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54 encouraging words to say to your child.

Post author:sherryfah2@gmail.com
Post published:November 5, 2017
Post category:Parenting Random Thought
Post comments:11 Comments

Parenting can be daunting. The burden of looking after another human can have effects on our relationship with the children. Parents sometimes forget how precious their children are and in the moment of anger and frustrations, we tend to lash out without meaning to.

It has been proven that positive words have lasting effects in shaping children’s future. Expressing how you feel should not be when your child makes you proud, good words and positivity should be part of parenting.

Here are some encouraging words to say to your child daily. (more…)

Life as my little girl sees it.

Post author:sherryfah2@gmail.com
Post published:October 29, 2017
Post category:Lifestyles Random Thought
Post comments:5 Comments

“We only live once”, this was what my little girl said as I turned to the road leading to her school. I concentrated on the road ahead in time to recover from the shock of her utterance. As I dropped her off at school that day and kissed her goodbye, I thought of what she said before rushing off to begin my daily monotonous routines.

I have heard this short phrase many times, I sometimes used it when talking to people, but, I never pondered on it until my 11 years old explained its meaning.

Sometimes, I express myself openly and some other times, I crawl backwards. I, however, found myself sinking into myself and shunning the world around me as my commitments and responsibilities expand. With the vigorous effects of life’s ups and downs, I have locked myself in unending spiralling vicious circles.

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What the other girls said.

Post author:sherryfah2@gmail.com
Post published:April 23, 2017
Post category:Lifestyles
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I was with my friends one day when we started talking about another girl. To be honest, I was dragged into the conversation and I remembered mocking the girl’s hairstyle. We took nothing of the talk and went to bed after a big laugh about the person in question.

The following morning, we all prepared for class as usual and went our separate ways looking forward to the day’s business at our different departments. As I walked briskly to the lecture hall, I heard someone called my name and when I looked back, it was the same girl we spoke about the night before. I stopped while she walked up to me and before we could exchange pleasantries she said ” I heard everything you guys said about me yesterday. You said my hairstyle looked like a toddler’s who was having a birthday party”.

As she uttered those words, I felt the ground melted underneath my feet. With hot flushes spiraling around in my head, I stood fixed on the same spot. What I said wasn’t as bad as the others, I only said a few words which made my friends laugh, but, nothing out of the ordinary. I remember thinking and cracking my head of what was actually said. (more…)