#Kaisa is the step dad who stepped up

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

[Hilda, Frida and David are hiding behind a bush on the sidewalk]

David: why are we here?

Hilda: Because my mum is in danger.

Frida: What?!

Hilda: Look, do you remember those witch spells you showed me the other day?

Frida: The ancient ones that no one uses? Yeah, what of it?

Hilda: Well all of them have parts of fairies as an ingredient and I think Kaisa somehow found out that my mum is half-fairy and so I’m making sure she doesn’t try anything funny to get parts of my mum and you two are backup.

[Frida and David look across the street and see Johanna and Kaisa are having tea at an outdoor café and talking, looking like their having a good time]

David: I dunno Hilda. It looks like they’re just hanging out.

Hilda: She’s been playing the long game.

Frida: How so? Your mum and Ms Kaisa have been out before?

Hilda: Yeah. They went to the movies last week, then had dinner at that fancy restaurant the week before, hung out at the library, they’ve been talking on the phone a lot, they……oh my god, my mum is dating the librarian…

Frida: Awwww, that’s cute.

David: Good for you, Hilda. A witch-step-mom.

Frida: They’re just dating, not married David.

Hilda: Hmmm, I mean, that would explain that one morning Kaisa came out of mum’s room wearing one of mum’s shirts.

David and Frida: !!!!!!

[kae-karo]

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LSKDJFKLSDF hi dear!!!! i'm assuming this is 4x of the envelope ask 💜 so i will be doing it 4 times for 4 diff wips lmao for context (x)

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

i am reaching the final stretch (fingers crossed) of a wip that's been in progress since the beginning of 2022! it's one of my goals this year to finish 3 of my 6 longfic wips, and this is one of them. the current title of the fic is literally 'massively self indulgent smut' cause...well, it speaks for itself i think LMAO but really this fic was my first step into writing ovipos? and didn't end up being the first fic i posted with ovipos/eggs but that's where the 'self indulgent' bit comes in lmao. i had a TON of fun with the lore i invented for this story as well? it's a royalty au and although i'm p sure most of the backstory never makes it into the fic itself it's been a blast coming up with it lmao. it's also probably one of my most ambitious fics given that i'm trying to balance a ton of pairings/ot3s/more??? skdflksdkfj but it's been a long time in the works and i'm very excited to hopefully finish it soon, i have a good 2.5 scenes left to work on!!!!

*twirling hair* so there's these fics- no really tho i recently dipped my toes into blue lock (by which i mean i plunged headfirst) and a very dear friend of mine (hi @alienjack !!!!!!) opened my eyes to kaisae as a ship and had a cute lil idea to do kaisae july (it rhymes!!!!) and before i knew it i had not one not two but thREE really just silly fun soft fics for the occasion? and like. i'm talking 'i have reread all three of these at least 3-4 times each' kind of kicking my feet twirling my hair abt them lmao. i can't pick faves BUT i got to incorporate my silly hc that sae swears a lot when he speaks english into one of them! lmao

digging into the archives for this one cause it's on my list of ones i'd love to make real progress on/maybe finish, but i have a tdbktd boarding school longfic with "bad kid" bkg (who isn't really that bad at all, actually top of the class and earning the school awards) and actual lowkey bad kid tdrk that gets shoved in bkg's hands to deal with/tutor/keep under control, just a bunch of like. teen angst type stuff lmao. i really like the idea of bkg being SUCH a good kid in spite of what he projects and tdrk so sick of being forced into a role by his dad that he's trying SO hard to stay rebellious and they meet in the middle somewhere 👏👏

back on the subject of bllk swinging SO wildly in the opposite direction, i'm working on a sorta collab piece with a friend of mine for a kaisagi serial killer/detective au. and like. not to be like 'i'm so stupid excited abt this fic' but like. i'm very much a "write in order, always" type writer and i fully caved and wrote a particular (spicy) scene that takes place almost at the end of the fic before writing ANYTHING else cause it had me in a chokehold lmao fr i'm so hyped abt this one???? i have like one more scene to go in this (saving the best for last 😏) and i'm SUPER excited with how it's come along so far so if ur into kaisagi get excited too hehehe

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[englishflagcumrag]

29 for your OCs for the writing prompt thing

ok i have a shit ton so i'm just picking based on the song. kaisa and a few of the mentioned characters belong to @basedjedward. also this ended up being mostly about like abuse and hereditary alcoholism so content warning for that.

29: House of The Rising Sun - The Animals // Jarmo and Kaisa

Once Jarmo gets the “where are you?” text from Kalevi, he gets to play his drunk little guessing game. Kalevi can panic all he likes but isn’t getting into a driver’s seat any time soon, so it’s anyone’s guess who he’ll call to pick him up. Iisakki’s his usual first choice - a firm, reliable dad for the situation - but he has four kids and three jobs, so he usually has to apologetically suggest Kalevi call Tuomma. Jarmo loves Tuomma with all his heart, but he hates when Kalevi enlists him - he cares far too much and gets far too worried, and Jarmo is well aware how unsexy he is in this state. If Kalevi’s mad at him, he’ll call Ben, because Ben gets all Catholic about it and he can give a good lecture when he wants to. It’s unusual, though, since Kalevi is rarely mad at him and besides that, Ben’s generally in bed by 9. And then, of course-

Jarmo doesn’t see Kaisa coming in, but he knows it’s her without having to look up. When he was a kid, he got very good at telling whose steps outside his bedroom were whose. He would recognise Kaisa’s anywhere - heavy, like their dad, but faster and without that militaristic rhythm to them. It meant, at least for that moment, that he was safe. 

She rests her hand comfortably on his back. “Kal’s getting worried again.”

“Kal’s always worried.” The words come out way more slurred than he was hoping they would. The dizziness hits him when she helps him upright, and he leans on her as she steers him to her car. It smells weird, but the window is nice and cool against his cheek.

“I’m not that drunk,” he promises, “It’s only vodka.”

“Only drinking vodka is maybe way worse than if you weren’t.” 

He chuckles. “Nah. Beer makes you an asshole.”

Kaisa does the maths easily - she’s heard this one before, and she’d probably agree if she wasn’t meant to be the responsible one here. “Beer makes dad an asshole.”

“Why'd you think he drinks it? Because he’s an asshole. Asshole drink for assholes that tastes like asshole.”

She snorts. “And you only drink vodka, because you’re so well-adjusted.”

Kaisa doesn’t mean it that way, but that doesn’t mean much to the drunk, sensitive baby living in Jarmo’s brain. He wipes his eyes before he even hears himself crying. “I’m sorry, Kisi. Are you mad at me?”

It doesn’t really faze her. Like everyone else in his life, or in the bar she picked him up from, or in his local supermarket, she’s seen Jarmo cry before. “No, man. It’s okay. But, I mean, you aren’t. Well-adjusted, I mean. Neither of us are.” 

He frowns. She’s right again. “Can we put on some music, Kisi?”

She reaches over at a red light to fuck up his hair. “Sure.”

[cryptocoinguides]

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[cassiekallas]

⇋ Name; Cassandra Kaisa Marika Kallas.

⇋ Age; 22.                                                                           

⇋ Birthday; August 23, 1997.                                                                  

⇋ Astral Sign; Virgo.                                                                         

⇋ Nicknames; Cassie.                                                                      

⇋ Sexuality; Pansexual.                                                                      

⇋ Eye Color; Blue.                                                                          

⇋ Hair Color; Brown.                                                                             

⇋ Height; 5'4.                                                                                      

⇋ Identifying Marks; One scar above her left eyebrow, a few other miscellaneous scars from life and accidents while growing up..

⇋ Occupation; Princess.                                      

⇋ Nationality; Estonian.                                                                          

⇋ Marital Status; Single.                                                                    

⇋ Faceclaim; Victoria Pedretti.

— Personality; Cassie’s a sweet and generally optimistic girl. She likes to look on the bright side of things and tries to be as positive as possible regarding situations. Compassion and empathy are two of her main traits. When someone is suffering in any way, she needs to be there to try and help them. Whether it’s bandaging a wound or giving comfort to help a broken heart, Cassie is the first one to be there for a person, even if they’re a perfect strangers to her. She is probably one of the more relentless people in helping others, and it is one of the few times she doesn’t find herself being more sensitive or reactive to rudeness. If she sees someone in danger, she disregards her own safety and wellness to ensure they’re okay. Cassie is generally a more sensitive person. While name calling doesn’t affect her a lot, sometimes if they strike a chord in particular she’ll be affected. Though Cassie is brutal for hiding her pain and often just bottles away her feelings. She’s quick to respond with a sassy remark and go on. She’s a very playful person and doesn’t consider herself held back by her royal status as without a great deal of seeing her dad involved she wasn’t always raised in the royal way. In Croatia it was obvious she wouldn’t get the throne so she didn’t bother being prim, proper and snobby. She’s got no problem letting her hair down and having fun. Though a part of her always has to be controlled. She often doesn’t drink until blackout or do drugs of any kind. She doesn’t ever dress too provocatively or she refuses to spend too much money even though she has plenty. Along with this, Cassie often experiences moments of dissociation. This is heavily due to the fact that despite the fact she bottles things up as to not remember them, or her amnesia now, she still is suffering from PTSD from what has been done in the past.  Sometimes it’ll be as little as not responding a lot in conversation. Other times it can be a full on, staring off into space check out. Cassie also has a habit of being slightly paranoid and does things she doesn’t have a reason for. Such as locking the door for most rooms she is allowed to. Or sitting in the back corners of rooms. All things related to her PTSD that she isn’t aware she has. 

