Category Archives: parenting

My Inspiration for 2010

Not everyone knows this, but some may be wondering why most of the time, it’s just Sanjo in my posts. You see, Sab doesn’t live with me. She hasn’t been living with me for a year now. My mom has been taking care of her, and I get to see her only a few times each year, when my mom comes home to the Philippines and brings her here to see me. They live in our hometown in Zamboanga City (although my mom is in and out of the country since my family is really based in the UK), where my cousin is the one my mom got to take care of Sab. I miss her terribly, and there are times I feel bad about myself because what kind of mother am I, when I am not the one taking care of Sab as I should be? True that she’s better off living with my mom because right now, what we earn is barely enough for my Bubby, me and Sanjo. Which is why for 2010, I aim to work harder, write better, because I believe that I can earn a stable income doing what I love best — writing. There are a lot of things that I need to learn, but I’m ready and willing to take the necessary sacrifices just to be better and eventually make it.

Busy Week Ahead

Just when I thought I can focus on building some traffic to my site and visit as much blogs as I can each day, I don’t think I can do those this week. I can probably bloghop a little bit, and probably do some of my traffic building activities, but for the most part, I’ll just be posting entries here. My mom just arrived yesterday, and so me and Sanjo are spending time with her and Sabyn before they go back to the province this Saturday. I have to make the most out of it since it may not be until the Christmas holidays till I get to see them again. Yesterday was quite fun since we were excited with all the “pasalubong” that my mom bought for us. Sabyn and Sanjo are too spoiled. They each got like a truckload of clothes like there’s no tomorrow. My mom super spoils her grandchildren. Which isn’t a bad thing. She just spoils them with new stuff, but she’s quite strict too. She’s a disciplinarian, not like me who’s a total softy. She doesn’t like them acting out, especially when in public. You can see that with Sabyn. She’s two and a half but she has never had a crying spell nor acted out when we’re out in the malls, or wherever. So I don’t have any qualms about my mom spoiling my children. I have 2 more hours to do my tasks today, and then we have to leave again to go to my mom’s place. So friends, please forgive me if I won’t be able to visit your blog everyday for the next 4 days. I will try my best anyway. :)