There are some endings that don’t arrive with a bang, but with a quiet, almost unnoticeable shift in the air. The last day of school… for the very last time. I didn’t expect it to hit me the way it did. There was no big trigger, no dramatic moment. Just a sudden awareness that something… {Read More}
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Back to School 2020-21
Unbelievable but true! Our summer holiday 2020 is officially over as kids are back to school today. Usually for me the last week of summer would be the busiest – washing the school backpacks or buying new ones, organising stationery, buying new uniform, shoes and socks included. Finally on D-day getting kids ready, packing their… {Read More}
2019-20 | A school year to remember
7/11 – That’s how I am going to remember this school year. My boys just moved to Year 7 and Year 11 in August 2019. We came back from our summer holidays in hometown Mumbai all rested and relaxed and ready to start the school year – a very important one, as my younger son… {Read More}
After-school activities – Finding the right balance
“Finally!” I sighed and put my pen down. It had taken me three full weeks to research, plan and finalise the activities for my children to do this summer. It sounds easy but isn’t so. I had to find a perfect combination of their interests, abilities, their needs and the classes offered. Take into consideration… {Read More}
All set for BIG school now!
I called him “Dolly” in his ‘toddler-hood’ days as I believed that God had gifted this walkie-talkie, rolly-polly doll just for me to play! I loved doing everything with him, watching him giggle while he played a prank, trying to catch him when he ran around the house in circles creating havoc everywhere, he was… {Read More}
School is over for today
Its 3 o’clock and the school bell’s loud ring is followed by the giggles and laughs of little children running through the corridors and down the steps despite the ‘No Running’ and ‘Walk Only’ signs displayed. Their heads bobbing, their hair flying, their faces shining bright with glee. Some run right into their mums’ arms… {Read More}
School re-union – must have one again!
Last week we had a school reunion. We had planned this meeting on facebook ever since I got my air tickets booked to India i.e. more than a month ago. Finally, after a period of excited responses, dead silences, postponing and rescheduling our meet did happen with the 5 of us….but 5 very excited and enthusiastic ladies… {Read More}
End of a school year…again?
This morning when I took my 4-year old to his pre-school I didn’t feel like leaving…so I sat there for some time watching him get engrossed with his surroundings, playing with his friends – the same children who were complete strangers to him six months ago. I can hear him share stories with them, showing off… {Read More}
Beyond the Applause
A thunderous applause in a sea of excited parents as my younger son went up on stage to receive an award. Handed by the Chairman himself, this ESF Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Achievement is a fitting way to end the year, and 13 years of the ups and downs of school life itself. Four years… {Read More}
The Day My Son Graduated—and So Did I
Last week, my younger son graduated from high school. It was everything it was meant to be—joyful, proud, celebratory. There were smiles, photographs, hugs, and that quiet glow that comes from watching your child reach a milestone you once held their hand through. And yet, somewhere beneath all that happiness, there was another feeling. Softer…. {Read More}
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