PERSONAL NARRATIVES, MOMMY TIPS, AND THRILLING DISCOVERIES TO MAKE DAILY LIFE THE HAPPIEST
There is always something comforting about home scent. At first, you may not be aware of it, but then when you walk into a room and smell that familiar scent, you immediately hit memory lane.
I remember when I used to stay with my grandparents in the province. The whole kitchen smells of sweet pineapple candy. My grandmother lovingly prepares these sweets for her favourite apo. And that smell always makes me feel loved.
I don’t enjoy online shopping before. I still prefer heading to the mall and fitting that dress. Or I enjoy walking at each aisle and checking on the latest inventory. But because I am stuck at home with two toddlers I can’t leave behind, online shopping has become a stress-relieving activity. And just before I hit the sack, I would often spend another hour or two on the internet clicking and adding cart.
Most likely, many of us grew up on stories narrated to us by our grandparents, parents, and other elders in the family. Those were the days we shared the bed with our loved ones as they take us to the beautiful world of magic and sorcery, enchanting places, and talking animals. Such stories that taught us life lessons and helped us realize our dreams and aspiration.
All our five boys grew up knowing almost all of Aesop’s Fables. That perhaps explains their vast imagination. With only pictures in front of them, they can create a short story out of the characters and things illustrated.
Last month, I went back to working away from home. My mother set up an office for her business, and she got me as her Accounts Support.
Our weekdays become busier, giving us the reason to have a more relaxed weekend. Our Saturdays now are quite comfortable as we tend to spend more time in bed. Perhaps, that’s the best part of the weekend – waking up on a Saturday morning at our liking.
Most likely, it’s already past breakfast that we stretch our arms and leave the bed. As it’s too late to prepare for breakfast and too early to eat lunch, we often have our brunch instead, the lovechild of breakfast and lunch.
The message of the story of The Young Thief and His Mother is somehow similar to that of The Trees and The Axe. Let us read the story, please.
MOMI LEARNS| Train a child in the way he should go
MOMI LEARNS| Train a child in the way he should go
This mother went back to work-away-from-home come August 2019. My mom got an office and hired me as an Accounts Support. So every day, after tending to the needs of the boys and cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner – we head to the office. My four-year-old and two-year-old boys also go with me. They have a small room at the office where they can play, watch tv, and even sleep.
Since we went back to work, one of the adjustments we did was pamamalengke. Unlike before when we do our palengke every Monday, now, we do our shopping every Sunday. And we have to wake up real early to get fresh vegetables and meat because the talipapa near our place is just small that it only caters to the limited needs of a few households. We find this new set up as quite challenging because weekends are the only days we get to sleep an extra hour or two.
Very timely that our good friend Kat of Petite Momma’s World introduced to us Atreena Fresh Market.
Often, it is in mingling with people that we learn about life and whatnot. For example, we learn more about running a business through a conversation with business owners and entrepreneurs. In our case, we learn more about parenting and motherhood from our friends who share their successes and struggles in dealing with their children.
This is the same experience college courtside reporter Angelique Manto had when she got up close and personal with her favorite celebrity Pia Wurtzbach. She recently got the chance to spend a day with the beauty queen and Angeline used all the time to get to know more about Pia.
Three of my blogging best buddies have children with autism. Their kids, though, aren’t born with any physical or mental defect. The autism signs just showed up when the toddlers turned around two years old.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) covers a broad range of symptoms. The cases, however, don’t always look the same. Many patients are challenged, to varying degrees, with social skills, speech, and nonverbal communication.
About three weeks ago, a friend forwarded a free Jollibee meal message. All we have to do is answer a few questions and then forward the same message to friends. I answered the short survey and forwarded the message to friends. I stopped when I felt there was something wrong.
One of my friends to whom I forwarded the message to completed the task. After a few minutes, she got a notification that someone attempted to open her GCash. Another friend had a similar experience. We then concluded that the Jollibee message aims not to give a free meal but to get access to our GCash.
Such fraud act is called phishing.
Keep Calm and Have Some Brownies
We got an invite to what we may call as close to perfect paradise for brownie lovers like us! All our favorite brownies and even new exciting treats from Brownies Unlimited are readily available at their first-ever flagship store in SM Makati.