“Sometimes the strongest shoots emerge from the deepest sh*t.”
Ritu Bhathal
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds
22 Mar 2023 18 Comments
in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Strength
20 Mar 2023 26 Comments
in Chai and a Chat Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Catch Up, Chai and a Chat
Hello there! I am rather cold. Is it definitely Spring?
Have you got your drink?
This week my kids get an extra day off on Monday as their staff have a training day. I’ll be in all week, though, finishing off Performance Management reviews, as well as data. I think, teaching-wise, it is a pretty ‘normal’ week (Hope I haven’t spoken too soon!) And then early on Sunday morning the clocks ‘spring forward’ meaning an hour less in bed, but blissfully lighter evenings will be upon us!
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19 Mar 2023 31 Comments
in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Mother's Day, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday
“If I could be even half the mother you are, Mum, I’d be among the best.”
Ritu Bhathal
It’s Mothering Sunday, Peeps, and I write this as I wait for my family to rise from their slumbers.
While I wait, I want to pay a huge tribute to my mum, a woman who has been through so much in her life, yet ensured she has been there for my brother and I, our whole lives.
She’s nurtured us but not mollycoddled us, kept us from straying off the straight and narrow, but never clipped our wings, taught us to be the adults we are now, she has supported us, and loved us in that unconditional way only a mother can ever do.
Not only that, she is the most amazing grandma (Naani) to Lil Man and Lil Princess, and Daadi to my Finndian nephews.
Love you mum, with all my heart 💖
I can’t forget the other mother figures in my life who have played important roles in my life, too.
My aunts who always looked at me as another daughter, my Ammi, my bestie’s mum, who, when we were at uni, was closer, distance-wise, than my own mum, so would be constantly sending food, and distributing motherly hugs when needed, and my mother-in-law, who gave me the gift of my Hubby Dearest, and who is a wonderful grandma to our children, too.
I hope you’ll take a minute to see the little montage of photos I have put together for my mum. It’s soundtrack is a song called Maavan te Dhiyaan, translating as Mothers and Daughters.
I’d also like to take a moment to remember those for whom Mother’s Day can be tough. Those without a mum, those in the difficult process of trying to become a mum, those grieving a lost angel. There’s a mother inside each of us. Love, strength and prayers to you all. 🙏🏽💛
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers out there 😊
18 Mar 2023 23 Comments
in #SoCS Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Socs, T*t Tape
Linda’s SoCS prompt…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “tape.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Use it any way you like. Enjoy!
You may laugh when you read this. Or cringe and think “Ritu! What are you on?!”
But recently I have been thinking about ‘tit’ tape.
You know, that magical stuff that is supposed to support your girls, and stop them from being exposed in revealing outfits.
I recently watched a video of someone who is advancing in years, using a product rather like ‘tit’ tape, but stronger, and, well more substantial.
Because it’s not just about exposure when you get a little older.
Sagging occurs.
Believe me, I now know.
Because if I put on my dressing gown, and tie the cord around my waist, I have to hike my girls up before I tie it, in case they get caught!
They could definitely do with some of that industrial tape when not encased in their usual brassiere!
I am definitely feeling the bodily effects of age, now!
(Today’s post is one I never thought I would write… That’s the power of SoCS!)
15 Mar 2023 26 Comments
in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Schtum
“Sometimes, nothing you say will be the right thing, so best to stay quiet, no matter how hard it is.
Ritu Bhathal
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds