Shilpa Roy Kota
Parenting Stories (and more) from the desk of an imperfect parent
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Yog’s morning walk starts when we leave to drop Toyna to the school bus. Toyna’s school teachers at the stop, are very fond of Yog and love to play with him. Yog, on the other hand, has different set of preferences, which are in this order: 1. Dogs, 2. Automobiles, 3. Stones, 4. People. He, therefore,…
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A recent lesson I learnt in life – The biggest paradox of life is that in order to make any change happen, we have to first accept life as it is, with all its beauty and its ugliness. We have to accept that some days we will be cheated. Some days we will be hurt. Some days we will cry till…
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There are two challenges I continuously encounter when taking Yog out for his daily walks. One, he loves automobiles irrespective of the fact whether they are stationary or moving. If he sees a car coming towards him, in place of moving away from it, he will try and run towards it. Even a split second…
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One thing that I am quite happy Yog has taken from me, is my love for dogs. We don’t have a dog at home so we are always out looking for dogs on the road. There is a very well mannered pet dog in our neighbourhood by the name “Classy”. As soon as we turn…
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Did you know – those born with special needs, are at the same time also born with special skills, which most of us “normal” beings don’t possess. Like we consider them needy, I am sure they consider us more so.
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Sometimes the Love that you have nurtured and held dear for a long time, has the capability to strangle you completely, till you are gasping for breath. Going through that phase with Yog. His attention for me, and demands of attention from me, are leaving me completely perplexed. When I am at home, the only…
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The smallest ant, the mightiest mountain, the farthest planet and even the darkest hole in the milky way is all there for a purpose. Yet, most human beings, considered the most intelligent specie ever, live our lives on a daily basis without the sense of a positive purpose. If that is what intelligence means, my…
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Just like we cannot replace 1 hour of daily exercise for 10 days, with 10 hours of continuous exercise in 1 day; we cannot replace quality time spent with relationships on a daily basis, with years of continuous time together. Some things flourish with just a little focus every day. If we don’t give that…
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I seem to be re-learning all Project Management lessons from my children. After a session on perception management from Toyna, Yog taught me a very useful lesson on Change Management. As Yog turned one year old, the pressure on me to give up infant practices and transition him into toddler ways started to build up. After his first birthday we…
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I have been planning this for months now – giving a birthday gift to myself by going live with own, yes! my very own website. In spite of months of planning and thought process, I still missed the date. Even though I am late by a day, I still vowed to myself to take out…
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