From Dawn Till Dusk

He always opens so many windows.
But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the
closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

–Alexander Graham Bell

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(My apologies for disabling the comments. I just need to be unburdened by writing a few thoughts regarding my FIL.)

It’s been two weeks now since Daddy Domeng (my Father-in-Law) was confined in the hospital and until now, he hasn’t been recuperating from a long-time sickness. Daddy Domeng is suffering from a respiratory disease which his attending physicians described as now in a serious stage. And it’s depressing to know that the disease was only discovered recently due to complications it manifested in recent weeks.

It pains me seeing Daddy Domeng in such a catastrophic condition (yes, that’s how doctors in the hospital classified the disease in the reimbursement form filled up for PhilHealth) not solely because he’s the father of my husband, but also because I’ve always treated him as my own father, next to my own real dearest Dad whose death anniversary will be in a month’s time. And while I often heard it’s a common situation among in-laws “not being in good terms”, must I say that I’ve been blessed with a very kind and supportive FIL (so sad though that my MIL passed away years before Jun and I got married). Continue Reading »

(Cross-posted in Pinoy Moms Network)

See the diagram below? That is Knapp’s Model of Relationship Development–a Mass Communication Theory I learned back in my College days. But I didn’t put that diagram below to act like I was a Teacher lecturing you all about the components of the theory and how it works and relates to communications and mass media.

You see, the diagram is how I correlate the relationship that we member-Mommies of the fast-growing Pinoy Moms Network have. Our relationship is like that ladder, it comes in stages. Continue Reading »

First, there was our endless dealing with his pointless tantrums. Then, we were headed to an overly drastic battle over weaning him from the bottle. And now get this, the latest of our manipulative preschooler’s trick: he is totally resisting going to sleep at his usual sleeping time at night!

What more manipulation could a Terrible Three act just to test our patience and eventually get what he wanted?

Huhuhu. I can’t help but wished Nico never grew and remained to be a baby because when he was yet a preschooler, putting him to sleep was never a problem. In his infancy, specifically the first three months, he hardly kept us awake in the holiest hours of the night as he is often back at sleeping after milk snacking at midnight. As he turned four months or so, Nico’s sleeping pattern was already established, allowing us to do other baby chores at predictable schedules. He sleeps around 7 to 10 in the morning, then another Continue Reading »

Paunang Salita: Itataglish ko na lang ang entry na ito. Tutal naman, very jologs naman ang kwento ko.

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Nung isang hapon habang ako’y nasa opisina, may natanggap akong isang text message galing sa Yaya ng anak ko. Aba, at sobrang natawa talaga ako sa message nya, pero napaisip din ako ha. Eto oh… Continue Reading »

An anonymous reader of this online journal surprised me with an email late in the afternoon yesterday. Still on her middle 20’s (I guess she must have been somewhere between 24-26) and just starting a family with her husband and two-month old daughter, this reader, who revealed she happened to follow the conversation of comments among my Mommy friends in my post prior to this, was intrigued with the way I said “I’ve already accepted the fact that my husband is a not-so romantic person, while I am the opposite”. “How was I able to do that?” and “Did my love for my husband lessened in anyway as soon as I realize his flaws?” she asked.

Wow, what very innocent yet challenging and thought-provoking questions. And the whole time I was trying to compose a reply for her, I was pausing for so many times thinking how I am going to answer her questions truthfully while at the same time imparting on her some words that could help. To someone like me who have been married for six plus years already, others could have thought the questions were very easy to answer as rich experiences throughout married life would suffice to give an equally authoritative and satisfying answer. Continue Reading »

Mother’s Day is probably the most anticipated by me as amongst the many important occasions marked red in the calendar. I’ve treated it even as very significant, probably next to special occasions to me such as that of my son’s birthday. As a famous celebrity in her most recent cake TV ad said, “the heroism and selflessness that Mothers shower to their families are manifested throughout the year, and that we should make it a point to honor our Mothers in that one special Day just for them”. Another remarkable quote that’s been said about this very dear Day for Mothers was that of the famous “the best thing that a Father could do for his child is to love his/her Mother”.

Well, I guess my husband hasn’t been able to watch that TV ad or even conscious enough about the famous quote because as what happened last Sunday, he definitely didn’t exert an extra conscious effort to do something extra special for the mother of his son, and that’s me. Well, he remembered and he greeted me on the dear day. Should I be thankful enough? Not for me. Others can call it a little bit of a shallow, but you know, being the hopeless romantic that I am, I probably expected something special on my day. And it didn’t happen. Continue Reading »

Since Sunday, the 13th of May will be a busy, pampering day for Mothers (including me), I’m advancing my Mother’s Day greeting for my Mom. There are so many words to let her know how much I am blessed and greatful for having her in my life, but those aren’t enough to say how much I really feel. And through the Digiscrap below, I hope I get the message across. Continue Reading »