Blogs - 19twentythree
Baby Bump goes Clubbing!
August 10, 2016 | Hadeel El Deeb
All you need to say is 90s or 80s disco and I’m at the door ready to shake it all night long, so when my husband said he got us tickets for a 90s disco party that last weekend, I … Read More
Mommy Rants: You are not princesses
August 10, 2016 | Nadine El Sayed
To my two daughters: You aren’t, nor should you aspire to be, princesses. Let’s get this out of the way so we can all get along.
Humanity at its Worst
February 29, 2016 | Hadeel El Deeb
We judge, we complain, we argue about the pettiest things; we enjoy our selfishness and practice it perfectly yet certainly make sure we criticize everyone around us for it. We hunt for the heck of it and brag about our … Read More
Her Flames of Life
September 29, 2015 | Hadeel El Deeb
She walked into the fire; with all her might, she walked into the fire of blazing and deadly heat, knowing it’s where she should be. She opened her eyes, staring at the flames, challenging them to get closer, and when … Read More
Mommy Rants: Everything is not my fault.
September 9, 2015 | Nadine El Sayed
If my baby is gassy, constipated, sneezing or anything else in the medley of things I have to deal with everyday, the last thing I need is for you to make me feel it’s all my fault.
Thoughts of Stardust
August 25, 2015 | Hadeel El Deeb
Grant me my godforsaken right to see it however I want to see it, to deal with it in my own way, to vent, to be angry, to be frustrated, to be upset, to weep, and to finally accept it … Read More
The Happiness of Being
August 12, 2015
We forbid ourselves from just being. We don’t leave ourselves in peace. And when we meet people who seem to be really living and enjoying themselves – like kids do – we accuse them of being careless and start labeling them as “carefree,” as if that were a negative way of being.”
Seeing the Beauty in Ugly
February 25, 2015 | Nadine El Sayed
There are people who choose to see the good in everything. Then there are others who choose to spot that one, rare and very slightly ugly angle of the most perfect beauty in the world. It’s not an ability, it’s a … Read More
Living, or just surviving?
February 23, 2015 | Hadeel El Deeb
Stop “just surviving” as you blame the world for your misery, and start “living” by being in-tune with yourself and what’s healthy for your essence.
