To all you mothers out there… Happy Mother’s Day! I do believe that one single day is not enough to celebrate the greatness of your tribe. I do think that we should all celebrate mother’s day every single day of our lives. Mother. Mom. Mommy. Mum. Mummy. Nanay, Inay, Inang, Nanang. Mama. You are amazing! [...]
When we were kids, money was not enough for us. We were seven in the family including my parents. Can you imagine how costly it is to bring up five kids? It didn’t end with food. There’s also clothes to wear, school to pay for, and other basic necessities that a child needs. Multiply that [...]
I hate being on death watch. I was in it thrice already. My brother, my mom, my maternal grandmother. It was crazy and heartbreaking and if I am not a strong person I would have probably gone mad with all the deaths I’ve witnessed already. I am not talking about my loved ones only. I [...]
Family means helping each other out in times of need. It is volunteering to do the things that one family member can’t do as of the moment. It’s picking up the slack of another and not complaining about it. That’s what family is all about. Keep this in mind for all of you who is [...]
The photo above is true. Grandma’s house is the place for cousins to go to become best friends, or in my case, to become best playmates. My grandma’s house, a few houses away, was the place where my siblings and I as well as our cousins and other relatives grew up. We had so many [...]
This person I know considers her friends as family members. I understand because she is an only child and her parents are separated. She grew up with her mom and was not treated right by relatives. Naturally, she isn’t close to them and gets to talk to a few of them only. She actually grew [...]
So how do you resolve a family feud? I think that when a person gets hurt, it takes a long time for him to heal, more so if the person(s) who hurt him is(are) his kin. Am I right in my observation? Because I should tell you, that’s what happened to us recently. We showed [...]
Maybe it’s just me but for me family always comes first. Before anything else, before my own happiness, I always think of my family. That’s how it’s been all my life. That’s why I can’t understand why some people can still smile when there’s a big problem hounding the family. I can’t fathom why some [...]
We are a family full of traditions. Every November 1st we go to the grave of our dearly departed loved ones. We bring flowers and candles with us. Then we stay at the cemetery/columbary until late in the afternoon or early evening. It’s a tradition that we haven’t broken since I was a little girl [...]
Let me tell you about this mother who lets her kids walk all over her. She tolerates all their foolish ways and even looks past her kids faults. I was told that the younger kid, a teenage son, wasn’t home at four in the morning. The mother, waking up not seeing her son at home, [...]
I think we all have one in the family tree, right? Ungrateful relatives. Those whom you’ve helped along the way and during a crucial time in their lives but who act as though you’ve done nothing of the sort. Those relatives who bad mouth you when they should be singing your praises and telling the [...]
I was watching Hoarders in BIO Channel with my sister a while ago. We were talking about how those people can live like that. Mountains of trash and rotten stuff around you inside your own home. Eeek! Two families are featured in each episode. In the episode that we caught today, both mothers were hoarders. [...]
One of the things that I wanted to have learned early on in life is discipline. I think being the eldest in the family and the apple of the eye of the elders made me take discipline for granted. You know how it is when every one’s catering to your whims… Discipline is very important. [...]
The ancestral house in my mom’s side of the family was sold very recently. It was heartbreaking, to say the least. I grew up in that house. My siblings and my cousins and almost all of us in my mom’s side of the family grew up in that house. I just can’t imagine the house [...]
Believe it or not, I am one of those persons who find going to the market exciting. I love going to the market. I rarely do so because we have someone who does this for us every day. But whenever we’re in the province, I never pass up a chance to scour the market for [...]
My uncle is very sick. In fact, he can barely breathe anymore. He needs to be hospitalized as soon as possible but since his family has no money to spend for the hospitalization, they are waiting for help from relatives like us. I have every intention of helping. In fact, I am also encouraging my [...]
It is. With all the ups and downs, regardless of the tragedies that happened, life is still good. And it will always be as long as your family is with you. Do you agree? Happy weekend everyone!
You probably heard about this game show where a child danced like an adult in front of a laughing host and audience. The child was crying while dancing, obviously humiliated beyond words on what he was doing in exchange for ten grand for his family. There was an uproar over that incident. People are clamoring [...]
You might have noticed by now the importance I put on family. Family comes first for me. It always does and it always will. My mom had something to do with this attitude. She made me realize that no matter what happens, a person always comes back to his/her family for support and love. No [...]
One of the reality-docu shows that I watch is Intervention. It’s about families asking for help in intervening with their love one’s drug or alcohol addiction. It’s a really good show because it not only shows us what happens to a drug or alcohol addict but also to their families. How the dependent’s family members [...]
