Witty Serendipity

She knows how to count! At nineteen months, she shocked me by pointing to two butterflies I'd drawn on her etch-a-sketch, and lifting up two pudgy fingers. Now, at 21 months, the lifting of the two fingers is accompanied by a loud, " dooo " - a combination of ' two ' and the Hindi word for it, ' do '. Although she knows what fingers one to five represent while counting, her favourite remains two, and as a result, anything she counts adds up to " dooo ". She also knows all the main colours - red ( aed ), blue ( booo ), yellow ( ell ), black ( wack ), white ( aaeet ), green ( geee ), purple, orange (indecipherable sounds, but they always remain the same for purple and for orange). She points to the right colour always, when you ask her a question like, "where's red?" She'll even look around the room and point out the first red thing she sees. But, if you point to a red object, and ask what colour it is, her favourite go-to o

I quit my job. And not only did I quit my job, I also quit working full-time. Nine years at Discovery, and -- excuse the bad pun -- but, what made me truly discover what I want in life is just the last six months. And what I want in life is to spend every minute that I can with our wonderful baby daughter, who at 21 months and 13 days, is the most interesting person I know! Of course, things will be tough, money will be short, and chasing clients while freelancing will be a nightmare! But, one look at that face, and it's ALL worth it for the joy of being with this amazing little person, and helping shape the amazing woman she'll grow up to be!