Birthday week plus first workshops

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/24/2013 8:40:00 PM

'Two special birthdays this week (happy birthday to them both -- I didn't forget and I never do). Rahul has been going for his first ever workshops. Yesterday IQ stimulation thingie seemed a bit juvenile and he was a little bored when I walked in, in the second hour. Today's cookery workshop was a completely different story although I wish he would stop telling complete strangers what to do and'

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Raconteur

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/18/2013 3:20:00 AM

'For some months now I have been making a weekly trip to a non-conventional school in Tollygunge for Seagull Peaceworks as a volunteer of their 'Share Stories, Open Minds' programme. I usually spend my one hour with between 10 and 20 kids of ages ranging from 2 to 13 telling them stories. Sometimes we talk about what we heard; they sing and dance and they love to draw, so I often ask them to draw'

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The Big Boy Toy Fund

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/15/2013 12:59:00 PM

'When Rahul was about two or so a friend of ours gifted him a ceramic piggy bank with a cute cork topper that said "Big Boy Toy Fund". It was too nice to be played with so Vicky and I used it until recently to build up reserves of loose change. Last week Rahul finally got it back and here is why:We were at Hindustan Market one evening and he was tired and hungry. He was cranky and I was refusing'

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Because You Loved Me

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/14/2013 12:20:00 PM

'I was watching some Celine Dion videos. Rahul had been banished from my room a couple of hours ago because he wouldn't let me work. He saw the door open because I was on my coffee break and crept in. Under the pretext of allowing him to listen to the music with me I pulled him onto my lap and sneaked in a cuddle. He cuddled back and asked to hold my hand. I'm trying to convince myself he'

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Mother's Day 2013

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/12/2013 7:49:00 AM

'It's been a while since my first Mother's Day card. Rahul is six and a half. He doesn't know what Mother's Day is but this morning I got cuddled and kissed and then some more. Just like that. It makes my day. I also got breakfast in bed (yesterday's sausage pasta bake) and we're going out now. None of this is unusual and I'm not sure Vicky knows it's Mother's Day either. That is probably the'

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Working from Home

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/8/2013 6:49:00 PM

'My work is a matter of perspective. To me, it's all work, whether I write, edit, produce or perform; whether I cook, clean, launder or mend. According to my parents, I pick unsuitable projects that have me work unreasonable hours and neglect my family. According to Vicky I don't have to 'work' (and that is all that I should need from him).According to Rahul, I should "stay with him always"'

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Self-Esteem

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/8/2013 6:29:00 PM

'There was a young woman in a mall today who was turning heads wherever she went. Whether it was the clickety-clack of her shoes or her pretty blue saree or her bright red nails pulled into focus by the big flecks of red in her cocktail ring (which she made great play with, to be sure) -- wherever she went, people looked up, turned around and stared. Me, I heard her being told she really should'

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The Things I Do

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 5/7/2013 6:26:00 PM

'1. I meet people. These days, I don't meet a lot of my people, but I try not to drop off the map entirely. I keep meeting my father who keeps coming to Calcutta for a couple of very good reasons. 2. I learn to answer questions that my six year-old son dreams up. I'm not very good at this because I don't know much about reptiles or ghosts or cars but I try to keep up. 3. I tell stories. To'

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The Golden Rule

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 4/2/2013 8:13:00 PM

'BRAHMANISM: This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. (Mahabharata 5:1517) BUDDHISM: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. (Udana-Varga 5:18) CONFUCIANISM: Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. (Analects 15:23) TAOISM: Regard your neighbor's gain as'

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CSAAM 2013: Online Child Sexual Abuse

Author : Sue      Blog : Sunny Days      Date : 4/1/2013 12:30:00 AM

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