City (Condo) Life’s Pros and Cons

Moving has got to be one of the toughest tasks that one has to perform during adulthood. In the past 13 months we have had to move twice and both times were challenging, emotionally as well as physically. The first move was from Pakistan to Canada (Lahore to Toronto) and now the second move has…

Refusing textured food disorder in toddlers

This post is really close to my heart because I am going to talk about an issue that has kept me up for several nights, that convinced me at one point that I have failed as a mother and that made me question every ounce of my existence for a good 3.25 years of my…

Toronto to Atlanta (Part – 2)

After the extremely tiring road trip, all of us slept like babies (my babies slept through the night which does not and I mean DOES NOT happen, like ever!). The next morning, my brother (Taimur) and sister-in-law (Maleeha) suggested that we go see the CNN headquarters and the Coca Cola factory. CNN Headquarters: I would…

Toronto to Atlanta (mind you, by road!) – Part 1

My parents were visiting my brother (Taimur) in Atlanta, and you know how we are all in North America and it seems no big deal to go to the US, so we decided to go meet them. Here came the twist in the story;  Zoey did not have her PR card at that time and…

The Do’s and Don’t’s of moving in into a new place

When we moved to Toronto, Canada earlier this year from Lahore, Pakistan , the biggest challenge for us (apart from adjusting to the cold weather) was to find a place as close to what we had back home (in terms of area) and let me tell you we failed miserably. That is where the first…