— Biography; Cassandra’s parents were one of the few couples who actually fell in love and got married. They had both been engaged at the time. With Cassandra’s mother being a wealthy lady whose father was a lord, and her father being the crowned prince of Estonia, champion of all of his siblings. After meeting, they broke off their engagements and talked their parents into agreeing to allow them to be engaged. Cassandra’s paternal grandfather’s were reluctant to accept, but allowed it nonetheless. The first years were happy, after being married for two they had their first child, Cassandra. She was the light of her parent’s lives, even her grandparents were happy to meet her. They loved her dearly. She was given just about everything she wanted, though her mother was determined to teach her about work ethic so she encouraged her to do things for herself, bonding with her by teaching her life skills like baking and cooking, all supervised of course.  At four years old, Cassie’s father inherited the title of king, and she became the princess and one of the next potentials to be a ruler of Estonia. At six years old, Cassie’s mother and father told her she was going to have a new baby brother or sister. She was over the moon with excitement, overjoyed to be a big sister. To her it was an honor, and she couldn’t wait to meet the new baby. Tragedy struck, and her mother suffered a late term miscarriage, one that resulted in the loss of fertility. After that, things began to grow strange. Cassandra’s father, once enamored by Cassie and her mother seemed to want nothing to do with either of them. He was always away on business, or meeting with other royals. She barely saw her father, though part of her thought it might have been worth it. He always seemed angry, or he was yelling at her mother. It wasn’t something she felt entirely comfortable with. Cassie’s mother seemed sad, but she didn’t stop trying to be a mother to her child. One night, her father was out and Cassie was given the go ahead to stay with her mother that night. It hadn’t happened since her mother had lost the baby, because her dad said dependent children didn’t make good rulers. That night, her father showed up drunk. His walking through the bedroom door woke her up. She stayed quiet as she watched him try to talk her mother into going to the other room. When her mother said she wanted to stay with the kids and repeatedly turned him down, he punched her. Cassie screamed, and while the fight was quickly broken up by a few house servants, Cassie was changed. Three months later, Cassie’s parents announced to her they’d be getting a divorce. Cassie’s mother would be leaving to stay in her estate house, and Cassie would go with her for now. For about a year, Cassie lived like this. She only saw her father occasionally, and it was always awkward. About a year and half later, her mother announced that she was to be arranged in another marriage, to the fiance she had rejected years ago to be with Cassie’s father. He was recently widowed, with a young child of his own and he understood Cassie’s mother hadn’t wanted to marry him for love. He was also a King, in Croatia. Cassie’s mother accepted, and they were soon headed off for Croatia. At first, her father put up a fight but it was quickly dropped when Cassie’s mother threatened to tell everyone what he did. Cassie liked Croatia. She even liked her new step father. Cassie watched her mother start to fall in love with the man she’d married, and she knew they were happy like Cassie had never seen her mother before. Soon, Cassie’s step brother came home from boarding school in England. He was strange, there was no doubting that, but she didn’t mind him. Slowly but surely, they adapted to each other. Most tabloids painted it as a story for the ages, love in unexpected places, and a family found from nothing. Before her stepbrother left again at the end of the summer for boarding school, he told her he liked her a lot. And he kissed her. She didn’t exactly return the feelings, and she was deeply confused by what had happened. This was not the end of the strangeness. Whenever her stepbrother would come home, things like this would happen. He’d taunt her, pull on her clothes. He did a lot of things that made her uncomfortable, like walking in while she showered. Cassie felt more estranged from her father than ever, but her paternal grandparents were desperate to try and keep her around him. So she’d go visit them, and often see her father. These visits were awkward, uncomfortable and sometimes he was downright cruel to her. But she was always happy to go home. She could even ignore her stepbrother. Even if he made her uncomfortable, kissing her and touching her when she didn’t want him to. It was only when he was home. And he wasn’t home a lot. So she justified it, considering this normal. When she was fifteen, her stepbrother was kicked out of boarding school. He came home for good to attend a private school in Croatia. Things got ugly. The small things that she had brushed off were harder to brush off. He was always there, all the time, doing things and growing more bold each time. One night, they were attending a gala and after having a glass of champagne she felt dizzy and woozy. Her stepbrother took her to her room, and finally all the weirdness came to a climax after he forced himself on her. She woke up in the morning, confused and uncertain of what had happened when he asked her if she enjoyed herself. It happened three more times. The drinking and feeling woozy, him carrying her away. She could never stop it. She just constantly told herself that it was normal, and that she wanted to do this with him. Yet, despite the lies she told herself, she convinced her mother, who was too busy with her relationship to notice what her daughter had been going through to send her to boarding school. Sure enough, she agreed and Cassie went away. Slowly but surely, Cassie suppressed all the horrible memories of her stepbrother. She forgot them, whether through willful ignorance or the trauma hurting her so badly that she’d break from the memories, so her mind was protecting her. She went on and got through school, eventually graduating and going on to start some general studies programs her mother wanted her to complete. She might not have needed it, but her mother wanted her to have a degree of some sort. On her twenty second birthday, she was home from the university she’d been attending. After a night of having fun with her friends back home, she returned home and went to bed. Later that night, a hangover driving her, she was woken and went to sip from a water glass on her nightstand table. A familiar feeling washed over her. That dizziness. The room was spinning than her step brother walked in. This time, she was lucid enough to fight him off, realizing all those memories she denied herself for years. She finally remembered all that he had done to her, and now after getting out of the world, she knew that what he had done was not right or normal. She confronted him rather violently about everything he’d done, and decided she was too much of a liability now he started to beat her. He staged it so it looked like a ‘rogue’ guard had done it. When she woke up from the coma three months later, she couldn’t consciously remember nearly the last year of her life, or what her step brother had done for her. After two weeks in the hospital, her grandparents came to her and told her that her father was sick, and soon she may be considered for a royal position. They wanted her to be their choice to endorse as their heir. Her mother didn’t agree to the idea of having her daughter who just woke up hauled away. But something told Cassie to do what her grandparents wanted. She agreed to study to become Queen. They started the ball rolling by sending her to The Estate, where they assumed she would end up receiving an education while also recovering her health.

