, even a tiny bit of poetry. How cool is that!! I find myself trying to think out of the box, to look at things from varied perspectives. I feel I’ve grown as a writer.

3. It made me more observant
I find things and people more interesting. I listen more.. after all there can be a story anywhere. When I’m out waiting – at the dentist’s or in the supermarket queue I consciously do not reach out for my phone to while away time. I look at and interact more with people, strangers. It’s made me a friendlier person. Also, I find myself reaching out for the camera more often.

4. It got me friends
..on the Net, lots of them. Some are smart, some emotional, some super organised, some completely scatterbrained but all very very creative, supportive and warm. Mercifully I’ve been spared the Net trolls. I haven’t met a single one of them! And you know the best part? I carry my friends in my iPad.

5. It makes me a happier person
Can anything beat that? I started blogging after I had kids. Stuck at home, overworked and harried, blogging helped me retain my sanity and sense of humour. It brought me friends and advice and support. I wrote about it earlier here. When I blog about something happy it remains with me longer. When I blog about something not so happy I find understanding and that makes me feel better too. And then there are the comments. Only a blogger will know what a high they bring.

So keep blogging friends and keep dropping by. Oh and do not forget to leave a comment.. remember 5 (above)? 😀

Linking to ABC Wednesday which is in it’s 14th round.

21/01/201415/04/2017

A date

A date after ages! I was
excited. We’d hardly gone out since the kids came along – my husband and I! The kids
were tucked in bed and the neighbour was babysitting.

I glanced at the clock, then brushed my hair hurriedly one last time.

Just when I was leaving..

Ma.. Potty! Called out my little
one!

This post is part of a week of 55ers with Marathon Bloggers. Today’s prompt is ‘Just when I was leaving’.

20/01/201415/04/2017

Love

Anger bubbled up.. pure
and undiluted propelling her across the road after him. She shook him hard, till the teeth rattled in his head.
“Can’t you look where you are going?” she bellowed. “Have you any
idea what could have happened?”

And then she hugged her
son with a last glance at the disappearing car.

Written for Marathon Bloggers. We’re doing a week of 55ers. Today’s prompt was ‘love’.