[tweetshare tweet="New year often brings hope and the promise of new beginnings." username="SPk3(ad*e(5d4@pEwem@tnlADFb9ZZc8:1:1"] To a mom whose 2019 ended with a major meltdown because of the several little problems that piled up, she now aims to be gentle and kind...
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Faith It Till You Make it
[tweetshare tweet="Dreams do come true, so faith it till you make it" username="SPk3(ad*e(5d4@pEwem@tnlADFb9ZZc8:1:1"] I was experiencing so much pain that I just cried for days. The pain seems not to go away. And it hurts the most that the person causing me the pain...
How to give your kids a better head start financially?
We have five boys, and as their mother, I believe it is my responsibility to teach them at least necessary money management skills. With a little knowledge about spending and saving money, it will somehow give them a head start financially. As nothing secures a...
My Mother’s Hands
One Sunday, I visited my mother. I found her sleeping, evident that a few tears flew out of her eyes and rolled down her cheek. She moaned a little, and so I held her hands. Hers are crooked showing her real age. Her knuckles are puffy, and there are wrinkles and...
Cheers to Friendship
[tweetshare tweet="There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Chanakya" username="SPk3(ad*e(5d4@pEwem@tnlADFb9ZZc8:1:1"] There may be many reasons we do and say things, but one thing is...
Financial literary guide for youngsters
I remembered many years ago, I borrowed from my cousin a pair of jeans, a white shirt, and a pair of white sneakers for our CAT class. It was because I didn't ask my mother to buy me any. That time, she often worries about our food for the day, and it would be too...