Family — Page 2
Santi: now at three months
Santi has been with us for more than a month now. He was given to us quite too early at 1 1/2 month old.
Coercing a child
I am now in the process of preparing everything my kids will be needing for the incoming school year. And while sewing ripped areas of their old uniforms and putting school patches on new ones, I keep on remembering a mother with two kids in the elementary grade.
Enjoying the summer rain
For several years now, summer vacation in my family was spent mostly either swimming in the beach or in a resort pool.
Our unattended garden
There is a garden in our backyard where my mom used to frequent. She would spend hours in the place tending to her precious orchids, ferns, and other kinds of plants during weekends, while working as a nurse in the Rural Health Unit in our town on weekdays.
Field Trip 2009
In my kids’ school, field trip is being held every two years. This arrangement makes the kids to look forward to it with more eagerness.
Should we force the kids to love books?
I was in National Bookstore one day trying to find a good book for a seven-year-old birthday boy when I overheard a mother arguing with her two sons, a teenager and a tween.
Celebrating 13 happy years
Thirteen happy years of married life. Of being together. Not a few friends and close relatives had asked why we are still here in the Philippines when lots of our counterparts have found life in different places abroad.
From paper guns to bakugans
Weeks before Christmas vacation 2008 began, my kids were busy on weekends making paper guns. They do this after they finish their assignments and after studying for their exams.
New Year’s Day Traditions: Do they make sense?
Growing up as a child, I was able to observe New Year’s Day traditions from my mom and dad. Early morning on the 31st, my mom would go to the market and buy loads of fruits of all kinds.
Giving Gifts
December 2008 Christmas gift giving I give gifts to children every year, often before Christmas. It used to be in the form of medical mission done in my clinic and scheduled at least a month before the date.
Medicine Night 2008
The annual celebration of the Medicine Night in LNU College of Medicine came early this year. The second year students, being the hosts, decided to hold it earlier than usual (December or January in past years), as they were anticipating the exams that would be coming before the Christmas break, leaving them no time to prepare for the occasion.
LMA: on its 10th Year
I couldn’t help to be curious on what my kids were into during the almost two-month-long preparation for the culminating activity of their school’s foundation celebration.
Raymund on Chess
Raymund in green shirt Playing chess is one thing that I have not done in my whole life. Not that I don’t want to but I simply failed to learn it.
All Saints' Day Celebration
We woke up early today just so we can be at the cemetery at six in the morning. Me and hubby prefer to be there early as it would be too hot when the sun is up.
Experiences with the Unknown
I don't exactly know what to call them - ethereal beings, ghosts, or spirits.But I am reminded of them whenever I stay in a hotel, for it is there where I often encounter them.
A time for bonding with kids
Ever since school started this June, each member of my family had been very busy - the kids with their studies, MTAP reviews, and preparations for the different school activities; me and hubby with our work.
I can't believe he quit
I have been teaching in the LNU College of Medicine for almost ten years now. I have seen quite a few students who gave up the course, mostly because they are not persistent or persevering enough.
Happy Birthday, Ralph!
I was initially scheduled for cesarean section on September 8, 2001 by my obstetrician, the reason why I had myself admitted on September 7.
Meet My Maids
Getting and maintaining maids are some of the domestic problems most mothers have. My sister is not an exception. She changes maids almost every month, and finding a new one always means trouble.
