By Piyushi Dhir
Mom says Corona is going… I was excited to hear that. “Can I play with my friends?” I asked. “We have to take things slowly,” Mom explained. “We can start by making a social bubble.” “What’s a social bubble?” “Now ten people can meet among each other, but we still can’t go to the market […]
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Everything is different these days, isn’t it? Even birthdays are. It was my friend’s birthday last week and at first I didn’t know what to do. But with some new ideas, I celebrated it in a most unusual way. Mom suggested a day before that I make her a birthday card. We did that with […]
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Whether I speak to my grandparents in India, or my friends in Canada or even some of my older friends in Africa, the story is the same everywhere. Everyone is staying home because of Corona! If you don’t know what Corona is, read my post where I tried explaining it. What has happened to the world? […]
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Hello from my home to yours! At least, I hope you are not being naughty and wandering around – stay home and stay safe. But honestly, this staying at home is getting a little too much. It started out as fun because I didn’t have to rush to eat breakfast and get dressed for school […]
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I am not sure if you have heard about this big bad guy called Corona, who is making people sick. My mom was trying to explain him to me and I think he is just a very big germ that is boom-ing people. My teachers at school taught all of us how to wash our […]
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The other day, Mom and I were listening to some songs and I heard one about a Country Mouse and a City Mouse. It was a fun song about how the Country Mouse likes to eat oats and beans, while the city mouse likes to eat cake and cheese. I was reminded of the song […]
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Last weekend, Mom and Dad took me to a place called Barrie, a ninety minute drive north from our home. The further north we went, the more snow I could see around me. Only last week I had been praying to God to send more snow and suddenly it was like my wish had been […]
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Hello! Hello! I am back! Some of you may remember me from two years ago, when I used to post my ‘Diary of a One Year Old’. Life was exciting as I zoomed in and out of Dubai, Paris and Ivory Coast in Africa. And then Canada happened! That’s when I went AWOL. What happened […]
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Part of the ‘Baby Diaries’ seriesAs I was mentioning in my last post, our exciting journey across Africa ended in the polluted air of Delhi. Even as we landed, I couldn’t help but notice the glaring contrast between the smog-filled air I was seeing around myself and the lush greenery I had just left behind […]
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Part of the ‘Baby Diaries’ seriesWhile travel seems to have become routine for me, the thrill of seeing a new place has not worn off. In my third trip to India, instead of flying through Dubai, we took the Ethiopian Airlines through Addis Ababa. We did not step out into the city in our 4-hour […]
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