[tellytantra]

It Was A Sunday Morning And Sonakshi Was Running Here And There Behind Two Naughty Kids Inside The Devakshi Villa "Devansh!" "Suhana!" She Shouted On Top Of Her Lungs"Finish Your Breakfast Fast,Or Else I Won't Allow Both Of You To Watch TV,Or Play Video Games For Whole One Week!Understood?"Sonakshi Threatened Her 5 Year Old Twins Who Were Not Having Their Breakfast"No!We Will Not Eat."They Said In Unison"Dev!Just Look At Them,They Never Listen To Me. It's All Your Fault. You Have Completely Spoiled Them !"Sonakshi Complained To Her Husband,Tired Of Screaming On Their Children.Dev Who Was Engrossed In Reading The Newspaper First Looked Up At His Wife's Frustrated And Angry Face And Then At His Children's Gloomy Faces"What Is My Fault In All This?They Are Stubborn Just Like You."He Said And Shrugged His Shoulders"What Did You Say???I Am Stubborn?"Sonakshi Asked In A Shocked ToneDev Sighed And Folded The Newspaper And Kept It On The Dining Table"Hey My Little Chipmunks What Happened?Why Are My Babies Sad?"Dev Asked In A Sweet Voice "Daddy, Last Week Mommy Promised Us That We All Will Go On A Picnic Today But Now She Is Denying. Devansh Said And Both He And Suhana Pulled Out A Perfect Pout"Sonakshi?What's This You Never Told Me About This. If You Have Promised Them That We Will Go On A Picnic Then We Will Go Why Are You Saying No To The Kids Now?"Dev Asked"Dev Last Week I Didn't Know About Your Australia Tour Na! Your Flight Is Tomorrow And If We Will Go For A Picnic Today Then You Will Become Tired And It Will Be Not Good For Your Health."Sonakshi Explained"So What?For Me,Your And My Kid's Happiness Is Most Important.I Can't See Them Like This."Dev Said"So My Chipmunks Get Ready We Are Going On A Picnic!"Dev Said In An Excited Voice And The Kids Jumped On Him With Happiness And Showered Him With KissesSonakshi Smiled Looking At Her FamilyShe Felt Like The Luckiest Girl On Earth To Be Blessed With A Loving And Caring Husband Like Dev And These Two Beautiful Babies. "Yayaya!Daddy Is The Best."The Children Ran Into Their Room To Get Ready Screaming And Squealing In Joy"So,Mrs Sonakshi Dev Dixit Now It's Your Turn To Kiss Me." Dev Said With A Naughty Smirk When He Was Assured that both of them were Alone."Shameless!"She Said Blushing"What?I Am Taking You All For A Picnic Doesn't I Deserve A Thank You Kiss?"Dev Said Leaning Forward And Sonakshi Did The Same And Now Their Lips Were Only An Inch Apart When She Backed Off And Kissed Him On His Right Cheek And Then Quickly Ran Inside The Kitchen To Prepare Some Food For Their Picnic.Dev Smiled At His Wife's Antics And Went Into The Kid's RoomHe Entered The Room To Find Both The Kids Fighting Over A ToyHe Shook His Head In Amusement And Cleared His Throat To Make An Announcement"Ok Babies Listen To Daddy Very Carefully"Their Eyes Became Big And They Stopped Fighting In The Midway,And Now Both Were Curious To Know What Announcement Their Daddy Was Going To Make"Yesh Dad What Happened?"They Both Asked "It's Something Very Important Babies."He Said In A Serious Tone"Come Here!"He Bent And Told His Kids To Come Close,and The Kids Brought Their Ears Close To Their Daddy's Lips To Hear What He Was Going To SayHe Said Something In Their Ears With A Mischievous Smile And The Kids Giggled After Listening To Their Father's Instructions So Is It Clear My Dear Chipmunks?Dev AskedAye Aye Captain!The Children Said In UnisonDev Smiled And Kissed Both His Bundles Of JoyAfter Dev's Session Of Exclusive Instructions Was Finished,He Asked The Kids To Finish Their Packing And Went Outside The RoomIn The Kitchen sonakshi Was Preparing Sandwiches, Burgers And Tasty French Fries For The Kids And Special Bengali Payesh(Kheer) Specially For DevHe Loves The Kheer She Makes.She Was Smiling Thinking About The First Time When She Prepared Payesh For Him.She Was Hell Nervous Whether He Would Like It Or Not.Her Memory Went Back To That Day"Dev,Aaj Na Maine Aapke Liye Apne Haatho Se Payesh Banaya Hai.Ye Meri Ma Ki Khud Ki Recipie Hai.Taste Karke Bataiye Na Kaisa Bana Hai."Sonakshi Said Fidgeting With Her Dupatta With Nervousness Written All Over Her Face"Hmmm!Tumne Banaya Hai?Tab To Ruko Mai Apna Health Insurance Ka Status Check Kar Leta Hun."He Joked Earning A Punch On His Arms From Sona.He Took A Spoonful Of Payesh In His Mouth And Started Chewing It And Sona Could See His Facial Expressions Changing As If He Is Going To ChokeShe Was Anxiously Waiting For His Reply.After Finishing The First Morsel Dev Looked Towards Her And Said "Sona,Ye Kya Banaya Hai Tumne?Na To Chawal Theek Se Paka Hai Aur Na Hi Ye Meetha Hai.Tum Please Cook Na Hi Kiya Karo!"And After Hearing This Tears Started Brimming In Her Eyes And She Said "I Am Sorry Dev,Mai Bhi Na Paagal Hun Mujhe Pehle Hi Samajh Jaana Chahiye Tha Ki Cooking Mere Bas Ki Baat Nahi Hai" With This She Started To Take Away The Bowl To