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Celebrating Mother’s Day in Quarantine

(top left to right)  Grandma and Me; Mom and me; (bottom left to right) My Bunny & Me; Mom-In-Law and Me As we are all getting used to the “new normal”, staying home shouldn’t really stop us from showing our love and gratitude for the people we love. With each new day, calendar forwards without a change and occasions come on the defined time – unaware of the fact that we are under lockdown due to COVID-19. With the occasions falling on a calendar day, the only difference I find is that everything is home-bound instead of a fun-filled evening watching the most awaited blockbuster at Cineplex followed by dinner at your favorite restaurant or traveling to the nearby destination and spending a night at the lake-side hotel! But this shouldn’t stop the fun or stop you from celebrating and acknowledging the special days – Birthday, Anniversary, Festivals, and appreciation days such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day! Since 2020 is a special year, Mother’s Day celebration ...

Baby Registry

I cannot tell you how happy I feel about writing this post. It was only after I got married, that I formally knew about the term “Registry”. I had never known such a wonderful practice was in place to make things easier for the host and even for the guests. So instead of spending money on buying gifts, thinking if the host would like or not, better pick the gift from their registry and it is a happy ending! So those of you who do not know, Registry is a wish list of items you as a host (parents-to-be) can create and share with your friends and family who are looking to buy gifts for your Baby Shower or even after baby is born. Now-a-days you can create your Registry either online or in-store. I had looked up at the most known stores like Toys R Us, Walmart, Buy Buy Baby and Pottery Barn.  Well, I ended up creating my registry with Amazon. It offered me a welcome gift, free home delivery, and gift-wrapping options as well as return policy as per their stand terms and condition...