I once had a talk with my self-confessed ex-workaholic sister-in-law… Self-confessed because she admits to not understanding why some women totally give up careers to become full-time mothers. (Aray, aray, aray!!!) Ex-workaholic because now she is a mother and totally understands why.
Anyway, back to the talk…
I think the topic was home-making… I said that I [...]
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Breakfast this morning. Breakfast buddy and I have been meeting for breakfast since December rolled in. Actually, we’re gym buddies, but because we both “froze” our gym accounts this month (my silly excuse is “I’m gonna be soooo busy.” Yeah, right), we have nowhere to go to after [...]
Whether I admit it or not, I like driving my kids.
Yes, it can get rowdy at the backseat sometimes. The bickering gets irritating. But driving them also gives me the chance to catch up with their lives, talk to them about various things, listen to their stories of the day.
On this day, the conversation kinda [...]
Continue reading about Dashboard Lessons, Part 1: Mag-aral ng Mabuti
Three weeks ago, VGood’s English teacher Mrs. M, newly employed by the school this year, was absent for several days. I assumed she resigned, and was even feeling bad because she is a good teacher. She handled her class very well, was approachable, and spoke good English. It was the school’s loss, I thought.
Two weeks [...]
Continue reading about Life 101: Househelp Blues and Parental Presence
I woke up today to my phone’s text tone. It was a message from someone dear to my heart. It sounded of defeat, frustration, unhappiness. It broke my heart that, despite all the blessings he has received from Life, he feels that the word HAPPY “is empty, meaningless, and absurd.”
How can someone lose sight of [...]
Yesterday was just another school day. I was thankful it was nearly over as six-year old VGood and I studied in the car, waiting for achi Patchy to be done with her Chinese tutorials. I parked along the side of the street right outside the tutorial center, as I always did. Since it was cool [...]
Please keep my dad safe everyday.
Please make me well from my nose bleeding.
I pray that my achi (big sister) will not watch TV too close anymore.
Have my mom come home early from work.
Make my kuya (big brother) strong and healthy.
I pray that my shoti (little brother) will not call me Dodong anymore.
While waiting [...]
My kids’ second quarter exams have just been concluded last week. I actually took a break from blogging in order to allocate more time for studying with them. (Well, among other things…)
Yes, everyday last week, and the weekend before that, my kids studied like never before. I, too, drilled and grilled them like never before. [...]
Continue reading about Life 101: On Surrendering Expectations
Just a few thoughts for the sun-ny* people out there who pop up, gush about their problems and expect me to gush along with them:
There are people with problems worse than yours.
People (like me) may have been in the middle of something (like a personal crisis. Yes, much like yours. No, of course not as [...]
A child who won’t eat throws up even before she has had any breakfast.
The morning rush-hour traffic. Bad bus drivers on EDSA.
The seemingly endless cycle of house-helpers coming and going. Electric bills, credit card bills, and school bills. A spat with husband (not necessarily due to the bills).
Sick children. Bickering children. A child who just [...]
