Posted in Culture, Expat, Life, NaBloPoMo, Opinion, Pakistan, tagged NaBloPoMo, Life, Pakistan, Culture, Fashion Week on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FASHION WEEK IN KARACHI, day 4
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Pakistani women love fashion. At least, the women that I know. Trips to shop for fabric, lace, buttons and other notions are a weekly chore, and the tailor’s bill and punctuality a constant subject of conversation.
I have in the past been exasperated and impatient with what I’ve [...]
Posted in Culture, Expat, Life, NaBloPoMo, Pakistan, tagged Culture, Expat, Life, NaBloPoMo, Pakistan, Women on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every Tuesday for the past year I have been reading an advice column that appears in the women’s section of the English-language newspaper that we get delivered to our home.
I like to read it because it gives me a chance to learn about the issues that the women who write asking for advice are facing [...]
Posted in About me, Blogging, Expat, Family, Life, Motherhood, NaBloPoMo, Pakistan, Rants, tagged Blogging, homesick, Life, Motherhood, NaBloPoMo, Pakistan, Rants on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m feeling pretty sorry for myself today. It’s been one of those days when everything piles on and I don’t have the strength to put on a happy face.
The word “Mama” being uttered every five minutes jars on my nerves. I am homesick, and loneliness feels like a load on my shoulders that I can’t shake off. I [...]
Posted in Children, Family, Life, Motherhood, Pakistan, tagged first year, Motherhood, new baby, nipple confusion on October 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My baby boy is now fourteen months. He is no longer a helpless, fragile bundle of limbs, but an eager explorer of the world around him. I remember the early days of his life and I marvel at how far we have come. The nights he wouldn’t sleep, the mornings when I felt like death, the throbbing, painful [...]
