by Devjani Bodepudi | Nov 21, 2019 | Motherhood, poetry, Uncategorized
You see me how, now? You see me put my clothes on, A tired ritual in the dark of an autumn morning. After children, after brushing my teeth, After waking from another life. The life where I was someone not as I am Known to you. I think back to when I was unknown to...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Oct 27, 2018 | Motherhood
This post is about being. I am. I am alive, and I am blessed. Little things accentuate the nature of my existence, round the edges, sharpen the lines; flourishes of detail, for example: Blue overshoes.; like blue suede shoes but for the side of the pool. boredom. The...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Mar 11, 2018 | Motherhood
Happy Mother’s Day. To Ma, I know you now, like I’ve never known you before. I am you. Your insecurities, your strengths and your weaknesses, your loves, your hopes and dreams are all mine now. They exist for my daughter and son and every day, I wonder how you managed...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Oct 21, 2017 | Motherhood
Starting somewhere new is always daunting. There are new routines, new people, new priorities and new anxieties; in short, there a myriad of new challenges to face, whilst still trying to keep a semblance of self and self-confidence intact. Recently, we moved house...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jan 14, 2017 | Motherhood
There are times when we look at the world and feel despair. Events over the months of 2016 and part way across the threshold of 2017, have given us justifiable cause for such malaise. Trump will be president within days. The Syrians are either forgotten or vilified,...
