A Filipina Mom Blogger

Twenty years ago, Freedom Constitution took effect .
Twenty years ago, my husband was cramming for his labor law exams.

PEOPLE who smile a lot and say “have a nice day” are headed to an early grave while the grumpy stay fit.

Gone are the days when I’d wait patiently by the lobby of the ballet studio, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Folk Arts Theater or wherever my 2 girls performed piano, ballet, voice recitals or a choir performance. Ohh, how enthralled I was listening or watching them on stage! Tying their hair to [...]

It’s about time that the whole Philippines follow the model developed by Lihok Pilipina Foundation and the Cebu City government. In Cebu, men who beat their wives or abuse their children do serious jail time. Unlike in other parts of the country, cases of wife-beating, incest, child abuse and marital rape are not ignored. [...]

Ah, the predicament of breastfeeding in public. Lauren only drank breast milk for 8 months because infant formula caused her colicky pains. Knowing the difficulty of breastfeeding in public, I usually brought along stored breast milk . The opening of the breastfeeding station in SM Megamall is indeed good news for [...]

Ahhh. The irony of life. When I click Sunday Inquirer Magazine interview on The Compassionate Friends , I get 2 to 3 google ads on Maribago Bluewaters Resort. It’s the beach resort where Luijoe drowned. During the interview, I never mentioned the beach resort to Joy Rojas, the author. When [...]

In every meeting of The Compassionate Friends, we provide positive ways for grief management. We believe that the only way to truly relieve the pain is to work through the grief. Last month, it was the “Creative ways of Remembering your loved one“. Yesterday’s topic was about “Healing through Journaling” or [...]

Don’t you think this is a lovely butterfly? Whenever a butterfly flutters about in the garden, I smile with the thought that Luijoe is in another life with greater beauty and freedom. But I believe the butterfly’s life cycle - metamorphosis - represents my new life after the [...]