Annoying Questions People Ask Stay-At-Home Moms
(And what you should ask instead) I’m a stay-at-home mom with 2 kids — a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old. I’m 27 years old this year and I live in the sunny state of Singapore. I quit my
The Archive
I try to find my mother Over the years Searching In the archives Of love and loss digesting memory An uncomfortable silence That shapes My body Her body Sometimes, she was her Other times, I
A Poem on Womanhood and A Poem for My Mother
WOMANHOOD My chocolate colored coat smells of arabica coffee beans and samples of perfume bottles I cannot afford yet The linen doesn’t feel secure anymore I am changing along with my wool fabric This is
For my son, Yaqeen
I give thanks for the gift that you are. I give thanks to Allah for choosing me to be your mother. From the instant that you were born and you looked at me with infinite
Breastfeeding Struggles: What To Do When Things Don’t Go As Planned
As a first time mother, I always pictured that I would breastfeed my son for the first two years of his life or at least a year. This was because breast-feeding is something promoted by
Withdrawal Symptoms
I lose myself in others. I never realised this until it was pointed out to me by a most beloved teacher. I lose myself so completely within others that I totally lose my grounding, my