Never too much
There is no such thing as owning too many books. When we bought our house, I dreamed of transforming one room into a library, four walls lined with books from floor to ceiling. We would start with empty shelves and [...]
Milestones
There are several things I noticed my baby wants to do all by herself lately. It makes me proud that she’s becoming more and more independent, but it makes me sad as well that she’s needing me less and less. [...]
Pumpkin soup
One weekend, both our helpers took the day off to attend a funeral. I do cook every Tuesday albeit leisurely (Pasta Tuesdays as my hubby calls it). That weekend, I was forced to cook (forced because weekends were supposedly devoted [...]
Old flame
My mother had one boyfriend before my dad. His name was Dunstan. During the times I got exasperated at how unwell my dad treated my mom (Like the way he would always compare my cooking with hers, how he would [...]
Are school buses safe?
Yesterday, I saw a school bus being tailed by a white van. The driver of the white van was obviously furious, he was tailgating the bus and swerving to and fro attempting to overtake it. With every turn, I could [...]
Thoughts on the RH Bill Part II
I am amazed at how anti-RH Bill groups interpret the Bill to be pro-abortion. I have read the Bill and in no way does it make abortion legal. It does not say that health care providers can perform abortion on [...]
Delaying tactics
My baby always finds some way to make me stay just a little bit longer at home. When she sees me all dressed up for work, she would take my hand and say “Mag-eat tayo mommy.” She likes adding “mag” [...]
Proper decorum for the other woman
I really can’t fathom how any woman could have an affair with a married man. Are the options out there so few that she needs to covet another woman’s husband? Do God’s ten commandments not say something against wanting and [...]
Split seconds
It’s amazing and sad that things can change in a split second. A car speeding along C-5 last Tuesday crashes into a pole, the driver dies. A 5 year old child with an existing heart condition dies while straining to [...]
Thoughts on the RH Bill
Everyone is talking about the RH Bill, I might as well join the bandwagon. I vaguely recall giving a report on the RH Bill, then known as House Bill 4110, entitled “The Reproductive Health Care Agenda Act of 2001″, as [...]