My 20-month-old daughter, Siya, was screaming and fussy after a long day at day care. When it was time to change her dirty clothes, she kept insisting, “Blue shirt! Blue shirt!” I brought out three different blue onesies which she threw away wildly, almost in disgust. Siya kept pointing at me. Finally it hit home: I was wearing a striped blue dress shirt. “Can we wear this one?” I asked, holding up her striped blue onesie. “Yes, yes!” she screamed. She wanted to match her dad. — Alok Morarka

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something