'There will come a time when you will realise that it is 100% your fault,' is what Goenka Ji says in one of the discourses in the ten-day Vipassana meditation. And after decades of practice, I am beginning to realise how true that is. Vipassana is a Pali word that means 'to see r...

Sometimes I feel like the social side of our world has a set of unwritten rules, but everyone seems to know them. Like, if you meet another couple with a kid the same age as yours, should you ask them for their number at the first meeting? Or when you have a one-on-one with your ...

It's been a while since I blogged, and by that I mean it's been two weeks, but it still feels like a long time. Life's been a bit busy with the toddler - and we have some growing up to do to fit into the parent role fully. What do I mean by that? Before my daughter, I would work ...

I was at the play area with our kiddo - who loves cookies. And it does not matter whether they are on the ground or in a packet. So, when she saw a piece of cookie next to the tiger slide, she gave a joyful cry and instantly put it in her mouth. I immediately pulled her close, sa...

'Hey, we ran out of diapers.' I told my husband, and within ten minutes we had them without leaving our house. A few minutes after that, I said, 'We are going out today, and it is going to rain. We do not have umbrellas.' And voilà, ten minutes later we had two umbrellas. As we...

Link to the previous blog(https://anumorris.com/blog/2026/2026-08-07-adoption-diaries-why1/). Adoption was a really long process for us - and my personal mental model with such things is not to share widely. The only people who know are the ones I talk to regularly, which is a...