I have taken a long, slow, unproductive break from blogging, simply because, I hadn't found anything inspiring enough. An episode of Oprah though, has done the job. I am watching Laura Bush, her two twins, (jenna & miss whats her name bush), waxing eloquent on life in the White House. Life altering questions like- how difficult it was, to go along with George's decision to run for president, how the daughter's lives would be 'ruined', how Laura had to work on getting George over his drinking habit & how Jenna Bush has beeen 'constantly crying' while reading her mother's autobiography. Even as America's best talk show hostess pushes & prods Laura Bush, she smiles through it beningly, with her hair, skin & lipstick perfectly in place, looking radiant as only a stay in the White House can make you look. The daughters, well, I have always thought could pass off as any giggling gaggle of girls, drunk on breezers & bacardi, outside ...
Stories of our lives, lived realities, urban motherhood and unmet ambition. Hope to connect to more people like me who can never find someone like themselves in mainstream discourses. Born cynic with a touch of optimism.