A Mom making a Difference through Grace
Today saw me being a grumpy mom.And I came across an article from an older mom featuring this beautiful song.The lyrics of this song helped me to see the bigger picture as I parent. “Is this the little girl I carried?Is this the little boy at play? I don’t remember growing olderWhen did they? When did she get to be
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The Classic Indian Payasam.Yet another traditional dish and a favorite dessert. Ingredients:1/4 cup cashews,1/4 cup golden raisins1/4 cup slivered almonds 1/2 gallon milk3 cups vermicillisaffron(optional)1/4 cup milk1 tbsp cardamom powder2 tbsp Ghee(Clarified butter) Procedure:1.In a vessel add a tbsp ghee,once headed add cashews and almonds,brown fry them.2.Add raisins and saute for 1/2 a minute.Set them aside.3.Add vermicelli and brown fry
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17 Months: Another cool find.This is currently my sons favorite toy .Can be Easily stashed in my diaper bag,keeps my little one busy for quite some time. Wooden circles(from walmart)Any Plastic container that can accommodate the coinsAcrylic paint(with younger mouthing toddlers you might want to check on baby safe paint or use paint to minimum.) Made a Slit in the
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Many often we see posters saying how much we moms sacrifice ,take an example of the Fan page of the movie “Mom’s Night Out” which tells all the reasons why a mom needs a night out.Don’t get me wrong thinking that I’m against “Moms Night Out”,Its just these posts don’t seem encouraging to me,they make motherhood look like a dreary
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Today Features Food for thought.My thirst to know Indian history has led me to a very significant book– “My Experiments With Truth” By M.K.Gandhi.This was my must read book for this year. Watch Review Read Book Online Buy Book<From Wikipedia>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January
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17 months: Found this idea a longtime ago but was extremely lazy to do it.I finally put my self to task and realized ,wow now that was easy ,why did I wait. 4 cups of riceFood coloring1/4 cup water Procedure: I separated one cup of rice into 4 ziploc bags.Add 3 drops of food coloring probably 2 drops of water(The
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Fathers day is right around the corner.Feeling pretty excited and secretive at the moment.We are planning a surprise for my hubby. Everyday I’m amazed to be hitched with this amazing man Mr.Wise and this feeling grows everyday as I see him do his very best as he steps from role to role.Great Husband,Awesome Dad. From the day Parenthood stumbled on
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Yet another jewel from our church receipe book Ingredients:1 lb ground beef1/2 green pepper1 small onion chopped1 tomato12 oz tomato juice2 t soy sauce1/4 lb mushrooms8 oz sea shell macaroni3/4 cup grated cheese1 Green Chilli(optional for spice)salt and pepper Procedure:1.In a pan heat oil.2.Saute onions and green chilli until onions are tender 3-5 minutes.3.Add beef and cook until brown and
Read moreI know some days finding activities to do with the young ones can be brain wracking.These are some fun activities my little toddler and I love to do.I’ve put down the months when we did these,but you can do them earlier if your child is ready 🙂 1.Build a pillow castle:(6 months)We love to build them, go under them,break them
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Judgement,It’s easy to pass on someone very easily.And at one point have ourselves been the target of anothers judgement.The lord knows I’ve suffered from being judgemental more often than not. Just this other day, off went my mouth,my dear husband Mr.Wise,made sure he quickly interjected and got me to realise it.My defense,I didn’t say it to that person, just to
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