There is no right Mama

And so April is finally here..The national poetry writing month #NaPoWriMo. I managed to write poems daily in April 2018 and hope to write even a few this time. The first one for today is taking cue from Today's prompt and discussing about being a "Mama". Society wants moms to fit a certain image. A mom wonders whether she is the right mama. I myself don't know if I am the right mama. But my experience of being a mom to my almost 4 year old makes me write this. To all moms out there, I wish to say- Don't be to harsh on yourselves. Be kind , your child understands you and loves you..

There is no right mama
There is no wrong mama
But there is a loving mama
And a mama with the right intent

How can be the best mama, I wonder
Has my baby been fed well, I ponder
Take each day as it comes, I say
Plan well while expecting some of it to fail
Some days are excellent
Some days are worse
But you know what—
Your baby needs and loves you despite the day’s outcome

Be kind to yourself, Slow down a bit
Never allow sarcasms to pull you down even a slight bit
Create your own village to help raise your child
Do not expect help from selfish people at any mile
Some people will go the extra mile to help
Some people purposely won’t
A child grows up nonetheless, a mother has enough power

Be your own true self , your child needs you
Do not be a “should be mama” that people want you to
There is no right mama
There is no wrong mama
But there is a loving mama
And a mama with the right intent

-Dhanashree
#mydaughtermyteacher #mdmt #parenting #mommyblogger#NaPoWriMo2019
My last year's NaPoWriMo Poems-http://dsaidso.blogspot.com/search/label/NaPoWriMo2018

The parenting DCP

A conversation between a mom of a 4 year old girl and and an aunty. Let's call them mom and aunty respectively. Let the 4 year old girl be called as the little one( LO) .The mom is a stay at home mom. Aunty is a retired teacher. The 4 year old studies in one of the hi-fi international schools. So now that the context is set, here goes the conversation

Aunty- So which school does she go to?

Mom- She just started going to Jr. K.G. But you know what, I homeschooled her for. 2 years before that?

( me thinks- homeschooling before 4 , what's that?)

Aunty- Oh wow, how did you do that?

Mom-  I researched, I read a lot of books, I took her out to play. You know homeschooling is not just about sitting at home. Its also about taking kids out, giving     them the right exposure. When I came to Mumbai from Delhi, most people scared me that my daughter will not have social skills as she has not gone to play school. But you know I had worked on that. So I was confident she will do well.

Aunty-  That's really nice to know.  What stories do you read out to her?

Mom-  I read those good night stories for rebel girls . I have already finished one book. Earlier I read Cinderella but I realized that fairy tales and all is too unrealistic. Hence I have stopped. You see she knows so much about them.
(She is now pointing to her daughter and indicating her to show her intelligence maybe)

LO- I love Cinderella

Mom- oh you know so many other stories, don't you? And aunty you know what I have restricted her screen time too. We have set time for the day which is divided into intervals of 10 mins.

( And the conversation continues.......)

What do you infer from the conversation above? A super mom talking? Or a retired teacher listening?

All I infer is a lady who is trying to prove what she does for her kid to others. There is some much 'I' in the conversation above trying to prove supermom skills. Right exposure is a word I hear too much these days. I do xyz for my kid to make him/her smart and all rounder is also heard quite often nowadays.

All I wish to ask is, did the parents themselves do as many things as they expect the kids to do?
Also If the kid is smart, the results will show. As a parent, you do not constantly talk about your absolutely awesome parenting skills. For god's sake, parenting is not a competition and at least for me such conversations to put in IIM lingo seem like parenting DCP( desperate class participation)

#yeh_aaj_kal_ke_parents

-Dhanashree

Yours, always-

" You don't want to come out , you just don't like to travel" , Mr. said after one of our upcoming weekend trip discussions
" Who will look at our little S? And what about my office work?" I asked
" Look at Asha , she has 2 kids and she is always up for plans with Deep . You are just not romantic" Mr. said angrily and left

Mr. had a hectic week. Work pressures combined with the changing weather meant he fell very sick suddenly. I had a busy week too in office. But Mr. needed attention. Mr. becomes a tiny kid when he's sick. He needs to be attended to. I took few days off. Maybe I did nothing major. Or maybe I did. Going with Mr. to the doctor, reminding him of medicines, taking care of his diet and motivating him that he will get well soon.

