I can still remember, like it was just hours ago, how exhausted my husband looked lying on the hospital couch moments after I gave birth to our daughter, Jill. I was high on painkillers, but I remember perfectly well the look of absolute grogginess on […]
It’s our foremost duty as moms to make sure that our family is well. But don’t forget that you also have a duty to nurture yourself as an individual. I do believe that you can totally be a good mom and still follow your dreams […]
Guilty pleasures: I eat my kid’s food sometimes! Shhhh! That’s because I do prepare food that’s really yummy and healthy! And I take pride from this by eating what I prepare for my daughter LOL. Kidding aside, mealtime may really come as a challenge to […]
Admit it, we all can’t help Instagramming that pretty latte art in your coffee cup, or that steaming hot bowl of ramen, or that beautifully decorated plate of steak and leafy greens. My Instagram feed will be full of these photos of food everyday, and […]
Home based work opportunities are becoming popular among Filipino mothers. Not only does the work setup allow us to spend more time with our families but it also gives us enough time to pursue other things we love, like a business of our own or […]
Last week I wrote about the 10 home-based jobs stay-at-home moms could apply for and an estimate of how much we could earn per month. Now the next question is, where can we find these jobs? Which websites should I go to? There are different […]
McDonald’s does it again with another tearjerking video commercial. Watching this with my husband and I was fighting back tears. I was like, “Oo nga noh, bakit nga ba laging naghihintay ang mga tatay?” (“True. Why do all dads seem to be waiting all the […]
We’ve all been through this. At some point, we have all been judged by another mom. Or, admittedly, have become a mom-shamer ourselves. Mom-shamers come in many forms, sizes and socio-economic classes. My mom-shamers would tell me that I technically “did not give birth” because […]
Most of us moms worry about leaving our kids when we go back to work. Fortunately for us, technological advancements and new workforce thinking have allowed us to earn a living while taking care of our children at home. Today, more and more moms are […]
When we asked for a superhero, God didn’t give us one. Instead, He gave us mothers. Yet here we are, undeserving of a superhero. Undeserving of a mother’s sacrifice. Being a mom is a superpower I only came to understand now that I, myself, have […]
