People person or People pleaser?

Quick blog post today – What is the difference between a people person and a people pleaser? A people person is someone who has no problem mingling with, talking to and dealing with different kinds of people. He/she enjoys it and often feels his/her world empty and boring without an active social life. Doesn’t necessarily…

Shut the noises out!

I thought I can easily practice what I preach to my kids and detox from electronics whenever I want! I thought I have full control on my time and what I do with it, until I recently got completely sucked into the dark side of social media! The negative side of that world which officially…

Odds? What Odds?

When we say (against all odds), what do we really mean? Does it mean that we defeated a concept? Won a battle against some well-studied mathematical perimeters and statistics? Were part of an unexpected miracle (if you are like me and still believe in miracles)? Or all the above? Lately the idea of numbers and…

The truth behind a picture!

You probably see a happy family full of smiles in this picture, but one picture can say a thousand words! Yesterday I had a powerful conversation with my partner in crime (aka husband) that resonated with me for many reasons, we talked about the fight! The fight against childhood cancer and our responsibility towards it….

Learn a thing or two…

So I am officially 34! Yup 34! A number that is so confused between milestones lol! It is not the big 30, neither is it half way before 40. It’s just an even number trying to find its way.  As I woke up on my birthday 30 minutes late after my alarm rang, greeted by…

Which slack to cut?

I don’t know about you but if your parenting calendar constantly revolves around school project deadlines then we for sure have something in common!  My son, my love, my hero, the apple of my eyes had a deadline for what is now my first nightmare (AR) or (Accelerated Reading). Now… I have two completely opposite…

10 ways to make a Cancer family happy!

10 ways on how to make a cancer family happy. Often do you hear someone got cancer! It is increasing lately… Like the flu! And ughhh that feeling when you hear the patient is a kid! You instantly feel sad, scared, thankful and helpless! (Do I sound close?) You are sad it is a kid…

The Old New!

There’s something about Face book memories popping daily on my news feed that makes me happy. It’s sometimes a nice sweet blissful reminder, and other times it is a strong reality check! A certain memory popped to remind me of how I was once forced to unwillingly un-friend my comfort zone and forced to create…

Stress is Beautiful!

Originally posted on Radwa Moussa-Youssef:
We always joked with our kids that when we signed up to be parents and had them, God gave us super powers! Super powers that help us make save the world every day…their day. What they don’t know is that these super powers are technically speaking being tested daily, in…

Stress is Beautiful!

We always joked with our kids that when we signed up to be parents and had them, God gave us super powers! Super powers that help us make save the world every day…their world…their day. What they don’t know is that these super powers are technically speaking being tested daily, in different shapes and forms!…