to my sister in law
You know, I always wanted a big sister. I have my own little sis and older cousins I was close to, but when I watched Full House as a kid, I sometimes wished I had my own DJ as a s
the decision to have no more babies
No more babies. This is on repeat going through this tired brain of mine lately. No more babies. No more babies. We are finally, seriously out of this baby phase. The bottles
To the friends who have weddings with no kids
Dear friends who have weddings with no kids, I want to say thank you. When we as parents get invited to a wedding without kids, our initial reaction is “umm what are we su
the jaw dropping postpartum selfie
Facebook user Erica Andrews snapped a postpartum selfie that had the world in awe. Dumbfounded. Surprised. After it went viral, we took a good look at her 24 hour postpartum photo
10 reasons i am thankful for being a mother
We are all thankful for being moms but sometimes we just need to write it down to remind ourselves of all the good there is to it. There are multiple times in a day where we as mom
41 life lessons learned from my mom
What’s the single most important lesson you’ve learned from your mom? That was a question that came up on a radio talk show the other morning. I was driving the kids to school
a mom reflects on 9-11
I may live in California, but I’m a New Yorker. If you were born and raised in New York, you know what I mean. It doesn’t leave you, no matter what ocean you move away
south asian marriage: the infamous bio data
Okay, so I have a daughter and it got me thinking about south asian marriage: and the infamous bio data. And while she’s only three, there are incidents that I go through as
welcome to the new Chai Mommas
Welcome to the new Chai Mommas brand! When the four of us first started this, we were just new moms with barely any time on our hands but an idea that inspired us: to provide a
a letter to the career-oriented mom
The other night at dinner I overheard a group of moms discussing living life as a career-oriented mom. Out of the group of 5 moms, 2 were SAHM, 2 were just moms who worked a 9-5