Author: yanakazman
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The Other Side

I’d like to treat the years we live in as friends. Instead of being mad at the year and myself for all the untouched and unfinished resolutions, I would rather thank it instead, reflect on what I have learnt and bid it farewell before we all welcome a new friend called 2019. The happiest moment…
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Rena

My best friend tagged me in a challenge where you post a picture of yourself from 10 years ago and a current one, along with a message you’d tell your 19 year old self. In the midst of searching for old photos, I stumbled upon a picture of the different savouries Rena cooked for me…
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Sick

Rauf isn’t even 2 yet and he’s already been admitted to the hospital 3 times, with the latest being diagnosed with Influenza B. Every time he gets ill I torture myself with all the ‘what did I do wrong’ questions. To avoid myself going crazy with the guilt I tell myself all mothers and children…
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The Coin

When I was a teenager, my dad and I went somewhere to eat. I dropped a twenty cent coin from my purse but ignored it. He asked me if I was going to pick it up, I foolishly said no and said ‘it doesn’t matter dad, the value is too little for anything’. My dad…
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PS: I am MOMMY

Mondays are the worst for me. It’s horrible for most of us but it’s the day I dread because that’s when I miss Rauf the most. I look forward for work but separating from Rauf after being with 24 hours during the weekend is just dreadful. Rauf grew 3 inches tall in the past 3 months.…