Throw It In The DustbinSuddenly Dev Started Laughing Loudly And She Gave Him A Puzzled Look.He Came Near Her And Wiped Her Tears And Took Her Hands In His And Said "Socho Agar Mai Waisa Wala Husband Hota To?"She Wanted To Bang His Head Somewhere That Day But Then Ended Up Kissing Him When He Genuinely Appreciated Her Cooking And Told Her That He Loved The PayeshShe Came Out Of Her Thoughts When She Felt A Tug On Her Dupatta.She Turned Around Only To Be Welcomed With The Cutest Sight Of Her Life, Both Devansh And Suhana Were Holding One-one Corner Of Her Dupatta With A Cute Pout On Their FacesShe Knew Exactly What They Were Here For"No One Loves Me!They Only Love Their Dad."She Said Faking To Be Sad "Anyways Mom Is Always The Bad One Na That's Why She Is Cooking The Items Which Devansh And Suhana Doesn't Like" She Said Stifling Her SmileThe Kid's Eyes Grew Wide"Mom You Are The Besht Mom Of This World! Isn't It Suhana?"Devansh Quickly Said In Order Please His Mom"Yesh Mom." She Noded Her Head!"And You Are The Besht Cook Alsho.You Make So Yummy Sandwiches And Burgers."Suhana Said In A Very Sincere Manner"We Love You Sooo Much!!"They Both Said"Really?And How Much?"Sonakshi Asked Trying Hard Not To Smile"Thi...S Much!"They Both Spread Their Hands Wide And Joined Them Showing How Much They Love Their MomSonakshi Was Smiling Wide Now "How Adorable You Two Are!" She Said In AweBoth Devansh And Suhana's Lips Broke Into Wide Smiles Showing Their Teeth"Come Here!" Sonakshi Picked Both Of Them One By One And Made Them Sit On The Kitchen CountertopThey Both Were Surprised To See All Their Favourite Food Items In Plates Sonakshi Gave Them A Smirk And Both Of Them Showerd Her With Kisses And Then They Ran Of To Pack Their ToysSonakshi Was Getting Ready In Their BedroomShe Was Wearing Jeans And A Silk KurtiShe Was Applying Lipstick When Dev Came And Hugged Her From Back"Wow Kya Baat Hai! My Wify Is Looking Very Beautiful."He Said In A Husky VoiceSonakshi Blushed Her Cheeks Were Adorned With A Light Shade Of RedThank You My Dear Hubby." She Said Turing Towards Him And Wrapped Her Arms Around His Shoulder He Bent Forward And Claimed Her Lips In A Long And Passionate Kiss"I Don't Want To Get Late For The Picnic!" She Winked And Ran Outside The Room As Soon As They Broke Apart Before Dev Could Proceed FurtherDev Smiled And Followed Her.In The Drawing room They Saw That Devansh And Suhana Were Trying To Lift The Picnic Basket With Their Little Hands.They Were In Awe But Sonakshi Quickly Went And Took The Basket In Her Hands"My Cutie Pies Thank You So Much For Your Help Dear But Its Very Heavy You Both Won't Be Able To Lift It." She Said And Dropped Kisses On Their HeadsDev Went Towards The Main Door And Shouted "Common My Three Musketeers Lets Get Going Or Else We Will Get Late!""Aye Aye Captain." Sonakshi And The Kids Said In Unison And Followed Dev Towards The Car, Dev And The Kids Kept The Baskets In The Car While Sona Locked The House.Then They Drove Off For Their Picnic With Happiness On Their Faces Dev Was Driving The Car And The Kids Were Sitting On The Back Seat Playing With Each OtherWhile Sonakshi Was Sitting Beside Dev And She Was Getting Very Bored."Dev I Am Getting Bored!" Sonakshi Said &Pouted"What Can I Do About It My Love??"Dev Asked"Umm How About If We Play Antakshari?" Sonakshi Suggested"Nooo!!"The Kids Shouted Suddenly Who Were Earlier Engrossed In PlayingSonakshi Was Taken Aback At Their Sudden Scream"Woahh What Was That?"Sonakshi Asked In A Surprised Tone"Nothing Shona, Its Just That The Kids Have Decided That We Will Play Antakshari On The Picnic Spot Only. Isnt It Babies??" Dev Said And Turned Towards The Kids And Winked At Them"Ye..Yesh Mom!!Exactly,It Will Be Fun. Isn't It Daddy?"The Kids Said"Yesh!! And I Will Be Able To Dance There Alsho" Suhana Said In Holding The Frills Of Her Frock"Ok,Baba As You All Say." Sonakshi Said Sadly And Reclined Her Head Comfortably To Have A Nap."Sonakshi?Sonakshi?Wake Up Sleepyhead. We Have Reached On The Picnic Spot." Dev Tried Waking Up His Wife From Her Beauty Sleep"Umm,Hum Pahuch Gaye Kya?" Sonakshi Said Rubbing Her Eyes"Yes My Love,Aur Dekho Baccho Ne To Poora Setup Bhi Laga Liya." He Said Pointing Towards The Kids Who Were Almost Done With Arranging The Things At The Perfect Spot Which Their Father Had Selected.Sonakshi Stepped Out Of The Car And Was Awestruck To See The Beautiful Scenery Before Her Eyes.The Sight Of Lush Green Grass In Front A Beautiful Lake,Which Was Shining Like A Diamond Due To The Sun Rays Falling On It Was Something To Behold For A Lifetime."Oh My God Dev,This Is So Beautiful!!" She Complimented Her Husband's Choice And Hugged Him"Do You Like It?"Dev Inquired"I Love It."She Replied With A Huge Smile"Mamma!Papa?Aap Dono Waha Kyu Khade Ho?Come Let's Play"Devansh And Suhana Held Sona And Dev's Hand Respectively And Dragged Them To Play