Tag: #parenting

• Quote 28 : Apology to the oldest child- a parent’s confession

  I’m not sure parents say this, but I’m certain they feel it. Because being a parent isn’t easy and certainly not, the first time around, which for some may be the only time around. There are bound to be mistakes which may not be obvious, and there may be no witnesses other than one’s conscience.…

  Smitha V

  January 30, 2023

  Quotes

  #apology, #foodforthought, #life, #oldestchild, #parenting, #raisingchildren, #relationships, #sayingsorry, #truth

• Poem: How a mother feels

  

  My poem, ‘How a mother feels’ is posted on Destiny poets. Don’t ask a mother how she feels When a child leaves home the first time Not for a sleepover or the weekend or a week’s summer camp, or even an extended vacation But when a child leaves, I mean, like really leaves- to a…

  Smitha V

  March 25, 2022

  Poetry

  #child leaving, #goodbye, #life, #mother, #parenting, #poem, #separation, #Teenage

• Seven Things to Do to stop yourself from falling into the ‘Indifference’ Trap

  

  We live in unprecedented times’ — how often do we hear this these days? The phrase has been abused, and I risk repeating it at the cost of sounding cliche. ‘Death’, as in Emily Dickinson’s poem, is stopping by, whether or not someone stops for it. He has proved to be an avid traveler and travels quicker…

  Smitha V

  May 27, 2021

  Experiences, Mum’s World

  #care, #children, #humanity, #indifference, #inspiration, #kindness, #life, #parenting, #passion, #people, #savingthefuture, #selfimprovement, #teachingchildren

• NaPoWriMo Day 27 – Review on the children post lockdown

  

  And now for our (optional) prompt. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a poetic review of something that isn’t normally reviewed. For example, your mother-in-law, the…

  Smitha V

  April 28, 2020

  Creative Writing, Poetry

  #children, #coronadiaries, #coronatimes, #creativewriting, #day 27, #GloPoWriMo2020, #lockdown, #love, #NaPoWriMo2020, #parenting, #people, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo2020- Day 10 – Let me go

  

  Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second…

  Smitha V

  April 10, 2020

  Poetry

  #children, #Day10, #freedom, #GloPoWriMo2020, #lettinggo, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo2020, #parenting, #people, #poem, Poetry