Life is too short to be boring

Posted on April 29, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 8 of 23 Be a SPORT!! Show up with JOY!! Roll with life…. Make everything more FUN by being yourself!! What I loved about my Mom was that she was always really sporting. Anything you asked.......click to learn what next.

Love, friendship as a legacy

Posted on April 28, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 7 of 23 Mom said, “Friends will always come and go but the ones who are still there till the end, when you have nothing extra to give, yet they stay…..” For 50 years of my.......click to learn what next.

Loyalty and trust, hand in hand

Posted on April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons My Mom Taught Me - Part 6 of 23 LOYALTY will always be found in the things you regret because it mattered I had just graduated and returned from London as a design architect when one of Mom’s male friends, a retired.......click to learn what next.

Crossing the Red Line

Posted on April 26, 2025April 25, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 5 of 23 Shouting (unless in an emergency) is never classy and a soft heart is easily diffused It was the era of those old black dialup phones where your toe shouted if the phone dropped.......click to learn what next.

How you treat others is a reflection of yourself

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 4 of 23 Treat everyone THE SAME. From the Road Sweeper to the Prime Minister A ton of people brown nose people who have money or status, and whatever else turns them on for gain…. yet.......click to learn what next.

The Anchor of The Family

Posted on April 24, 2025April 28, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 3 of 23 Be the ANCHOR for your FAMILY because a family that eats together sticks together Family Gatherings Ever since I can remember, Mom was always the host for Gabriel Christmas dinners. Year after year,.......click to learn what next.

Quest for a life partner

Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Lesson 2 of 23 This might be the best one for me Teenage pregnancy My late mom accidentally got pregnant as a teenager with me and was immediately thrown out of her house. Back in the day,.......click to learn what next.

How will I achieve that exactly?

Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 1 of 23 I really love my Mom I handed her a report card to sign when I came home from school one day and she was so excited that I was 3rd in class. St.......click to learn what next.

6 years and counting…..

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

I woke up extra early this morning to attend my coaching call with America and after the last few weeks of super busy and stress, this week I noticed a weird sudden calm. My coach managed to get me to reprioritise my time.......click to learn what next.

Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

Posted on May 8, 2016May 8, 2016 by Mamapumpkin

Happy Birthday, Mom. Happy Mother's Day too. Before I start, thank you for blessing me with such an amazing weekend. I don't think I deserve such luck but you keep making it happen over and over that I am beyond gratitude. I am.......click to learn what next.

Conversations with My Mom

Posted on July 29, 2015August 2, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

I have been feeling my Mom's presence more so of late. I think the woman is really happy in Heaven and has nothing else better to do than to pass me all these terminal cancer patients. Oh. My. God. Why is she doing.......click to learn what next.

My Bridal Veil

Posted on March 19, 2015March 14, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

T2 loves playing with my bridal veil just the way T1 did when she was the same age. I let them play with it because what else am I going to do with it? It's not like I'm ever going to use it.......click to learn what next.

My Mom’s Death

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

I have been wanting to detail this down for the longest time..........well, in the last few months which now seems like the longest time yet it's only been 3 months since, but I have still not found the right words to describe her last.......click to learn what next.

Helping people without expectation

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Mamapumpkin

Helping people without expectation is something I learnt this year. Never too late, eh? I never used to expect much but would always smile when a thank you was offered. You know, just someone saying thank you or feeling the gratitude that you.......click to learn what next.

Lessons from My Mother

Posted on May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 by Mamapumpkin

If any of you think you know more than your mother, you are wrong. No matter what age you are, your mother always knows something you don't. Logically, all mothers are older and have lived a longer life, so naturally they have garnered.......click to learn what next.