31 Days Archives - Devi Abraham

zone

May 20, 2020October 24, 2013 by Devi Abraham

The more I’m in my zone, the more I love parenting. My zone is rarely clean, it doesn’t look like a pinterest craft, it’s not matching or clever. My zone is a hint of a plan mixed with some spontaneity against a backdrop of disorder with splashes of creativity and colour and a huge helping … Read more zone

comparison

May 20, 2020October 23, 2013 by Devi Abraham

Dear Devi, Hey, you over there, can you hear me? Yes, I heard the lady in the church crèche, too. Her son was talking at 10 months, and I saw your heart filling slowly with fear. You wondered about Little Boy – nine months at the time – and why he didn’t have words yet. You’re … Read more comparison

husbands

May 20, 2020October 22, 2013 by Devi Abraham

This is the inevitable post about marriage, or the inevitable post about toilet paper in marriage. I report you, decide, but either way, We Are Going There. Husband and I have different bathroom habits. We side-stepped the how-to-squeeze-a-tube-of-toothpaste debacle, and for a while I thought we were superior to every other married couple for it, … Read more husbands

slow

May 20, 2020October 18, 2013 by Devi Abraham

He was a gruff, Greek man who gave driving lessons in Melbourne, Australia, and I needed lessons because my driving test was only a few weeks away. I was feeling woefully unequipped to take the test and feeling insecure about my ability to parallel park, among other things. He came to our house in Noble … Read more slow

Sara Groves

May 20, 2020October 15, 2013 by Devi Abraham

There are musicians that partner with you in the different stages of life, and for me Sara Groves is one of those. My little sister gave me “Fireflies and Songs” before I left for Geneva to be with not-yet-Husband. He and I started our three months in the same city by getting engaged and ended … Read more Sara Groves

faith

May 20, 2020October 14, 2013 by Devi Abraham

Little Boy and I both fell down the stairs today. We were walking to the kitchen from his room; he had just woken from his afternoon nap. We were talking, the moment was light, then my socks slipped and I went down from stair to stair to stair, hot pain in my back. Little Boy … Read more faith

outside

May 20, 2020October 11, 2013 by Devi Abraham

Only one small little thought for all of us today.

I don’t think I’ve spent as much time outdoors in my life as I have since moving to Stockholm. Swedes are out all the time in any kind of weather, sporting the best outdoor wear you can imagine. We’ve begun the process of outfitting ourselves for the fall and winter or “finter” as I like to call it because fall here feels like winter to me. We all have our waterproof and windproof jackets and shoes, and oh it really does make a difference. For the first time in my life, I feel like going outside in the cold. It’s 11C/32 F for us today, and I was out in a t-shirt, jeans and these rain boots of mine. I love wearing them and running around with Little Boy in the yard. Nothing gets wet except for the boots – amazing.

Getting outside has been a sanity-saving, health-improving, mood-boosting part of the last few months. When I think of the months and months I spent cooped up in our apartment in Geneva with my newborn and toddler, I now wonder, why?

Go outside today, friends. It’s a beautiful world.

This post is Day 11 of 31 Days of blogging in October. I am writing this month about my first season of motherhood, sharing stories and lessons that stayed with me from that time.

(New to this series? Start here and follow the links to each day’s post.)

time

May 20, 2020October 10, 2013 by Devi Abraham

This post is edited from the archives. You can read the original one here. Nuggets! Want nuggets! Want have it! In a minute, I say, the nuggets are still cooking in the oven. First cook it, then eat it, he says, Little Boy is trying to understand time. Yes, I reply, but first we have to wait a little bit. These … Read more time

schedules

May 20, 2020October 9, 2013 by Devi Abraham

Little Boy came out, and there was one thing on my mind from the first hours on, When will he get on a schedule? I don’t know how many times a day Husband heard me saying, What time is it??????? (Neither of us wear watches.) I smile at that woman now because I can hear the contents of … Read more schedules

obama

May 20, 2020October 8, 2013 by Devi Abraham

So the other night I was feeding Baby, and he seemed a bit unhappy. I was thinking maybe I didn’t have enough milk. (This is my second time around with a newborn, and truly I think about almost nothing. I hardly ever change his diaper, he’s had one bath since August 10. Serious. My firstborn … Read more obama