"You always travel with me in my tough times no" , Mr. said holding my hand.
" That's how it's meant to be, isn't it? I am yours, always" I said smiling

Romance manifests itself in different ways. Travel itself has deeper meanings. For a true partnership is being with each other during ups and downs.

-Dhanashree

The New Born Visit Manners

This is for that time of the year when maybe someone from your friends or family circle has a newborn in the house . You are all excited to meet the newborn either at its home or if you are invited for the naming ceremony.
Before you visit or when you visit there are some basic ground rules to be followed. I call them "The New Born visit manners"

1. If you are visiting immediately in the hospital, call and ask about the visiting hours. Even if the hospital allows to visit during non-visiting hours, resist the temptation to do so unless unavoidable. The mother generally needs rest and is tired after the delivery. If its a C-section as was in my case, I was constantly feeling like sleeping. If someone would visit me , though I would excitedly talk to them but then I would get tired and sleep again

2. If you are visiting the new born at home, very clearly ask if you can visit and at what timings. A house where there is a new born is trying to set itself and tune itself to the new born sleep timings and habits. Having a visitor unannounced or at unwelcome timings is a strict no-no. Many people would hesitate to say no to visitors. Its best to judge and use intuition as well before visiting.

3. No matter where you visit the newborn, as much as possible avoid taking him in your lap or moving him around. New borns catch infections very immediately. Avoid handling too much. I have seen so many times during naming ceremonies - one after the other the guests take the newborn with them. Many a times even if the mother is saying no, still the guests would do it. "Hamare bacche ko aisa Kiya kuch nahi hua" is the excuse. Remember no two bacchas are same.

4. And yes about milk- if the baby is exclusively breastfed, avoid advising the mother on how formula is also ok. Also no feeding anything additional if mother is against it. I remember during my daughter's naming ceremony, someone had suggested I should give a taste of 2 ice cream drops to my daughter. And how nothing would happen to her. I very clearly said no. Respect what the mother says.

And yes if you realy feel like helping or care, you can do these things
1. If there is a new born in your neighbor's house, ask if they need help for accompanying during vaccination
2. Help with getting healthy food for the mother, any other grocery stuff or the likes

If the excitement of visiting the new born is accompanied with some help( wherever possible, which might not be the case always) ;then it would be really great.

I wanted to write this for long but a visit friend's newborn finally made me write this down. Lot of people ignore commonsense ( common sense and empathy very uncommon these days :P ) in such cases and cause unnecessary inconvenience to the new born and its mother.

(Issued in interest of mothers of new borns and their families)

-Dhanashree

On time....

I had a pediatrician appointment for my daughter this afternoon at 12:30. At 12:45, I asked the sister there by when he would come in the clinic. I told her that I am working from home and have a call at 1:45 which I need to take. She called the doctor and informed him of the same.

The doctor came in by 12:55. As soon as he entered the clinic, he called me in immediately. The sister was serving him water ,so I waited. He told me not to wait outside his cabin but to come in. The first thing he said is ," Sorry, I am late. My daughter is coming from London hence I was busy with that stuff.." He examined my daughter and then asked me whether I would make it time for my call. I said yes and thanked him and left.

So many people these days have absolutely no value of time, and most importantly of someone else's time. They wouldn't even feel that it is wrong showing up late, forget apologizing for that behaviour. But in this case a prominent doctor felt sorry the delay and was actually concerned whether I would make it on time.

This doctor is 80 years old. He is one of the prominent paediatricians in Mumbai. Patients visit him from very far off places in Mumbai and outside Mumbai as well. But the quality I respect him for is his humility and empathy. The little yet not so little things that matter..

Edited to add( after Ameya Khaladkar's suggestion) - The doctor here is Dr Ramesh Potdar who practices in Jeevak Hospital in Dadar East ( near station)

-Dhanashree

The "cat coloured" eyes

"Oh she is Aishwarya", my gynaecologist said looking at my daughter's eyes. She was wondering at her distinctively grey coloured cat eyes. How come she got those colored eyes given neither me nor my husband have grey coloured eyes?Neither did our previous generation have cat coloured eyes. Google searches and discussions followed on how my daughter could have got those eyes. Apart from the fact that the Kokanastha Brahmin community ( that my husband belongs to) typically has cat colored eyes, there was no other connection we could see.

My doctor said that sometimes eye color changes after 2 years of age. So after 2 years of age, when my daughter's eye color remained the same , we were convinced that this is mostly her permanent eye color.

