Every once in a while when we sit together as a family to eat, we ask the kids and ourselves; “what are 5 good things that happened to you today?” the kids’ answers are usually “I played with Ben at school” ” I had a lollipop” “Mommy picked me up from school”…we, the grown up...
Growing up, the name Shani, (My name…) wasn’t that well known, people hearing it for the first time needed to ask me again, sometimes twice, till they understood it. AAAH, SH-A-N-I, what a beautiful name… but by then I was probably so embarrassed, blushing and wanting to run away, I didn’t enjoy the beauty in...
I was honored to be part of Erin and Shouvik’s Hindu Ceremony, and comfortable…we all had to leave our shoes at the door of the temple, and what can say, once you take your shoes off, you naturally become more at ease, and the ceremony was amazing- about 2 hours long, mostly in Sanskrit (I...
so some time ago I found in one of the parents magazine a calculation that showed that if I put the 4 dollars a day of coffee money, 5 times a week into savings, at the end of 20 years, I’d have $80,ooo ! that’s expensive coffee? what about art? if I made art for...
apparently quite a few…I know my name is not the EASIEST, one either has no idea how to spell it or how to read it. I get different pronunciations, if it’s remembered at all- that’s partly why I named my business “dont smile now” it’s much easier to remember….but when I go to Starbucks who,...
