Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world – or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all: her daughter is definitely not going to fail that crucial secondary school entrance exam. Because Alice has decided to take the test in her place… Alice is one over-protective mom who tries to be everything that her kids need. She would do ANYTHING so that her kids can have bright futures. She is the  kinda parents that would squeeze every single minute out of their kids living daylights by sending them to all kinds of class that anyone could possibly offer, fencing, karate, taekwando, maths, piano, swimming, hockey, you na...

Little Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer just before her 6th birthday. Doctors gave her approximately 135 days to live. So what did she do with her remaining days? She hid little love notes around the house for her family to find after she was gone. The notes are in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks.... find out more notes at Elena's Notes ************************** Sangat heartwarming. Her parents have published her notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization, The Cure Starts Now , dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer. Some people though that the story is faked, some said its bullshit, that the parents are doing all this for money. I dont care. And I wont know the truth anyways. So why dont we all put the skepticism aside and just enjoy the story as it is.

Synopsis : When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta , they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend. ****************** *Spoilers ahead* My motherly instinct was what made me spent RM40 to get the book off the shelf. Now I wish I...