This was our second time to join a Halloween Trick or Treat Party. When Yesha was 3 or 4 years old, our first one was a big disappointment. First, the venue was overcrowded, I couldn’t even remember anything that happened at the time. Second, they had ran out of loot bags. And because I didn’t […]
Socialization of Homeschoolers
As homeschooling parents, one of the questions that people frequently ask us is, “how do you socialize your child?” I guess, what they’re truly asking is “how do you mingle your child with other kids?” My answer is, we enroll our daughter at a gymnastics club and we schedule playdates with her friends. Our homeschool […]
How my 7 year old learned to Read
One of my questions before was how will Yesha learn to read. But then, at around six or seven years old, Yesha has learned to read chapter books and is quite enjoying it. She can now read independently on her own with fluency and comprehension. But she still sometimes need assistance for big words such […]
Depressed Mothers: Reasons of Depression and Loneliness
At different points of my life as a mother, I experience bouts of depressive symptoms. There are times when I feel empty, lonely, and unfulfilled despite the fact that life has been good to me and our family. I actually couldn’t ask for more. I also noticed that I didn’t experience these feelings of depression […]
When loved ones disappoint us
People will disappoint me, just as I will disappoint them. But I’m not going to talk about my weaknesses. Instead I will focus on how to accept relationship disappointment as a sensitive person that I am. Surely, my relationships bring joy and meaning to my life, but they are not perfect at all. And the […]
Introverts: How to care and love yourself ?
“Love yourself first.” Some women are stumped when they receive this kind of advice. It sounds like alien which they’ve never heard about. They weren’t even aware that they’re suppose to love themselves, much less know the specific ways to go about it. And so they would return with a question: How do I do […]
Feeling Depressed? Here are Signs of Depression
Most people are aware of how depression feels like. Usually, when you feel depressed you feel down, empty, fatigued,and disinterested in activities that used to be pleasurable to you. For some people, they can easily identify the cause that leads them to feel this way. It can be an abusive boss, a dysfunctional relationship, the […]
Our Daily Bread pa rin…
I’ll never forget the first time I had my first copy of Our Daily Bread booklet. I was on my first year in highschool, my mom and I were buying my getup for my christmas party. When it was time for my shoes, we decided to buy a pair at Celine. As I completed my […]
Aguila Beach Resort at Anilao, Batangas
Last May 1, my college friends and I, together with our hubs, went to Aguila Beach Resort. This was actually our first swimming outing. And we’ve known each other since we were 17 years old. We regularly meet at least once a year. And every meeting we would plan a travel together, and every time, […]
I’m not lazy or messy, I just live inside my head too much
For other people, a cluttered surrounding affects their minds by making them stressed. But for me, it’s the other way around. A stressed mind causes my surrounding to be cluttered. Our living quarter then is a reflection of the state of my mind. My mind is stressed when I’m analyzing a situation. This happens when […]