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As I am ushering the new year in, I can’t help but look back to when everyone was envisioning the 2020 ahead. My Facebook timeline then was full of lines like these: Bring it on 2020, I am ready for you The best is yet to come Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true All of us have sent everyone our well wishes too. But no one, nothing had prepared us to what 2020 had brought us. A coronavirus that was identified in China late of 2019 became the pandemic that hit the globe in 2020. Everyone’s affected, no ones exempted. Rich dying regardless of the money or power they have. Poor people robbed of hope as they lost jobs. It’s been a rough year for everybody. 2020 is definitely not the best year ever. And the coming new year brings new hope but we all know that this pandemic will not magically disappear in January 1st. As we fight this coronavirus, I hope for a slow shift to go back to the ol...

In my pre-baby life I had it together. I get to wake up a little late and still have all the time in the world to sip my morning coffee without rushing. I enjoyed my shower and still have time to put on some makeup and carefully choose clothes from my closet that would make me look somewhat stylish (to my taste). I had the luxury of time to ironed my clothes. I jogged, played badminton or sometime spent time away in a Starbucks cafe chatting with friends. Then I became a mom. My priorities shifted. Suddenly none of these things mattered (which I am glad because I really don't have the time for those things anymore). I eventually hit my stride as a mother and managed my new 'mom' life bringing on with me some of the important aspects from my former life. My everyday is now a never ending cycle that goes something like this: 1. Wake up (before anyone does) 2. Prepare breakfast, pack lunch, prepare my kid 3. Throw on whatever fits from my closet and pretend it’s ...