Contribution To The Society

Life is not about what you get but it is about what you give. You have to give out to the society - in any form. It is a contribution to the society.

Contribution to the society

Contribution means giving back to the society. We live in the society where everyone has a need of something. Not every single person is blessed to have everything in his life. The contribution means the act of giving, sharing, donating, helping, counseling or mentoring at free of cost. 

Why we should contribute?

We live in a community. And it is our duty to help our community in the various way whenever it is possible. It is our responsibility to serve our community without intentions of any monetary benefits.

How our contribution help to our society?

Our little help will change their present situation. It will encourage them. By helping our community we can become a good person. This is the way we came to know how we are as a person and can fit into this society or not?

Though we have a job and we pay our tax on time besides that we should positively contribute to the society irrespective of any disaster. Means you don't need to contribute only when there is flood, tusanmi or hurricane. Apart from that in your day to day life look out for those people who need your help. We can able to fulfill at least their basic need. 

Okay.

Yes, I really believe in helping the needy one. We means me and Mr. Hubby try to help as much as possible to them whoever ask help. We think this is the way we can be a good human being and contribute a little to the society.

The 6 way I contribute to our society. : 

I am sharing my experience. Generally we do not share our contribution. It is always on silent mode. But I want to document these small things on my blog post as a memory. It will help to upgrade our contribution in coming year. 😊 

1. Give free tuition :

 I believe in India Education and Hospitals should be free of cost. But that is the place where more money bluff happened. I gave free tuition since I started from my college day. I still remember I used to teach to mason's small kids free of cost. We had construction works near my colony and so these people live with the families. I saw many small kids playing in a sand. Then I went to play with them and start basic teaching without cost.

2. Purchasing things without bargain:

I do this kind of purchase specially in fair. This value is transfer from my Hubby. He believe they came to set up their shop in fair in order to earn money. They are so poor and why do you need to bargain. Earlier I used to tease him but after some time I convinced and apply the same rule.

3. Giving food to street kids :

We saw many kids on railway station or on street. They beg for money. Instead of that we used to give them chocolates, cakes, sweets, fruit whatever food present in nearby area. It gives the immense pleasure.

4. Donate Clothes :

I am huge declutter fan. In every six months I am decluttering clothes. Earlier I used to give it to some Orphanage people, who used to come at door step to collect clothes. 

I gave clothes to our housekeeping men's and womens. Many times I have been told why you giving them? 

But I know and I saw most of the time these clothes are used by them only. No matter if they sold or getting any benefits I will be the happy person.

5. Donate kids toys, books, stationary, shoes : 

As a mom we all have piles of the above mentioned things. Since my daughter born we had a huge bag of stationary, unused toys and books.  When she outgrow I generally kept one bag and toss everything which she don't use. Till date I am doing this. I used to donate clothes, shoes, toys to the poor kids who live in slum areas. 

Mr. Hubby know this area and used to go there for such donation. When he went there a group of small kids gather around his bike and he felt so happy by donating such items. 

6. Helping Teenage via counselling : 

Me and Mr. Hubby gone through a lot of struggle for education and job. With blessing of Almighty we are happy what we have today in our life. GREATFUL for that always. So whenever any teenager ask us ," Kaki /Kaka, want to talk with you! We always happy to listen them and help them.

Topic could be anything, but yes we listen them. They feel so relax and happy when it works for them. When we were teenager we don't have such support. We hesiste to talk with our parents. Still many teenager unable to have open conversation with parents. So I am always up with them. If they ask then only. I love to help them, guide them and show them correct way.

Do you believe in contribution? If yes, then what are the ways ? Comment.

Disclaimer :  This topic was by blog chatter blog hop. but unable to published it within that time. It is in drafts so sharing it now.

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Things I am Loving ( Gratitude List) #February Ediition #1

Happy Monday!

How many of you saw Venus on this Friday ? I didn't know it was Venus but after discussing with friends get to know. Voila, such a beautifil sight. And then I checked it on a Google. 

After reading many of yours morning routines, mindful living and many tips finally I wanted to have a structure routine which helps me in my personal growth. But with small baby I am unable to set routine. Every day is new to me and new challenge always there. I decided to take a small step, change the mindset and accept this temporary life moment.

When we as a woman wearing so many hats of being daughter, wife, mother, sister it is difficult to keep that balance of happiness and stress. Everyone is surrounded by stress, the struggle is how you cope up. There are many ways to handle stress but it gives fruits only when you adopting it.

I love to take small steps one by one. Out of which  first one is "GRATITUDE "I am greatful to the universe for everything. I can cook, feed, read, write and play with my babies.

I am sharing 5 things I am loving lately for the entire February month. Because my goal is to do mindfully. And so trying for the full month. 😊 

Writing :

Yes ! To keep my soul at right place. It helps me to have emotional balance. Thanks to the #blogchatter in which I participate #writeAPageDay.  I wrote every day and I can't believe I had many post in draft which I am going to publish. I write most of the post when I breastfeed them. 

