Youve come a long way, babe.

This very same day ten years ago, if someone - even a telepathic, omniscient and ethereal-looking Cassiopeia - told me that not a decade would pass and I will find myself married, with two kids and a career in IT, I will not be convinced, nope, not by a long shot.

I woke up this morning with a noisy baby kicking my backside, I wondered, how the hell did I end up on this side of the universe?

Flashback – the kind that we only see in the movies, after the protagonist finds him/herself miraculously healed of amnesia. All memories quickly floods in leaving the person dazed, wide-eyed, mouth agape, and with a great big jolt at the end, WHAM!

“I’m a mommy! Twice!”

After having survived the realization, I pulled myself off from bed, changed a diaper, checked if other offspring is still breathing, made a silent prayer of thanksgiving, kissed husband off to work, and wished that Yaya would wake up 10 minutes earlier today.

Now, at work, reflecting on the past 10 years, I wish I have a cig on my fingers. I’d give a long drag and with a smirk, tell myself…”You’ve come a long way babe…”