With Them.Soon They Were Playing Hide And Seek TogetherThen After Sometime They Got Hungry And Jumped On The Tasty Food Items Which Sonakshi Had Prepared.After Satisfying Their Hungry Stomach They Were Thinking What To Do Next."Hey Guys!Let's Play Antakshari Now." Sonakshi Said Happily After Thinking Sometime.The Father And The Kids Trio Looked At Each Other's Face Knowing That This Time Sona Wouldn't Let It Go So They Had To Agree."Hey Sona Look There!"Dev Said Pointing His Finger In AirSona Turned To Look At That Direction But Found Nothing She Turned Back And Gave Him A 'are You Mad Look'"Oh No You Missed It, That Was A Very Beautiful Bird."Said Dev Sensing Her Trail Of Thoughts"Leave It."She SaidLet's Start With The Game Guys" With This She Started The Famous "Baithe-baithe Kya Kare Karna Hai Kuch Kaam Shuru Karo Antakshari Lekar Prabhu Ka Naam."Sona Recited The Lines And It Was Her Turn To Sing First.She Started Singing And Her Three Audiences Were Swaying Their Heads With Closed Eyes As If They Were Drowned In The Melody Of Her Singing.Suddenly Something Striked Her. She Stopped Singing But They Didn't Stop Swaying Their Heads.This Made Her Suspicious, She Stood Up And Tip Toed Towards Dev And Patted His ShoulderHe Opened His Eyes And Looked Up To See Her Giving A 'what's Going On Here?' Look"Woh We... Actually..."He Fumbled And Elbowed Devansh Who Was Sitting Beside Him Who In Turn Patted Suhana's Shoulder Asking Her To Open Her EyesNow All Three Of Them Were Looking At Sonakshi With A Horrified Face.Sonakshi Bent Down And Removed The Ear Plugs From Their Ears One By One And Threw Them Away.They Were Still Scared Of Sonakshi's Reaction,But Then Sonakshi Started Laughing Whole HeartedlyHearing Her Laughing The Three Of Them Sighed In Relief"Mamma?Aap Humpe Gussa Nahi Ho?"Meri Koi Fault Nahi Hai Mamma. Wo To Daddy Ne Hume Special Warning Di Thi Aapki Singing Ke Baare Me Aur Earplugs Bhi Lene Ko Bola."Devansh Blurted The Truth CutelyShe Picked Him Up In Her Lap And Kissed Him "No My Dear!Mumma Aap Logo Se Gussa Nahi Hai. Mumma Ko Pata Hai That Mamma Is A Bad Singer But You Know Na Jab Aap Log Aisi Cute Antics Karte Ho To Mumma Ko Kitni Happiness Milti Hai,That's Why Mumma Ne Jaan Bhooj Kar Ye Sab Kiya."She ConfessedAnd All Of Them Burst Out Laughing"Oh! To Meri Ma Se Unka Beta Cheen Kar Yaha Khushiya Mana Rahi Ho Tum!" Came A Rude CommentThey Looked Up To Find Neha Standing There With Her Second Husband Rohit"Neha Tum?"Dev And Sona Said In A Shocked Tone"Han Bhai Main. Kyu Khushi Nahi Hui Apni Behen Ko Dekhkar? Aur Hogi Bhi Kyu Biwi Ke Ghulam Jo Ban Gaye Ho Aap." Neha Taunted Looking At Sonskshi"Neha!!!" Dev Shouted"Apna Muh Band Rakh. Meri Biwi Se Aise Baat Karne Ka Koi Haq Nahi Banta Tujhe. Us Ghar Se,Ma Se Alag Hone Ka Faisla Mera Tha Kisi Ne Bhi Mujhe Force Nahi Kiya. Aur Rahi Baat Ma Ki To Mai Abhi Bhi Apne Bete Hone Ka Farz Bhoola Nahi Hun. Uski Har Zaroorat Ko Poora Karna,Uski Sehat Ka Khyaal Rakhna,Usse Milna Ye Sab Aaj Bhi Karta Hun Mai.""Aaj Mai Agar Alag Hun To Sirf Uski Apni Insecurity Ki Wajah Se,Usne Kabhi Sona Ko Samjha Hi Nahi,Use Apnaya Hi Nahi. Uske Pota Poti Bhi Usse Har Hafte Milte Hai Maine Usse Uska Koi Haq Nahi Cheena. Aur Main Bhi Usse Yahi Ummeed Karta Tha Ki Wo Mujhse Meri Khushi Meri Sona Ko Mujhse Alag Na Kare. Jo Hona Tha Wo Ho Gaya Ab Hum Sab Apni Chhoti Si Duniya Me Bahut Khush Hai. Isse Pehle Ki Mai Kuch Aisa Waisa Bol Dun Aur Tujhe Bura Lag Jaye Tu Chali Ja Yaha Se" Dev Vented Out His FrustrationAfter Hearing This Neha Was Going To Retort But His Husband Took Her Away From There Understanding The Seriousness Of The SituationHe Turned Back Only To Find Sonakshi In Tears. His Heart Broke. He Can't See Her PainHe Gently Held Her Hands And Made Her Look Into His Eyes And Gave A Slight Nod Gesturing Her To Speak"Dev Aap Jaante Hai Na Maine Kabhi Bhi Aapko Ma Se Alag Nahi Karna Chaha. Mai Waise Ladki Nahi Hun Dev,Mai To Sabke Saath Miljulkar Rehna Chahti Thi But..."Shh...Chup Ho Jao Sona." Dev Said Before She Could Complete Her Sentence"Jo Kuch Bhi Hua Usme Tumhari Koi Galti Nahi Hai,Samjhi Tum?"Apne Aap Ko Doshi Samajhna Band Kar Do.""Us Din Agar Ma Ne Wo Prenup Ke Papers Mujhe Na Diye Hote To Mai Kabhi Unke Andar Tumhare Liye Jo Nafrat Hai Use Kabhi Samajh Hi Nahi Paata""Us Din Unhone Mujhe Unke Aur Tumhare Beech Me Kisi Ek Ko Chose Karne Ko Bola. Tabhi Mai Samajh Gaya Ki Hum Teeno Ek Chhat Ke Neeche Kabhi Bhi Ek Saath Nahi Reh Sakte."He Wiped Her Tears And Said "I Am Glad That I Chose You. Look We Are A Complete Family Now."He Spread His Arms And Both The Kids Ran And Hugged Him And Their MomDev Said "Our Family Is Perfect!" "Just Perfect"Added Devansh And Suhana Happily.Sonakshi Smiled And Thanked God For Blessing Her With Such Loving People In Her Life And Prayed To Keep Any Evil Eye Far Away From Her Family.                        The End Writer: DevakshiLover

