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INDIA: Interview with Piya Mukherjee of #WorldMoms
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I live in Mumbai, India and have lived here since birth. However, work and leisure have taken me to many different pockets of India and of the world. It’s a tad ironical that someone with “wanderlust” should...
ISRAEL: Mom, No One Owes You Anything
You might think otherwise, but in truth, no one owes you anything. Not God, not your spouse, not your parents, not your kids, not your friends or your colleagues. Seriously, no one owes you a single thing. I don't think any one of us go about our days consciously...
GUEST POST: INDIA: Pregnancy and Solar Eclipses!
Total Eclipse of My Pregnancy In India, some say the most awesome time of any woman's life is when they get pregnant. You have life in your body, share all that you feel and have lots of company. This is also a time when you will have your husband doing everything...
FLORIDA, USA: The Baby and The Boy
"Baby Wessy-yyy" I say with that voice used only when babies have your attention. Immediately my toddler looks at me studiously and corrects me: "No, no, no, mama!" she says with her eyes closed, a shaking head, and a finger waving from side to side. All the while...
SOCIAL GOOD: Finding Joy at the Kilimanjaro Orphanage Centre
Traveling the world, I am always touched by the children of every place I go. Joy, creativity, and the desire to be loved is universal, and transcends borders, cultures, languages, and even circumstances in life. Despite some of the utter hardships some children face...
Oman: Motherhood – A Perspective
As a child, I've always loved being around younger children. I'd take care of them and moms in my family where always happy to leave their children with me to babysit. As I studied to become a speech and language therapist, my love for children continued. I had this...
CANADA: In Good Times And Bad
A little over four years ago, I stood up in a church, surrounded by the warm glow of friends and family, and promised to love one man for the rest of my life. In sickness and health, for richer or poorer, in good times and bad. My husband and I knew, when we got...
VIRGINIA, USA: Reciprocal Love
I still have vivid memories of my great-aunt seeding and peeling off the skin of grapes for me to eat. I enjoy thinking about the times my mom dropped me off at another great-aunt’s home and how we would walk to a store and she would buy me my favorite chocolates from...
KENYA: Learning Swahili with my kids
I have every reason in the world to learn Swahili. It's one of the mother tongues of my husband's (though Kikuyu is his real mother tongue, as he will tell you). It's one of the official languages of the country, I call home. And a few years ago, a new compelling...
FRANCE – Parenting With Parents: It Takes A Village
Since my baby boy was born, I’ve been living with my parents (or it’s the other way around - they are living with me). We all live together in a two-room flat. I share the bedroom with my boy, and my parents sleep on the bed couch in the living room. I know that in...
SPECIAL REPORT: An American Mom, a Flag, and the Charleston Terrorist Attack
On June 17th, 2015, nine lives were suddenly lost in Charleston, South Carolina in the USA, when a man joined a prayer group in a church and opened fire. Today, on the blog, we carry the passionate words of a mother from South Carolina, Yolanda M. McCloud of "Lesser...
NEW JERSEY, USA: A Few Lessons Learnt . . .
Sometimes, being kind hearted can bite you in the butt, you know. I’m not advocating to not be kind. But just be aware that sometimes, you get more than the satisfaction of having helped a cause. You get a nagging child who won’t let you be until you surrender. I know...
WORLD VOICE: Summer Reading with Meaning
I am an avid reader, especially during the summer months, reading outside each evening with my daughters under the stars on our back porch. I go back and forth between fiction and non-fiction, between heart-wrenching and laugh out loud funny, and between...
United Arab Emirates: Saving the Children… from position 33?
There are some causes that are tricky to rally people around: not everyone wants to ban fur coats, for instance; not everyone thinks that restaurants should post calorie counts on their menus. There are other causes, though, that seem pretty much no-brainers: access...
WORLD VOICE: Why I Send My Kids To Camp
I just returned from two weeks in the woods of northern Minnesota. This was my sixth summer reprising my college job as a camp counselor. The opportunity to be at camp at the same time as my three children has allowed me a unique perspective: I get to witness...
MEXICO: Life Lessons – Climbing Parícutin Volcano
As a wife of one and a mom of four, it seems like I am always learning and discovering! I know I am not alone. Let’s just admit it: The world is a big place, life is a lesson, and children can be the best teachers. Normally my series, Life Lessons with Mexico Mom,...
MASSACHUSETTS, USA: Fast Track
Last week I took my daughter to a local book store to spend a gift card she received for her birthday. My daughter loves books and had a hard time deciding what she wanted most, to purchase the final books in one of her existing collections or get something totally...
TANZANIA: Bringing Up Step-Children
Never in a million years, did i ever think that i would be in a relationship that meant loving and embracing a child that was not my own, as my own. Not that i felt anything against the idea, its just something i never thought of or considered. But that is just how...
SOCIAL GOOD: The Story Behind Simple Giving
In a little over four months, my book will be out in the public in paperback and electronic forms. It gives me chills to think about this fact. It is a lifelong dream to publish a book, and I’m excited to accomplish this goal before I turn 40. (I’ll even have a few...
PORTUGAL: What Makes A Home?
Over the past 7 years I have lived in 10 different homes on 2 different continents. To some this will sound like the ultimate adventure, to others it will seem like a nightmare. Even I can't decide how I feel about it. At the moment, having lived in temporary...
BRAZIL: Is there any such thing as the perfect place to live?
With the exception of a six month stay in Canada, our family has lived in the exact same house from the time our eldest son turned one to today, almost ten years later. I often find myself wondering what kind of impact that will have on our children, since when I was...
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