She is 3.5 years now but any new person that we still meet somehow notices her eyes. I remember meeting a foreigner in Bangalore who asked us how come my daughter has those eyes. She was sad about the fact that her kids don't have those eyes. Kids in my mum's building would ask " ye foreigner hain kya?" Foreigners have stopped by and asked "It is very unusual for Indians to have such eyes no." They are sometimes amazed by her Indian dressed up attire and cat colored eyes with brown hair.

When my daughter was born, I was actually scared by the way her cat coloured eyes sparkled in the night. That an eye colour would draw so much attention and curiosity seems different to me. It is topic I never thought I would have a conversation on , forget doing a Google search and researching on the same.

-Dhanashree

Children's Day Special...

Year - 2004

Me (18 year old adult)- When can I get a mobile?

My Mom- We will get it on your birthday next year

Me (excited ) - Ok

~Conversation ends~

Year-2018

My daughter S (3.5 year old toddler)-- Mum, why can't I take the mobile to school?

Me( with a shocked look)-- Because you are small.But why do you want to take it anyways?

S - ( with her smile) -- coz I want to call, I want to talk to you.

Me-Oh, you want to talk? I can call you na

S-- ( whispering with a smile) -- I want to watch YouTube videos on mobile in school
Me( angrily) -- Why?

S-- Because I want to...I want to take the mobile to school now

~Conversation continues with me telling about no YouTube over and over again~

#ChildrensDaySpecial
#yeh_aajkal_ke_bachche
#yehi_dekhna_baaki_reh_gaya
#justanothermumstory
#yetanothermumstory

-Dhanashree

The 'bold kids' of today

Scene 1-
We were doing our Diwali ritual. Lighting a few sparkles, a few Anar and that's it. Our daughter is just 3.5 years old so we did some bare minimum  Diwali fireworks thing. As we were doing this,  a couple of 8-10 year old kids came to us asking if they could light our Anar. We had a special anar which stayed lit for longer and had a much better speed of going up. I gave one of them to those kids. Then a few more kids joined asking us for the same. I told them that first let my daughter enjoy and then they could take the fireworks they wanted. Then a few more kids came and asked if they could take our sparkles. One kid started this thing and then 4 others joined and directly took our  sparkles.Their parents who were around did nothing to stop the kids from taking our stuff. Despite us saying a clear NO, the kids were boldly taking our stuff. Neither did they understand when to stop nor did their parents who were around did anything to stop this. The kids were all atleast 8 years old. Is 8 years so small a 'kid' age where kids don't understand how to behave?

Scene 2-
A typical kids birthday party scene. So the birthday boy is all set to cut the cake. He is surrounded by his parents and grandparents typically. All the remaining space around the cake cutting is taken by the birthday boy's/girl's friends. They can range from any age group like 1 year to 10 years. In most of these parties the kids around seem to be so much in a hurry to eat the cake that they would do so ( lick the cake, take the cake toppings) even before the birthday boy/girl has cut the cake. I understand that very small kids wouldn't understand how to behave. How about the slightly elder kids? Have they never eaten a cake in their life to be so greedy about it? Can't they behave properly?

Scene 3-
Some groups of kids come to your house. They are your son's/daughter's friends. It's their first time in your house. The ease with which they take out all the toys , things in the showcase from your house is amazing. Trying stopping them and see if they pay heed to your talk. More often than not, they won't. As a kid, I remember when I used to go to someone else's place, my mum's rule was " Not to take anything without asking" . Nowadays the unsaid rule seems " We don't care, we will take anything we want , won't  even bother to ask"

So...

In the examples given above, the kids come across as "bold" kids. Does bold mean doing whatever you want without bothering about others? Does bold mean " meri marzi"?  For me boldness means toughness in facing a situation. If the kids today are doing what they want , essentially changing the situation as per their needs , how will they face real challenges in life? How will they learn to be accommodating and empathetic in daily life?
I , sadly, wonder!