They sent me this beautiful diary for completing the challenge. 

I wrote small poems too. Check out here and here .

Reading : 

Still I am struggling to read with offline books. I have started to read Harry Potter  from last 3 month, yet unable to have daily read. 

But yes, I do read aloud to my babies. Currently Haathi Bhai, I Love You, Little Why, Bubble Series are our favorite books which we read. They love books too. I was surprised when my 8 months old learn how to open a book.

I read online specially blogs. 

My favorite are : 

Madhu Mam's blog for  recipes : 

For different vide range of topic I like Harjeet Kaur blog  

Not tried Kindle yet. But yes it is on my list. 

Trying new recipe for my babies : 

Blessed to have access to doctor's nutritionist on social media and hence trying new baby recipes. My intentions to make them eat the same food which we are eating.  If you want to know how ? Then read my post on breakfast ideas. 

Intentional Play : 

Playing with my babies without taking any vidoes. Yes, I was addicted to take video. But now I am playing intentionally with them. Took videos only for special achievement of their milestone. And for my page where I shared #babyplayideas 

No phone till 12 pm: 

After 11 :30 pm I have to check my phone due to my daughter school bus time. But strictly I do not touch my phone since morning after I got up from sleep. It was my goal from January and I am able to maintain till date. Success!

And able to cook more to feed my family. 😉

These are on my list always. Reading and daily writing was my struggle. But to my surprised I wrote more post in my postpartum period. Whereas I decided to document twin pregnancy but unable to do that.

At the beginning I keep these goal in my mind. I wanted to see how long I will do it. To be honest I started this at the end of January with on and off. But with constant effort I made it possible. 😊

This is my gratitude list which give me the feeling of content and productive. 😊

I am just a mom with intentions to live life happily. So that I can able to transfer the life values to my kids. I believe kids learn through observing and I am trying to be the best version of myself with continuous practice.

Do you have any monthly goal? How do you track it?

Thank you for stopping by!

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Bohemian Bibliophile.

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Kids/Baby Approved Weekly Healthy Breakfast Idea #2

Happy Monday ! 

Spring just started with little bit of rain😁 Here, in Mumbai we had rain on Friday with heavy breeze. Local trains were stuck as usual and roads were blocked with heavy traffic. How about you ? Did you experience rain in your area?

So weekend was quite cold. Not so cold and not so hot. But I love that atmosphere in my locality. Sunday was quite lazy as usual. Everyone was sleeping till 10.00 am and so I took this precious time in doing some cleaning. Yes! Utilizing time is the precious thing for me currently.

Anyway the post is kids approved Indian Breakfast ideas means what we actually eat in this week.

Sunday :

Cheese Sandwich

 I did cleaning only for 30 minutes. Everyone got up late and so we had cheese sandwich. It is simple and ready in 10 minutes. 

I apply pizza pasta sauce on bread, put one slice of cheese and cover the bread. Tadda, sandwich is ready! We had it with coffee. 

For babies I toast whole wheat bread with home made ghee and serve them in bit sized. I tried to give them cheese but they don't like it.

Monday 

Easy pessy Rava Uttapam 

If you following me you know I do not prepare lengthy recipe. This one is easy pessy. I soaked 1 cup semolina in half cup curd for 30 minutes. 

To that mix I added chopped onion, tomato and coriander with little basic spices like haldi, red chilli powder and salt. Mixed it very well and prepare uttapam on griddle. Serve with coconut chutney which I preapared on Sunday. 

For Babies.

Used the same batter without spice. Only add salt and roast with ghee. They loved it.

Tuesday : 

Palak Paratha

Grind 1 cup of blanched palak on Monday night. Knead a dough with puree of palak with basic masala. I added ajwain, red chilli powder, chat masala and salt. Roll it like paratha and roast it with generous amount of ghee. Serve with curd. My daughter love to eat with sauce. I give only little bit amount of sauce. I am happy that palak is in her tummy now 😁

To my surprised my baby too eat this with curd. Almost 1/4 part of part. Happy me! 

Wednesday : 

Omelettes

yep we love to have it. Beat two eggs for my daughter without onion. Added black pepper, haldi and little bit of red chilli powder and salt.

Baby friendly was without salt but I with pinch of pepper. Fry it in ghee. They love it too. 

And for me it is always 3 eggs + onion + green chilli + coriander beat it till fluffy and roast it in amul butter 😉. I know it is not healthy but some times I do.  Yummy fluffy omelet is ready. No need of bread or paratha. I gobbled it with red chilli hot and sour sauce. It taste yummy. Do try it once.

Thursday : 

Pasta : It is my family favorite. I made it mostly on weekend so that Mr. Hubby also have it. On kids demand I have to keep one of favorite dish. 

