IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I was blessed to be hit by the opposite of birthday blues this year. What I choose to call birthday bliss came upon me as I had early and extended celebrations of sorts. It has been four years since I last celebrated my birthday in the Philippines, and that last time was 2020....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS On my last weekend as a 33-year-old, if I were to describe this past year, it would definitely be “life changing.” There would be no other more apt description. That’s what motherhood does to you. On my 33rd birthday last year, I wrote an Instagram post, that said...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS A mother’s love evolves. And now that I am one, I am most certain of that. Your eldest will always be your greatest teacher because he/she is who made you a mother. Nothing, or none of his other siblings will be able to replace that. It is with that child you try, and you...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS The start of the school year is rolling out. Schools are opening their doors one after the other. As children go back to school, they normally are always overwhelmed with a mix of emotions. From pure excitement to fear for first timers, anxiety, sadness, happiness – it is a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINS It is August. The last before the start of the –ber months, and what we know as the holiday season here in the Philippines. While people see August to be the ghost month, August to me has always been lucky – it is a month of transition of sorts. One that I feel lays the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this to my sister as she turns 31. Dearest Mic, As the sun sets on the eve of your 30th birthday, I cannot help but think about what a whirlwind of a year it has been, and how I could not have done it without you. As the universe always...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It has been five months of motherhood. It has been a blissful and blessed journey thus far, but not without its major bumps and hiccups. Having said that though, if I were to log a lesson I picked up from every month, here are the five: Miracles happen everyday, and...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS They say your child ends up becoming your greatest teacher. I never quite knew what this meant until now. Almost five months only into motherhood and I now marvel at things I probably would have only glanced past before. Indeed, having a child does not only teach you to pause...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS And just like that, it is the first day of the second half of the year on Monday. Before we know it, Christmas bells will be ringing and carols will be playing on the radio. Suffice to say, the first half just passed us by. Given the crazy start of the year I had, and...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS A friend very recently asked me what lessons I have learned from my father, and whether I was willing to share these coming Father’s Day. Well, it’s Father’s Day tomorrow, and after giving some thought to the idea, I thought to myself, why not? And though the five I will...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last week, I wrote about the start of an era simply because we are so used to celebrating the end, we often overlook that every ending has a beginning. In the same manner, we must not forget the fact that for a period of time to be memorable, we must live it – to the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS We oftentimes hear the words, and celebrate “the end of an era,” yet we somehow never give much attention to the start of one. I am a firm believer that every ending is the start of a new beginning. Whether that is a happy, sad, unexpected or planned beginning or ending,...