-Dhanashree
https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

The Doctor Conversations

This was about few months ago. My daughter was having cough cold fever. We did the usual- visited the paediatrician, took medicines , and in 2-3 days again the sneezing and cough was recurring.  This continued even once more. I understand that with a 2.5 year old kid all this is seasonal. But understanding this fact and dealing when this happens to your own child are entirely two different things. We decided to consult another paediatrician. He is very renowned one and very experienced in his field, and he also happened to be the father of my gynaecologist. I went there and narrated all what my daughter was suffering from. As I narrated all this, I was in tears. I was not able to see my daughter constantly suffering from cold and was crying at my utter helplessness at improving her situation. Maybe a cold is nothing major. But to see your 2.5 year old coughing, her eyes watering and sneezing for days together was major for me. Still in tears, I asked the doctor was I doing anything wrong. Am I taking good enough care of my daughter?He first calmed me down. He told me there is nothing to worry. Sometimes colds do take long to recover. The tone of his voice was so reassuring that it is impossible to explain in words. He addressed all my concerns even before I could ask them to him. He told me to go home and not worry.

A few weeks back my daughter was sick just 3 days before her annual day. All of a sudden she developed cough and fever. I went to the same doctor and told him that it's best if she gets well before her annual day. I was a bit concerned about this sudden fever this time. Again , in his reassuring tone he assured me that she will be all well and be able to attend her annual day.

Maybe all doctors do tell their patients that they will get well. But there is something different about some doctors, that they are able to understand your concerns and empathetically address them. That you can have a conversation at ease with them. That they don't show an eyebrow when you ask some questions.

I experienced this many times.  Truly empathetic doctors do make a great difference to the patient. When my daughter was born 3.5 years ago, my doctor would visit me post the delivery and every single time she would  help me breastfeed my daughter. I had no such problems feeding. But in the first 2 days, my daughter was sleeping so much that it was necessary to wake her up so that she gets fed. My doctor would do this when she came for her visit. She would instruct the nurses to help me breastfeed and had her full attention on me as her patient.

A good diagnosis definitely makes a good doctor. But in this age where a patient is reduced to a series of medical reports, doctors that try to understand the patient as a human is a valuable breed. To understand a patient, to go into his shoes and see what he might be going through and patiently explaining that is a skill. It is a skill that for me makes such a person a best doctor.

-Dhanashree

The 'Date' morning

Just the two of us together on a date is something that does not happen quite often now. In fact it's a rarity. Thanks to our creation, who  says "Tumhi tithe mi" and always accompanies us where we go.

But today was different. It was just the two of us. After long I must say.

I was a bit anxious, nervous what will follow next. My husband was calm and cheerful as always.

We reached the venue . There were mostly couples around, some ladies with friends and some men too. Some couples with kids. The kids were surprisingly calm.
We chatted , and in that missed our little S's chatter.

After we finished our work at the venue, we went to have our favourite filter coffee. There too we could spot similar faces after their respective Date's.
Finally after the long due 'Date' , we left for home.

P.S. the venue mentioned is nothing but a classroom for a parent teacher meeting , and maybe that's the only time our little one excuses us to go on a date :)

#justanothermumstory
#yetanothetmumstory
#PTADate
#meetingdate

"Me " time?

We decided it was long since we went on a date. The husband and I were longing for some couple only time and made a plan last night for a dinner date. I convinced my daughter 'S' that I will have to go out with her Dad for some work. I also convinced myself that I need to have these 'me' times for myself as well the relationship with my husband.
Then 'S' cried as usual. She wanted to go out with us. After a lot of convincing she agreed to stay back. So now we were all set for our date. Physically fatigued after a long day but mentally enthusiastic, I dressed up and the husband and I went to our favourite restaurant. We discussed our old times, the college days, the CAT prep, the MBA times and what not. We discussed how my husband asked me out and the times after that. In all this romantic mood there was an antenna in my mind thinking about little 'S' and what she must be doing.
Once we got done with food, we just walked around the place. We could see couples, families around. Kids running around and parents trying to run behind them. Whenever I saw kids , all I felt was I missed my daughter even more. Here I was on a dinner date with my husband which was long due, possibly trying to have my 'me' time, but the mother in me could not switch off. All she thought of was "What is S doing?". All she felt was she missed her.
Times like this make me realise that once you are a mother, having 'me' time also can feel like a burden. As much as you want the 'me' time, you also want to be with your little one. Thats why probably once a child is born, your most known identity is as the mother of your child.
Whether you are working or stay at home, once you have a child, one part of you always thinks of her. Hence there will never be an easy answer to - To "me time" or not to "me time"?
Because I am and will always be my daughter's mum indeed! (http://dsaidso.blogspot.com/2017/11/i-am-my-daughters-mum.html?m=1 )