It is semolina pasta. I made it in both white and red sauce. It is simple. Just toss garlic onion in half butter and half oil. Add up mayoneese plus pizza pasta sauce with mixed herb and salt. Add up boiled pasta and lastly grate cheese. Yummy pasta is ready in 10 minute. 

For baby :

 I toss boiled pasta in butter and grate cheese with pinch of salt and pepper. They love it. But my elder twin love to eat from our plate. We always give little bit from our plate too.

Friday 

Vermicili upma

This can be made in 15 minutes. I have roasted Vermicili. The recipe is same like a suji upma. Fry onion, green chillies, curry leaves, grated carrot, haldi and salt. Garnish it with peanut and sauce.

For babies :

 I give the same. Only adding green chillies after serving baby.

They don't like it at all.😐 so I made ragi porridge for them.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it didnt and it is okay. We are on trial and error period. Where my twins trying each dish. So I am very excited to give them everything. But at the same time do not keep any expectations that they will like it. 

These are our kid/baby friendly breakfast recipe which we eat in last week.

Hope you get the idea and consider that healthy eating is very much easy with little bit of preparation which reduce your headache.😊

I love to feed my family because we all are foodie. So planning a menu with them is my favorite work on weekend. 

More ideas on kids approved breakfast ideas here.

Do you plan your meal? Anything lunch, breakfast or dinner? How?

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Mads' Cookhouse.

 

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Twins Girls 12 months Update

My twins already completed 12 months. I always wanted to document the updates but somehow unable to do that. You can say it is a mommy protection. So it will be back dated. 

Both twins  girls having totally opposites personality from each other. And so there is difference in achieving the milestone. 

For us as a parents it is complete new experience. This time I was very cool and allow them to explore with the flow. I am so so greatful to the God to have such adorable twins.❤

Currently updates of my twins at 12 months. 

First one is "S" and the other one is "I"

WEIGHT :

Born weight was around 2 kg of both of them. Both had attain good amount of weight. S is 8.5 kg. And "I" was 7.9 kg. I was always concerned with that weight but yes I know both are twins and came in this world without any difficulty. Compared to their birth weight they are healthy. So people will talk, and let them talk. I am greatful that my babies are active and healthy.

EAT /FEED

S take less feed and eat only when she is terrible hungry.

"I" have strict schedule of feed and eat.

Both have 3 meals in a day. One Bteakfast lunch and dinner. 

In between they always ready to eat whatever we eats. 😉 I continue feed them our meals.

Sleep : 

Sometimes both sleep on same schedule. Have 2.5 hr day nap time with 3 hr awake time. 

Night sleep is around 10: 30 pm to 9 : 00 am with still night feeding.

Toy Basket

Play : 

Both are equally active and play lots. With pots and tins. These are their favorite basket and currently I have added animals to their toys. Ball is still favorite of both of them.Check out baby play idea on my Instagram page. 

Walk : 

Well, S started to walk at 11 months only.

And I just start to stand on herself. She generally walk with support. Actually both were walking at the same time with wall and couch support. 

But S quickly learn to walk and now days she constantly walking only😇.

Climb: 

Both are very good at climbing on anything. On couch, bed, chair, window frames, staircase almost on anything. 

"I " did specialisation at sitting some critical places like, under the chair, under the high stool, on hands of couch.😐

My goal is to always stick with their schedule. Giving them open space to explore. Playing with them and showing them how to play. Because play is very important part of babies development.

As a parents it is not easy to handle a baby.  Overwhelming information flooded on social media we tend to do many things. But in my opinion every baby is unique and intelligent. We don't need to teach them. Instead of that we have to trust them. We should provide support to them. It is very important to give them freedom to explore the world the way they want. 

I hope this is my personal baby update will helpful to you. And if you want to share anything please share in the comment section. That will be added knowledge to me.

Have you keep updates of your baby like this? 

Till then,

Happy Parenting.

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Happy Women's Day - Quotes and Message

"A VERY HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY"

We women are incredibles, Intelligent and multitasker. Every home, every family, every emotions, every function is incomplete without us. Though there are some social rituals and patriarchy, womans are not getting that much respect and freedom now days too.  Womens are still expected to act according to the wish of family and Husband. Still there is no empowerment in home too. It will take a lots of time to change. So kick off that patriarchy and celebrate for each other. 

As a woman we are multitasker and everything is possible for us. On account of this International Women's day I am wishing you all incredible women's a Very Happy International Women's Day"

Cheer for US! support to each others and be there to help another woman whenever she required.

What is the International Women's Day?

International Women's Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. 

What is the Importance  of International Women's Day ?

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Read in details here : 

Who started International Women's Day celebration?

