Monday, February 9, 2009
Yet Another Blog... Sshhh
I created yet another blog. It's Yakee's Blog, where i'd document a lot of the little things he does asm mostly online anyway and not every new antic he does can be attributable to Mommy's loving and rearing.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Breastfeeding Statue
In an obscure town in Nueva Vizcaya, where steel buildings are rare, but waking up to fog outside your window is common, there is a church that houses the statue below, which made me smile so much.
I think it's safe to say that I won't see a lot of such holy images... so I really applaud this town, and whoever built this statue. Surely, even Baby Jesus himself was nourished the best way possible.
So it was, so shall it be.
I think it's safe to say that I won't see a lot of such holy images... so I really applaud this town, and whoever built this statue. Surely, even Baby Jesus himself was nourished the best way possible.
So it was, so shall it be.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
My Son, My Valentine
Hubs has already told me he has to work come Valentines. So dashed are my hopes of a day trip at Balay Indang.
I wonder if there's anywhere I can rent a tuxedo from for my little boy, so I can wear my new dress again and we could go on a date of our own. Sorta like playing prom, but Queen Mommy is going with her Little Prince instead.
Sigh.
I can't wait to actually go on 'dates' with my son... hopefully I will be able to make him appreciate women in a more healthy and loving way so he'd be good to them. And I know it will be bittersweet when he's really dating and romancing a girl his age (please, always someone his age!), when Mommy is no longer the greatest love of his life.
But hey, I still have some 12 years or so at least... with him.
I wonder if there's anywhere I can rent a tuxedo from for my little boy, so I can wear my new dress again and we could go on a date of our own. Sorta like playing prom, but Queen Mommy is going with her Little Prince instead.
Sigh.
I can't wait to actually go on 'dates' with my son... hopefully I will be able to make him appreciate women in a more healthy and loving way so he'd be good to them. And I know it will be bittersweet when he's really dating and romancing a girl his age (please, always someone his age!), when Mommy is no longer the greatest love of his life.
But hey, I still have some 12 years or so at least... with him.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Prejudice Against SAHMhood
I'm not saying I don't have prejudices myself... or that I didn't have moments too when I felt (or thought) that some woman threw a good career away to follow her husband abroad, or be a SAHM.
But those times happened generally before I became one, and before I appreciated (and somehow take pride) in how intelligent, independent women are the ones making the choice to stay home for their kids.
It's actually becoming a sort of trend now. In my husband's peer group, there are at least 3-4 of them with SAHM wives (or WAHMs) and two of us are considering homeschooling.
A former colleague just commented on how I threw away my years of service in my former company. True. But I just told him it seems more of a waste to throw away the chance to raise my son firsthand when we have the chance, despite the global economic crisis.
And no, I wasn't annoyed at all. It even seems a little funny how that's what comes to other people's minds (even my parents, mind you) when they hear someone's a SAHM/housewife. Just goes to show how much we've been Westernized... good thing even the West is slowly coming back to making the home the ultimate must-work-for company.
But those times happened generally before I became one, and before I appreciated (and somehow take pride) in how intelligent, independent women are the ones making the choice to stay home for their kids.
It's actually becoming a sort of trend now. In my husband's peer group, there are at least 3-4 of them with SAHM wives (or WAHMs) and two of us are considering homeschooling.
A former colleague just commented on how I threw away my years of service in my former company. True. But I just told him it seems more of a waste to throw away the chance to raise my son firsthand when we have the chance, despite the global economic crisis.
And no, I wasn't annoyed at all. It even seems a little funny how that's what comes to other people's minds (even my parents, mind you) when they hear someone's a SAHM/housewife. Just goes to show how much we've been Westernized... good thing even the West is slowly coming back to making the home the ultimate must-work-for company.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Summer's Coming
Technically, the country is a field of mosquitoes. But you know summer isn't far away when there's more of them flying around and biting your kid.
Which is why I should get the husband to install a new outdoor lighting for when my son is playing outside in the late afternoon to early evening. And get my cousin to do her spring cleaning magic on our joke of a yard. Mosquitoes are known to haunt damp, dark places after all. Not to mention, who knows what else creepy, crawly creature could be found outside.
I guess I should also take to putting some Off lotion on my son before I banish him out to play and run after the neighborhood dogs. Hehe.
Which is why I should get the husband to install a new outdoor lighting for when my son is playing outside in the late afternoon to early evening. And get my cousin to do her spring cleaning magic on our joke of a yard. Mosquitoes are known to haunt damp, dark places after all. Not to mention, who knows what else creepy, crawly creature could be found outside.
I guess I should also take to putting some Off lotion on my son before I banish him out to play and run after the neighborhood dogs. Hehe.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
A Disconnected Mom and Daughter
A friend shared to me the story of a mother who posed with her daughter and gave an interview about not loving her own child.
My friend cried buckets about over this story and felt so much for the girl.
Others, I know, were horrified that she didn't do the interview anonymously and even posed with her daughter.
Me, I can actually relate to the Mom, in the sense that although a part of me instinctively loved and felt responsible for my child even when he was still in utero, a part of me also has always stayed detached from him, and what I have with him.
It's that part that sometimes lets him cry because I don't want anything to do with him anymore... or just wandering whether I can actually care for him.
And honestly, even if the Mom went a little overboard by not going the anonymous route, I felt sorry and sad for her.
And I actually hope that what the girl would feel is relief. Relief that her mother has just acknowledged to the whole world that there was something wrong with her, and that nothing was wrong with Catherine. There is that fine distinction to that, and I hope Catherine, despite her 11 years, will have the grace to actually feel sorry for her own Mum, eventhough she was denied of maternal love as some people know it.
And really, I hope they can bridge more of the disconnect now that it's out.
*~*
Besides, I find the octuplets' mom more heartless, irresponsible and less deserving of the Mom title.
My friend cried buckets about over this story and felt so much for the girl.
Others, I know, were horrified that she didn't do the interview anonymously and even posed with her daughter.
Me, I can actually relate to the Mom, in the sense that although a part of me instinctively loved and felt responsible for my child even when he was still in utero, a part of me also has always stayed detached from him, and what I have with him.
It's that part that sometimes lets him cry because I don't want anything to do with him anymore... or just wandering whether I can actually care for him.
And honestly, even if the Mom went a little overboard by not going the anonymous route, I felt sorry and sad for her.
And I actually hope that what the girl would feel is relief. Relief that her mother has just acknowledged to the whole world that there was something wrong with her, and that nothing was wrong with Catherine. There is that fine distinction to that, and I hope Catherine, despite her 11 years, will have the grace to actually feel sorry for her own Mum, eventhough she was denied of maternal love as some people know it.
And really, I hope they can bridge more of the disconnect now that it's out.
*~*
Besides, I find the octuplets' mom more heartless, irresponsible and less deserving of the Mom title.
Parenting Online
Found a site online that offers rich articles and news resources about parenting: Parenting Online. The latest article (Classes offer rewards for teen parents) is inspiring. I know attendance to those parenting classes will not guarantee that the teenage parents will be more responsible but it's at least a step in the right direction.
After all, these kids have already made huge mistakes (being parents at a young age), the least society can do is give them tools so they can have a chance at success and happiness, and so their kids would also be happier and better cared for.
After all, these kids have already made huge mistakes (being parents at a young age), the least society can do is give them tools so they can have a chance at success and happiness, and so their kids would also be happier and better cared for.
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