parenting

A great article on motherhood from The Times.

Motherhood is a very very strange & ironic phase of one's life.

It brings out, ironically at the same time, the best [protective, maternal, caring, kind, nesting] and worst [ overprotective, demanding, perfectionist, clean freak, impatient, grouchy] in you.

It is both a calming, humbling yet rocky period in your life.

Everything seemingly dwiddles down to a routine, yet is highly disruptive & temperamental.

There are just 2 sides of everything, just as your kid can be impossibly adorable & alarming (!) at the same time.

But I guess, such as much is life.

It just takes motherhood to bring it to almost an art.

It's true that parenting can be very trying and tiring, especially when you are young and there seems so much more to do than caring 24/7 for someone.

But in about a year, when I am still relatively young, my son will be of an okay age to do a lot of things with me. Yes, including travelling, shopping, going for coffee sessions with friends, running, cycling, swimming, to the gym etc.

Kids bring so much colour and innocence to our world.

I think every bitch [ or boss] in the world needs to have a kid, if only to have a lil balance in their lives, and a lot of perspective.

They actually teach us as much, if not more, as we, them.