 

In August 1910, an International Socialist Women's Conference was organised to precede the general meeting of Socialist Second International in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired in part by the American socialists, German delegates Clara Zetkin, Kate Duncker and others proposed the setting up of an annual ‘Women's Day’.

7 Message I want to give to every woman.

🌻Don't give up too early. 

🌻Hey beautiful be you and do not try to fit in anyone's angle.

🌻You are worthy. And do not wait for validation from the others.

🌻Always give priority to yourself first. Take care of yourself because no one us going to take care of you.

🌻Be a beautiful person and then only we can generate good human being of next generation.

🌻Always concentrate on your flaws and upgrade yourself. Instead of trying to change others mindset.

🌻Move if you are uncomfortable.

---------- From MemoryFlies.

Sharing some of my favorites quotes from internet which you can share on these woman's day.

🏵The earth is happy when woman smile.

🏵Happy Women's Day.

🏵Behind every successful woman is "Herself".

🏵You can do more than you think.

🏵You are beautiful. You are not alone. You are inspiring.

There is no limit to what we can accomplish.  -Michelle Obama

Where there is a woman there is a magic.  -Ntozake Shange

No one is you and that is your super power.

Do you celebrate Women's Day? How? 

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Mads' Cookhouse.

Information Source : Wikipedia, IWD, Google

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#BlogchatterBlogHop 6 Things I do to nurture my creative self

Creative activity could be describe as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual

- -- Arthur Korstle

Yes, I truly believe in the above statement. Creative person is always eager to learn something new. Don't you think ? We all are creative. Aren't we ? 

Glad that I am a mother - stay at home mom, after being professional CS life turned into Stay at home mom  made me creative person. Otherwise I wouldn't able to find out my skills and talent. I believe every creative person is Talented. ! 😎

So What do you think a creative self means ?

Creativity is something that allows people to show what they are capable of doing. For the most part, this ability is unique to almost every individual.

---- Joanna Yanez

Joanna definition is relatable. When I look around or I can say our Social Media, tons of moms, people are Creative. Some of them are really Gem. I have learned, still learning and inspiring from them. 

According to me Creative self means you have some skills and you are able to create things by using that skills. These may help you and may inspire others too. More than I am  concentrating on self help 😊

How do I find my creativity ? And why?

Being stay at home mom after ditching your career is stressful. Many moms are going through this and very few can cope up with it.  I even had a depression which almost ruined my mental state as well as my family's peace. And believe me you have to came out from this by yourself only. No one is going to help you. You will find tons of advisers which mostly give out negativity. 

I decided to toss the advice.

How?

When I was pregnant  I  started reading. I discovered blogs, specially international moms blogs which inspire me a lot. Somehow I was able to connect with them and feel glad that I am not alone, a struggling mom!

After almost 1 year of reading I feel I can write. I started slowly writing. And to my surprised I can write, when Mr.Hubby appreciate it. And after almost 3 year I started my blog - Memory flies!

Which things I do to nurture my creative self?

These are 6 things I love to do to have my creative spark.

1.Creative writing experiement :  

I started my writing for fun and while experimenting I learned from scratch. Then slowly I wrote on some Journal style, informative style and then jotting my parenting life too. 

Though I am not that much professional but yes, I like my work when it is get appreciated. And so happy when my blog was selected among top mom blogs in India.

2. Sketching - 

I love painting. I made board in my 20's 😊 Now after so many year want to learn sketching. Thanks to the YouTube where I learned and still learning sketching. 

For me these are my meditation.

3. Bottle painting : 

As I said above I love paiting. I did fabric painting course in my 20s. So try to use that skill. I have had painted these bottles. What is that called - yes,  trash to treasure. 

4. Brainstorm :

There are lots of in my brain. I have to pen down otherwise I lost it.😁Does it happen with you? 

I keep that habit to brainstorm daily-  mostly in the morning when I had my tea and at night when everyone sleeps I utilize that 15 to 20 min. That is the way I keep my creative writing live. 

5. .Yoga /dance /Moving body : 

Earlier I used to go for Zumba session. I like dance workout. With that we used to do Yoga and stretching too. I enjoyed a lot and that was my stress buster.

Currently with babies I jump, run, stretch 😁😀 As much as I can move my body with my babies . But yes moving body on daily basis make you fresh. 

6. Playing creatively with twins : 

As a nuclear family there is no one with us. Once Mr.hubby went to the office and daughters went to the school, me and my twins enjoyed a lot. We played with animals, toys, dolls , pots etc. and then only they get tired and sleep well.😉

Jokes apart but play is very important step in baby's development. Instead of make them sit in front of screen I make sure to give them freedom to explore. 

Check out my baby play ideas on my Instagram page @memoryflies.

Apart from this I like to read books and blogs. Now days unable to get back to my reading but I do read aloud to my kids.

This is the way I keep myself creative which keeps me stress free. 

What is your way for being creative?

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Mads' Cookhouse.

 

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