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As a mom of 2 teen daughters, I think of myself in a bit of more difficult situation because I grew up without a mother. But you know what, being a parent will always be difficult whether you grew up without a parent or not. It’s because we are all inborn with unique personalities. And so why did I write this post if nothing applies to anyone, you might say? It’s because our children are exposed to similar situations. These include raging hormones, peer pressure and social media, to mention a few. From these, we can all say...

If you were born a Catholic, chances are that you have a ninong or ninong (godparents) and most probably you think that your godparents were your sort of fairy godmothers and godfathers who gave you fabulous gifts when you were a child. Or maybe not, if you are not that lucky. I, myself, can still remember that I had two godparents, ninongs, who my father and I visited every Christmas day. One is a doctor, I remember him calling him as Ninong Toti, and the other one, who we saw less often than my other Ninong. Alice’s baptism San...

Have you or any of your families experienced having worms? Yuck, you may say that it is and it is understable naman. Worms or “bulate” are yucky and harmful to anyone who has them inside. They are parasites and they can make our children sick. These worms can stunt our children’s growth, affect their mental performance and they can cause malnutrition. As moms, we would never want our children to have any of these worms. But like any other kind of health conditions, it will be tough to fight one when we are not equipped...

How are you with your Christmas preparations? I bet that you are already looking at your long list of to-dos as we all count down to the last days before December 25. If you will ask me, I will probably answer the same, that I’m super busy. But you know what, it made me think thoroughly how Grinch these daily tasks can be, stealing us the opportunity of Christmas to get in touch with people, our friends who we haven’t found time to visit or meet this whole year, or the relatives abroad who we didn’t even had the time...

We often hear the saying that “happiness is a choice” and as parents, my husband and I always tell our daughters that we don’t have to wait to have a perfect life in order to be happy. The important thing always is to focus on what we are grateful for and make the best of it. One of our happiness as a family is to travel together. When my husband and I met each other back on our college days, we didn’t have money to travel but still, we found opportunities to explore places. When we had our two daughters, our family...

Planning a child’s birthday party is usually a lot of work. Sometimes parents never know how many guests are coming or whether or not the weather is going to cooperate. Children may change their minds about presents or themes many times in the months leading up to the party, which only further confuses parents as the party draws near. Instead, parents can make the party easier to manage and execute with these simple ideas. You may either hold a party out of your home or if you have time to do some party planning, a party at home...

A mother’s strength is in her heart. You can’t judge how strong a mother can be just by looking at her. In all these years I’ve become a mom and in all the stories that I’ve read and heard, each of us have this secret power hidden in our hearts, where we get this unusual strength to tackle all the challenges that life give us. Each of us have our own unique ways of harnessing these hidden powers, and even in myself, I often get surprised that I am able to finish multitude of tasks at home and in my job when I think...