Health tips I learned from my mother
Roots and WingsBy Cathy Babao-Guballa
My mother took up running as a sport at age 40. Several years later, my father died, and she became a widow at 47.
My mother took up running as a sport at age 40. Several years later, my father died, and she became a widow at 47.
May is one of my favorite months of the year. Aside from the fact that Mother’s Day is celebrated in May, it is also the birth month of my youngest daughter, Athena.
My husband and I have recently started taking “yaya-less” vacations in a move that would help us invest more time in our children. It’s almost a paradox since most people’s main concern before a baby is born is to find a suitable nanny, then at some point realize that their children respond only to the nanny and not the parents.
Today you turn 19 years old in heaven. It struck me yesterday how in June this year, you would have been gone for 15 years. How our lives have changed. How you must be all grown up now.
It’s inevitable for kids to accumulate dirt and come home with stains on their clothes after spending an hour or two playing. Award-winning actress Dawn Zulueta, women and youth issues advocate Sen. Pia Cayetano, socialite and columnist Tessa Prieto-Valdez, and sought-after celebrity mom Carmina Villaroel – the fab quad who lead today’s “sige moms” – agree that kids will always be kids and part of it is getting literally dirty.
Today’s moms are faced with tough decisions especially in cases where their children are concerned. Recent studies reveal that there is divisiveness among moms when asked whether they would let their kids indulge in experiential learning or restrict their activities in favor of easing household chores.
It was a scene straight out of a typical school day 15, 20 or even 30 years ago. Groups of girls, large and small, were gathered in circles, chattering away. And to complete it, the requisite warning: “Girls! Please be quiet! You are being too noisy!”
Little boys. There are times when I feel like they really are a completely different species.
I debated with myself about writing this, as in this “trending” age, many skeptical comments will make their way to Facebook or Twitter. But ultimately, I decided that what people thought of me wasn’t important.
Lately, I have been encountering words from a “genre” that I never even knew existed. I am pretty sure you won’t find most of them in the dictionary, but they have been popping up in magazine articles, blogs, conversations and even advertisements!
Breastfeeding advocates recently opposed the passage of a proposed measure they referred as “monster bill,” which was said would only propagate the interest of multinational milk companies.
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