-Dhanashree

Mummy Express

Holding  her sack in the front, she was all ready. She had just managed to reach at the right time..One minute delay in reaching there would have meant a 15 minutes delay in picking her daughter from the crèche . The next step was to find some space for herself that would let her breathe. She had years of experience doing this. Finally she found her space. Around her  someone was knitting, someone reading, someone video calling , someone chit chatting..The group comprised to teenagers to women in their 50s. All running by the clock.. Some girls having their Tiffin while others sleeping. Women gossiping about their favourite topics:)While she was thinking about dinner to be made and what help her daughter  needs in her homework. Finally her stop arrived. She made her way out of the local train and thought of her next stop-the crèche. In between there were groceries to be bought. Work never seemed to end. That is what life was for her.. like a local train- the one which runs all day with hardly any sleep . The one which is called the lifeline but is searching for time to find her own lifeline .
#the_lifeline_of_mumbai
#mumbai_local
#local_train
#mummy_express
#dsaidso

-Dhanashree
https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

Chatterbox or No Chatterbox

My little one 'S' says this  to me daily...
"Mumma , I love you ";
"Mumma ,we are best friends ";
"Mumma,  you are the best"
"Mumma, I want to talk to you..let us talk while Dad is watching match"..
And this goes on..
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Today 'S' had matrudin celebration in school..( don't know how matrudin falls today but anyways...)
The activity was making a card in school and talking what you feel about your mother..

After school Me to 'S '- What did you tell in school about me ?

S- Nothing..

Me - Why?

S- Because I didn't want to tell

Me- Why?

S- I didn't want to tell na that's why...

I felt like the moment when your phone has data but the battery decides to go off at the wrong time ...:)

#kuch_to_kaho_kuch_bhi_kaho
#meri_bol_bachchan_khamosh_kyun_hain
#dsaidso
#yetanothermumstory
#justanothermumstory

- Dhanashree
Https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

The perfect "mommy" weekends

You know you have had a perfect "mommy" weekend when...

Your Saturday morning starts with a school Parent teacher meeting....
Your most important task of the week is doing the action items in the parent teacher meeting...
Your achievement of the weekend is your little one finally dancing to the annual day school song..
Your most important networking is meeting and associating the parent faces to the kids names  that your little one takes while playing "Teacher Teacher " at home..
You finally feel like you have emerged victorious when the teacher has no complaints for your child..
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Your Sunday evening is spent by meeting people most of whom know you as your Kids mommy... "Swara' s mummy " it is for me..
And last but not the least..just as you think you need to catch up with friends, your daughter asks you when can she get her friends at home  :)

#parenting_weekends #mommy_weekends_done_right #swara_ke_pass_maa_hain
#justanothermumstory
#yetanothermumstory
#dsaidso

- Dhanashree
Https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

The IIM 'B'aths

Thanks to Rajkumar Hirani's 3 idiots, I can relieve my IIM B campus again. So the other day while watching the song 'All is well', I told my 3 year old 'S' , that this is IIMB- my college.
'S' told me she wants to go IIM B. So I told her , if you study well you get there.
In due course of time,  she has developed a liking for that song 'All is well'.
A few days later.......
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'S' to me( referring to the washroom scenes in the song) - Mumma, did you have bath like this in IIM B?

Me (thinking  OMG .. Why why is she asking this) - No..Why?

S - Then why are they bathing like this ?

Me - Because it's a movie  , it's not real

S ( referring to the 3 idiot iconic pose from the song)- Mumma, in IIMB people do weird things na ( In Marathi, IIMB madhye loka kahitarich kartat na)

Me- No , they dont do like this, it's a movie, only the college is real. Rest is not..

....
A couple of days later......
S ( during her bath) - Why do they have bath like that all is well in IIM B?

I am like .....

Going on in my mind then "All characters and events depicted in this film are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."

#kahaani_poori_filmi_hain
#thande_thande_paani_se_nahaana_nahi_chahiye_sardi_ho_jayegi
#dsaidso
#justanothermumstory
#yetanothermumstory

-Dhanashree
Https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

The Shubh Muhurat

Thanks to the traffic scene these days, there is no exact time that I reach home daily. There is a bare minimum of standard deviation of + or - 20 mins from the mean time I reach daily.

 My daughter S who is seeking my attention and waiting for me to reach home is all excited about me coming in. So then we chat, we play. Then in the hope that she will be quiet when she is well fed, I feed her dinner.

The stage is all set for me to have dinner. I get my plate.

