‘I’m a mom–and a New York Marathon finisher’
“Fly to New York for 18 hours just to run? Is this what they call a midlife crisis?” my 19-year-old son asked incredulously after I made an important announcement over dinner.
December 3, 2014
“Fly to New York for 18 hours just to run? Is this what they call a midlife crisis?” my 19-year-old son asked incredulously after I made an important announcement over dinner.
It’s been a year since the Super Typhoon “Yolanda/ Haiyan” hit the country and killed more than 6,000 and affected 16 million. Many of the survivors are still displaced, living in bunkhouses without prospects for employment.
At a birthday party we attended last weekend, there were so many treats for kids: a puppet show, games, a candy buffet, a corn dog stand, ice cream cones. But the biggest hit, without a doubt, was the cotton candy stand.
Peachy Concepcion smiled when she uttered the word “bittersweet” to describe the universal experience parents undergo when they let their children spread their wings.
Last week, on our way home from a quiet weekend out of town with our kids, my husband broke the bad news. The child of a good friend had passed away.
One of the chapters in OMF Publishing’s book, “Ikaw Na Ang Maganda,” by Malu Tiongson-Ortiz, mother, makeup artist, interior designer and advocate for parents of children with Down syndrome, talks about “18 Steps to Inner Beauty.”
A year after Super Typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) devastated the Visayas, children who bore the brunt of its long-reaching aftermath have proven to be the most resilient. In the town of Guiuan, a colleague witnessed the opening of several new classrooms.
Every now and then, the newspaper delivery comes with a toy catalog. I get rid of it before my kids get the chance to start pointing, asking and begging for the toys.
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps keep the human body healthy by preventing destructive chemical reactions from occurring within its system. In particular, it lowers the production of free radicals—molecules with unpaired electron—which could be detrimental to the wellbeing of living cells.
Last month, there was a lot of talk about kidnappings, partly due to what people thought was an abduction on Edsa. Some parents perceive a resurgence in kidnapping.
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