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  • Motherhood,  SAHM

    My “Work” and “Work-Life” Struggles as a Stay-at-Home-Mom

    The other day when I dropped my son off to daycare, the husband of the lady who runs the daycare asked me, “So, did you get a job yet?” I may have mentioned to him a couple weeks ago that…

    August 22, 2017
  • Motherhood

    Stay-at-Home-Mom Burnout

    Ever experienced one of those days when you could barely stand up, your feet ready to melt under the weight of a body getting crushed by its own weight? Shoulders aching with pain like you have been lifting 25 pounds…

    August 17, 2017
  • Feelings and Emotions,  Motherhood,  Parenting,  Reflections,  SAHM

    Hard Choices

    “I’ll miss you there, Mommy,” he said, with a sad look in his beautiful eyes and with inverted lips which only accentuated his little puffy cheeks. It broke my heart. Why was I doing this, again? To feed my own…

    August 7, 2017
  • Motherhood,  Parenting,  SAHM

    The Unspeakable, Spoken: Why is this so tough?

    I really wish wine did it for me. Isn’t wine supposed to help deal with motherhood, if all those memes are to be believed? Nothing really works for me. I don’t smoke. I don’t really drink…now, I like the idea…

    July 30, 2017
  • Motherhood,  Parenting,  Reflections

    Thoughts during the lifecycle of a sick child

    TJ had fever last week. Pretty much all day. It was a fever that started out of nowhere on Thursday evening, lasted all day Friday, give or take a few hours working off of the strength of the medication, and…

    July 23, 2017
  • Life Lessons,  Motherhood,  Personal Essays,  Professional Self

    The Most Dramatic Change I Ever Made

    Submitted to an essay competition in September 2016 – This was my first time writing such a personal essay and my first time submitting one to a competition. Of course, I didn’t win but the writing exercise was well worth…

    June 15, 2017
  • Feelings and Emotions,  Lists,  Motherhood,  Top 10

    10 Reasons Why Having Two Kids Makes Me Feel Guilty

    (Originally written on February 22, 2017. Some of the specifics have changed in the 3 months that have passed since then but I have kept the same content so I know what it was back then even though I am…

    May 22, 2017
  • #Celebrations,  Motherhood

    Here’s Why I don’t care about Mother’s Day this Year

    Is breakfast in bed a typical beginning to your Mother's Day morning? What about gifts, flowers, candy...the whole shebang? Hmm...

    May 12, 2017
  • Motherhood,  Okay mom,  TJ

    Toddlerhood to Boyhood…The Inevitable Transition

    Am I ready for my child's transition into boyhood when he was just a little toddler not that long ago?

    May 1, 2017
  • One Kid
    Feelings and Emotions,  Motherhood,  Second Child

    Why I Am Sometimes Envious of Parents with One Kid

    I know. I am committing parenting harakiri by speaking the unspoken, writing the unwritten, and by even thinking the unthinkable. Honestly, though, there are times when I have been envious of those with only 1 kid and particularly of those where…

    February 21, 2017
  • Motherhood,  Parenting

    Giving Kids the Space to Fall

    As parents of multiple kids know, picking your favorite child is an impossible task. It is just not done. Now you may have a favorite kid in your head but you don’t voice that preference out loud. The famous Indian-Canadian…

    January 20, 2017
  • Blogging,  Lists,  Motherhood

    In Case You Missed Them…Top Posts of 2016

    Picking one’s favorite post is never an easy task. Thankfully, posts aren’t kids and no post is going to nurse a wounded ego should I not choose it for whatever reason. Then again, living with a toddler and an infant where…

    January 8, 2017
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Suchitra

I am a former Communication Studies professor turned stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) to two multiracial kids. I write about my adventures in parenting and living a multicultural life with my family. Blogger at: www.thephdmama.com Follow me: @thephdmama

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