http://jodifiction.blogspot.com/2019/07/devakshi-os-our-perfect-family-dev.html

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What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance

Team USA has sent 20 fathers to Pyeongchang, but only one mother: Kikkan Randall. A three-time winner of cross-country skiing’s World Cup sprint title, Randall was part of a baby boom that happened after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when four of the sport’s top athletes took time off from racing to give birth.1

These women didn’t just return to work — they came back to the highest level of a demanding sport, and all four are expected to compete in Pyeongchang. But Randall is doing so without the same safety net that her European colleagues have. And that’s left her facing the same challenge that many other American women experience: how to balance a grueling career with the demands of new motherhood. A job as arduous as being a professional athlete (or, say, director of policy planning at the State Department) has little room for compromise or scaling back, and that means that much of the parenting must fall to a spouse or outside help.

The 2018 Games will be the fifth Olympic appearance for Randall, a 35-year-old cross-country skier from Alaska.2 In 2008, Randall, nicknamed Kikkanimal, made history by becoming the first American woman to win a World Cup in cross-country skiing. And in Pyeongchang, she has a legitimate shot at a medal.

Mothers-to-be in most professions take time off after childbirth, but Randall’s situation was different: “I was on my maternity leave while I was pregnant,” she said. Because she remained on the U.S. ski team roster, she retained access to her health insurance, and most of her sponsors continued their support, in exchange for appearances, social media plugs and other publicity. She resumed training about three weeks after her son, Breck, was born in April 2016, with the support of her husband, Jeff Ellis, who parented while she trained. Having a husband who is willing to take on parental duties and, most importantly, to do so “unbegrudgingly” has been “a huge piece of the puzzle,” Randall said.

