Groups of people are going to the mall this weekend. I am sure of it. It’s payday weekend! If there is one thing that I remember my parents made a tradition is for the whole family to go out once in a while, when there’s more than enough funds to utilize. We’d go to parks [...]
I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It reminds me of the few vacations we had when I was a kid. I love the smell of grilled meat. It reminds me of the few barbeque picnics we had in the past. I love the smell of freshly laundered clothes. And the smell of garlic [...]
One of the things I am thankful for is that I was born to a family with simple dreams and simple joys in life. We live in a modest house. My siblings and I went to private schools but nothing too fancy. We don’t have a car at the moment but we used to have [...]
I’ve always wanted a patio like this. It’s so relaxing to look at and I am sure, this is a great place to entertain guests. I wish we have a house where we can set up something like this. I am posting this photo to inspire me to reach for this dream… a house somewhere [...]
Be intentional about enjoying the sounds of laughter. Start now! On the count of three, place your hands over your belly and say HA, HA, HA! Feel the belly muscles contract? Your mind was working for you to signal the muscles to contract. Yes, a helpful mind. Repeat this until your own spontaneous laugh begins? [...]
Something to make you smile… One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet door was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my mother why she was keeping napkins in the bathroom. Didn’t they belong in the kitchen? Not wanting to burden me with unnecessary facts [...]
The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that [...]
Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to [...]
I would love to have one like this at home
“It’s important to let our kids know we are aware of our inadequacies. Tell them. You have nothing to lose in honestly admitting to them that you didn’t do everything correctly as a parent. The admission may be the key to opening communication and beginning the process of healing your relationships with your kids.” – [...]
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled [...]
Love Quote of the Day What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. – Helen Keller I just love the quote above. I believe this holds true for everyone. Whatever happens to us, even in tough times, we can summon the good memories and [...]