Just as I start eating,  S says "Mumma , diaper, I want to do potty"

Ok not so great timing, I think. To avoid further trouble for myself, I immediately put on her diaper. I again start to eat.

 Before I finish , she has finished her potty.
Up comes her voice, " Mumma I am done, please change the diaper"

Uffff....
No matter how much standard deviation may exist in my arrival times at home, or my dinner time, S's  potty time just has one shubh Muhurat. That's my dinner time- no matter what time I have my dinner :)

My mind goes into flashback mode -
MBA job interview scene - Where do you see yourself 5 years hence?

Me (then)- Learn, take more responsibility  blah blah

Me (now) - Trying to maintain my sanity while being super hungry, yet prioritising diaper changing while having dinner :) , and doing this daily over and over again.

#the_kid_pee_poo_saga
#dsaidso #yetanothermumstory #justanothermumstory

-Dhanashree
Https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

To A.C or to not A.C

First  there was TV and now there is AC. If  you ask me what's common between the two ,it's this- it's extremely  common to have different members of the family to have differing opinions on their usage. In case of TV it's about which channel to watch..In case of AC it's typically about two things - whether it should be ON and at what temperature.

So in my case it's no different - Mr , Little S and me have very divergent opinions on the AC usage. While it's always  a AC ON for the Mr , it's a AC OFF for me. Little S's opinion is mostly on my side,though it occasionally tilts to the Mr side. This is typically to get him to tell a nice story.

So it's just another night. We all want little S to sleep. Mr. as usual has put ON the AC.I as usual try to convince him to put it OFF.
Just as I wonder what would little S say, there she goes in a loud voice

" Baba, AC  band kar, mala ratri susu hoil" ( which means-Dad, pls put off AC else I will pee  and wet the bed in the night)

Probably one of the most funny , yet true reasons for putting off the AC.;)

#the_kid_pee_poo_saga
#dsaidso
#yetanothermumstory
#justanothermumstory

_Dhanashree
Https://dsaidso.blogspot.com

On becoming a mother.. #NaPoWriMo2018 Day16

My poetry for #NaPoWriMo on motherhood

Around 3 years ago I got promoted

It’s a girl was the message and I was elated

Those tiny little feet and hands

And those cat coloured eyes

They had an unusual charm

Made me forget my delivery pain alright

When will she speak, when will she walk

We all waited for her to talk

Time as you know passes fast

My little one now talks so much , you might feel lost

Mumma I love you she says always

Wants to sleep hugging me tight anyways

“You will know this when you become a mom” my mom used to say

“I know it now, what it means to have your heart in other body anyways”

Motherhood is not a role it’s not only giving birth

It’s a feeling which is unexplained in any words 

-Dhanashree

Hug Day( Valentine week)

On the occasion of hug day, a small poetry

Holding those tiny little feet and hands
I hugged my daughter tight , a new bond began

Everyday as I nursed her and held her close
The bond between us grew stronger I suppose

When my little one cries and hugs me tight
Touch is irreplaceable , it has its own might

In tough moments and joys
In illness as well as good health
A hug can do wonders to your mental health

Resilience, getting up fast are all big words
A big hug can make all these easier for us

We have technology , we have advanced
But none replaces the warm Hug of my mom

-Dhanashree

The "Parenting" Globe

In MBA , we had a course called as Business, Government and Society. We had a lot of reading material for that course and we hardly had any time or motivation ( not a high priority course for most people) to study the same. Hence we used to do what we called as "Globe" or "Globing". It essentially means going round and round or in any direction and writing something around that subject , even though it might be remotely related to the question. The ultimate goal was to finish the paper by doing some globe. Once I finished my MBA, I thought that level of globe was over. But parenting proved me wrong. Every night as I narrrate some of the randomest stories to my daughter, I globe. I talk gibberish sometimes,but I need to talk till she sleeps. Our stories range from why kids are not allowed in office to how  a dog came in the office to how my office taps internet usage and does not allow me to play YouTube. My husbands stories to her feature a range of colourful buses that deliver specific food items. And yes our stories sometimes lose the track so badly basis how sleepy we are. In the end I realise I still globe .. I globe till my daughter sleeps:)

Robert Frost had said -
But I have promises to keep,  
And miles to go before I sleep,  
And miles to go before I sleep.

I rephrase it to--
But Tomorrow I have office to reach
And stories to tell before I sleep
And hence I globe before I sleep
- Dhanashree