There’s no such thing as a part-time return to work in elite sports, which usually require multiple training sessions each day, along with naps, massages, full nights of sleep and other recovery rituals. Of course, sleepless nights are almost a given for the first years of a child’s life. And Randall said that knowing Ellis will “take care of those night-time wakings before a race really helps.”

She noted that her peers in Scandinavian countries have the benefit of paid time off for fathers as well as mothers. (Of the 35 countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. is the only one without paid maternal leave.)

Paid maternal leave policies around the world

Among countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2016

Country Length of paid maternity leave, in weeks 1 Greece 43.0

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2 United Kingdom 39.0

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3 Slovakia 34.0

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4 Czech Republic 28.0

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5 Ireland 26.0

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6 Hungary 24.0

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7 Italy 21.7

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8 Estonia 20.0

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9 Poland 20.0

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10 Australia 18.0

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11 Chile 18.0

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12 Denmark 18.0

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13 New Zealand 18.0

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14 Finland 17.5

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15 Canada 17.0

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16 Austria 16.0

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17 France 16.0

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18 Latvia 16.0

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19 Luxembourg 16.0

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20 Netherlands 16.0

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21 Spain 16.0

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22 Turkey 16.0

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23 Belgium 15.0

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24 Slovenia 15.0

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25 Germany 14.0

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26 Israel 14.0

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27 Japan 14.0

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28 Switzerland 14.0

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29 Iceland 13.0

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30 Norway 13.0

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31 South Korea 12.9

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32 Sweden 12.9

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33 Mexico 12.0

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34 Portugal 6.0

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35 United States 0.0

Source: OECD Family Database

Randall’s Finnish peer Aino-Kaisa Saarinen had a child around the same time that Randall did, and she told me that her country has a mandatory four-month paid leave for mothers, which she started a month before her due date. After the baby was born, she and her partner received further benefits, including leave that they could split as they chose between the parents. “In our case, the dad took all that,” Saarinen said. (Not to mention the paid leave that fathers are entitled to.)

Randall has competed in the predominantly Europe-based World Cup without that kind of paid leave but with Breck in tow for the past two seasons. It hasn’t always been easy. Although she emerged from childbirth without any serious complications (not all women do, as tennis star Serena Williams’s story demonstrates), the snap in her muscles didn’t return right away. And during her time off, the U.S. team “had gotten so strong,” Randall said. She sat out the second World Cup weekend after her return because she wasn’t skiing as well as her teammates.

There have been many men who’ve continued competing after adding a child to their family, said Chris Grover, head coach of the U.S. cross-country ski team, but very few women. “Many of these guys are not primary caregivers and tend to come to the races Thursday and head back home on Sunday night or Monday,” Grover said. And while fathers may experience sleepless nights just like mothers do, they don’t need to physically recover after childbirth.

Randall and her husband have built their work and family life around her job. Ellis secured a job as a media coordinator for the ski federation, which allowed him to travel the World Cup circuit with her. “He got the job so that we could see each other in the winter,” Randall said.

Randall breast-fed her son until about a month into the racing season. Realizing that there would be at least four mothers coming to the World Cup with babies, the ski federation worked with the athlete commission, national ski federations and organizing committees to make formal recommendations encouraging race venues to provide a ��baby room” with appropriate provisions so that moms can breast-feed and care for their infants as needed. Randall thinks she used these rooms much more than others in her cohort of new mothers. She said that may be because the others live in Europe, where most of the races take place, and can travel back and forth between home and races on a weekly basis.

In Finland, Saarinen benefits from laws that guarantee child care facilities will be available. “The government also pays for most of it,” she said. That’s not all. “We also get child money from the government, which is about 200€ per month, a baby box with 48 items, and free and mandatory monthly health checks for baby and for the mom.”

Things are different in the U.S. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, 62 percent of parents of infant or preschool-age children report difficulty finding affordable, high-quality child care in their community, regardless of their income.

Because Randall and Ellis are both working while on the race circuit, their parents and some friends have stepped in to provide child care, but paying travel and accomodations for these helpers isn’t cheap. In part because of the cost, Breck won’t be accompanying his parents to Pyeongchang. After calculating that it would run something like $15,000 to $20,000 for them to bring him and a caretaker along, they decided to send him to his grandparents’ house in Canada instead.

As well as things are working out for her now, Randall acknowledges that her current situation is not sustainable. And it probably wouldn’t be scalable to the whole workplace either. Grover acknowledged that it’s difficult to imagine a ski team traveling around Europe with all the coaching staff’s kids, in addition to the team athletes.

Randall plans to retire from racing after this season but will remain in the sport. She is president of the U.S. branch of Fast and Female, a group that encourages girls to participate in sports, and she’s running for election as an athlete representative on the International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission. After two decades of competition, it feels right, she said. Success in a career like sports requires giving it your all, and that means family life can’t always come first. For a parent who wants to substantially take part in parenting, eventually something must give.

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-a-badass-olympic-skier-can-teach-us-about-work-life-balance/