• 10 Ways I Stay Sane With Online Schooling

    It’s strange. It’s strange to me and it’s strange to them. They wake, they eat, they sit. Then 5 hours later they stop sitting and we have lunch. The pros are that they are not exhausted at the end of the school day and doing homework is less of a…

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  • Mothers! Save Your Sanity!

    Our first week of online schooling is done! It’s Friday, and I am sitting in bed letting the experience all sink in. This is the first time that I have been so intimately involved in the goings-on of the classroom. Zero stars. Do not recommend. When I pictured the week,…

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  • 3.5 Months And Now What?

    Today all restrictions on movement in the country and on businesses opening have been lifted. With safety conditions that everyone has to follow of course. And it’s all been very strange. Cinemas and gyms and hair salons have opened. Restaurants, coffee shops, everyone is headed back to their offices in…

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  • The Great Magnifier

    DISCLAIMER: For my sanity and yours I promise you not to use any of the following words or phrases in this blog posts New normal Corona Covid 19 Social distancing Self isolation Flattening anything Epidemic Pandemic Lockdown The great magnifier, it’s what I’m Calling this time in history. Never in…

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  • 3.35 am

    And I’ve started a blog post. I know if I put my phone down and take my lenses out I’ll fall asleep. But I think it’s the mind numbing pill of social media that keeps me hanging on. I still cannot settle into this weirdness and it’s because I don’t…

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  • Day 8

    We started self-isolating last Saturday night. I have to admit something… I love it. Anyone who knows me will probably get this because staying home and having loads of free time is heaven to me. The weather helps as well because I can count the outside area as another space…

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I’m Bessma

Welcome! This is where I try to make sense of the confusion of being a human being. You might find something helpful here — and you’re guaranteed to find something entertaining. I’m a mother of five from Saudi Arabia, with a lot of experience under my belt and, God willing, a lot left to learn. Make yourself comfortable and stay a while. (Sketch by Brandie Janow).

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