My Mother’s Day Message For Our Kids

To Tim and Rysse, Thank you for the greatest gift that God could ever give me - the gift of motherhood. By being your mother, I have learned so many things about God and myself. I have seen how wonderful it will be in heaven. Through your hugs, kisses, laughter and "I love you's" I … Continue reading My Mother’s Day Message For Our Kids

My Best Gift For Mother’s Day

We attended the 14th CFC Kids for Christ International Kids Village (IKV) this weekend, and I received my BEST Mother's Day gift so far during the Mass earlier. Our kids prayed over me during the last part of the Mass! I am in tears here! 🙂 While the kids were praying, I was praying along … Continue reading My Best Gift For Mother’s Day

Save The Family, Save The World!

Yesterday (October 16), hubby and I were privileged to be able to attend a Parenting for Pro-Life Seminar organized by Pro-Life Philippines. I had recently signed up for their newsletter and saw the invitation so hubby and I registered for it. It cost us P300 per head but since we believe that educating ourselves about PRO-LIFE … Continue reading Save The Family, Save The World!

For Timothy – Consecrated to God through Mama Mary

Our firstborn turns 4 today. How time flies. While preparing for our talk on "The Christian Family as Fertile Ground for the Missions" for the Pontifical Missions Society, we were once again reminded and AMAZED at how God brought Timothy Alan "Tim" into our lives. He was, in a way, an unplanned, baby, but not … Continue reading For Timothy – Consecrated to God through Mama Mary

Updates on our homeschooling journey :)

(Originally posted on August 4, 2010 at http://teachermamarules.blogspot.com/2010/08/month-and-half-or-so-in-review.html)I was inspired by Mommy Michelle to update this blog when she started doing her "A Week In Review" posts. I realized that it's been more than a month since we've arrived in the Philippines (my gosh!) and more than 2 weeks since my last post here (I've been regularly updating … Continue reading Updates on our homeschooling journey 🙂

Parenting is Pro-Life :)

I firmly believe in PRO-LIFE and everything else connected with it. My experiences with Human Life International, especially while here on mission, have been enriching, enlightening and empowering.I have come to learn to respect and protect LIFE in all its forms.Being a parent of two adorable angels has further strengthened my conviction to be pro-life. … Continue reading Parenting is Pro-Life 🙂

A Mother’s Day To Remember, Thanks To Tim :)

This Mother's Day, I brought some flowers to Mass with the intention of offering them for our greatest Mother of all, Mama Mary. Even before we got to the Church, my eldest, 3.5 y/o Tim, saw the flowers, took one bunch of them and handed them over to me, saying "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MAMA!" Aaawww.. … Continue reading A Mother’s Day To Remember, Thanks To Tim 🙂

Love conquers all

Earlier today, we had our regular prayer meeting for our small group (called a "household" in our community). Our main theme for the day was LOVE, and it was divine inspiration from Father A. The worship/prayer session before the sharing proper had almost everyone in tears, as God spoke personally to our hearts, each of … Continue reading Love conquers all

Financial Breakdown of Raising a Child

(A repost from http://www.stoutboys.blogspot.com. A MUST READ FOR ALL PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS! 🙂 Blessings upon everyone!)The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you … Continue reading Financial Breakdown of Raising a Child