On World Moms Blog: My Birthday Wish

I’ll be celebrating my birthday very soon but to be perfectly honest with you, I’m not so worked up about it. Now, don’t get me wrong — I’m the type of person who deems occasions like these special, but when it’s focused on me, I’m not so particular about being pampered or getting what I … Continue reading On World Moms Blog: My Birthday Wish

Truly Rich Reflections: How Fast Time Flies! Tim’s Birth Story (Of Sorts)

Our eldest, our son, Timothy, celebrated his sixth birthday yesterday. I cannot believe how fast time flies! It seems like only yesterday that I was at the Guido Valadares National Hospital in Timor Leste, clutching tightly to my rosary and small statue of the Holy Family, trying to remember the natural childbirth tips I had … Continue reading Truly Rich Reflections: How Fast Time Flies! Tim’s Birth Story (Of Sorts)

My Birthday-Celebrating-God’s-Amazing-Grace-I-Just-Want-To-Share-My-Blessings Giveaway! :)

I turned 32 yesterday (yes, I am quite open about my age, haha!) and reading everyone's greetings on Facebook, Twitter, text, email has left me very humbled and grateful. I do not deserve all the love, support, prayers and "thank you for inspiring us" messages because Lord knows I am still a long way from … Continue reading My Birthday-Celebrating-God’s-Amazing-Grace-I-Just-Want-To-Share-My-Blessings Giveaway! 🙂

Happy Birthday, Mama Mary! :) The Most Inspiring Breastfeeding Mom of All :D (+ Moringana Amazing Grace Giveaway Week 9)

Guess whose birthday it is today? :)The only real "supermom" I know! Image from Cool Catholics And the most inspiring breastfeeding mom of all time! 🙂 Image from Our Lady of La Leche website Thank you for guiding me (us!) throughout this crazy, challenging journey of motherhood! :)We (re)dedicate our family, especially our homeschool (note to … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mama Mary! 🙂 The Most Inspiring Breastfeeding Mom of All 😀 (+ Moringana Amazing Grace Giveaway Week 9)

Three Years of God’s Amazing Grace and Blessings: Rysse’s Birthday Giveaway! :)

Our "little flower" turns three today.I can't believe how fast she's growing. Slow down, please, Time. Slow down. *sniffs* Newborn Rysse and Rysse at three. *sighs* I can still remember vividly her birth — which was all natural, mind you! (Eeep!)And how our lives were never the same again after that. (Just as it changed when … Continue reading Three Years of God’s Amazing Grace and Blessings: Rysse’s Birthday Giveaway! 🙂

A Birthday Tribute To A Man I Love (And It Ain’t My Hubby This Time!)

I have blogged about him before here, though I only mentioned him briefly. I also posted a picture of him, along with my other siblings here, when I shared about a "family-reunion-of-sorts" earlier this year.Yep, you guessed it right! This blog post is dedicated to my Kuya (older brother), Joam (or Jose Amado). Kuya with Ate, circa 1979 … Continue reading A Birthday Tribute To A Man I Love (And It Ain’t My Hubby This Time!)

Of my sister on All Souls’ Day

Note: Very personal and long sharing ahead. 😉 Go ahead and read it though - I hope it inspires you to honor the important people in your life as well! 😉 BE BLESSED!My dearest Ate (older sister) celebrates her birthday today, which incidentally is All Souls' Day too. On this day, when the entire Catholic church … Continue reading Of my sister on All Souls’ Day

Truly Rich Reflections: Thoughts on Tim’s Birthday

This is a preview of my post for the week on Philstar.com's unBLOGGED section. To read the whole article, please click here. Thoughts on Tim's birthday By Featured Blogger Tina Santiago-Rodriguez, October 11, 2011 11:00 AM 0 comment to this post Our son Timothy turned 5 yesterday. (Yes, you may have noticed that it’s “birthday season” in our … Continue reading Truly Rich Reflections: Thoughts on Tim’s Birthday

The wonder that is my mother ;-)

My mom celebrates her birthday today! 😉 She turns 60, so it's a rather big milestone for our family. We weren't supposed to celebrate as she had planned to go to her hometown, Malolos, on Oct 1, to help my uncle and aunt (Tito and Tita) prepare for the fiesta on Oct. 4.However, she and my Papa decided … Continue reading The wonder that is my mother 😉