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A Sense of Belonging

November 10, 2017 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Last Sunday, our youngest received the sacrament of Baptism. Like the boys, she was welcomed into the Catholic Church early. She is three weeks old. Ig was almost two months. And J was a month old. Like the boys, she wore my Baptismal bib, a thin piece of cloth, with the Cross in light blue, […]

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Filed Under: Canada, Faith, Family, Friends, God, Kara, Letters to the Kids, Parenting Tagged With: faith, family

Your Tilde – A letter to Iñigo

October 12, 2017 By Tammy Leave a Comment

So, I still can’t get over how much effort your preschool has put on your tilde. That all your personal spaces have your name, squiggly and all, labeled nicely. Before we moved back to Canada, we have accepted that in this country, our Ñ is not accepted in legal papers. We knew that our last […]

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Filed Under: Culture, Family, identity, Inigo, Letters to the Kids Tagged With: family

To Our Mighty Girl

October 11, 2017 By Tammy 3 Comments

Dearest K, I write this on a tiny phone, with your two brothers on my lap (each trying to get a better position), and a bit of guilt in my heart that I write to you only now, a day before you come out to greet the world. Unlike your brothers, we will welcome you […]

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Filed Under: Family, Kara, Letters to the Kids, Pregnant Tagged With: family

Beating, Moving, Breaking Hearts [Moving Families]

February 20, 2016 By Tammy Leave a Comment

I have read over and over again “Home is where Grass is Greener.” and my heart is heavy with a feeling of defeat. I did not expect to end poverty over night, or make millions of pesos with our first attempt at business. I knew it was going to be tough. But, I wasn’t prepared […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Family, Migration, Philippines, Pilipinas Tagged With: Balikbayan, Bicol, family, migration, Moving Families, Philippines, return migration

Of Politics, Family, and FMD (This is for you, Franklin Drilon)

February 13, 2016 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Because a lot of who I am, and what I do, is because of Franklin Drilon. For the past six years or so I have tried to lessen my political postings. Once upon a time (about ten years ago) my blog was filled with my little opinion pieces on our government, development, and other social issues. […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Family, Naga, Opinion, Parenting, Pilipinas, politics Tagged With: Bicol, Cam Sur, family, Franklin Drilon, Naga, Philippines

Top Ten Tips for Rally Goers with Political Kids

February 13, 2016 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Trying to raise political kids?  Trying to raise socially aware, and politically active kids is a challenge. But we try.  This week marked the beginning of the campaign season in the Philippines. In a few months, we’ll be electing a new president, vice president, and other national and local government officials. This evening, I took […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Events, How To, Naga, Opinion, Parenting, Pilipinas, politics Tagged With: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Campaigning, Naga, Politics, Tips, With Kids

Five Year Plan

February 10, 2016 By Tammy Leave a Comment

A few months before I got married, the GK Builders Institute had a planning session/team building. One activity required us to draw. Tito Raul Dizon asked us where we’d be in 2015. And so I drew a little house, with a Cross above, a happy husband, and children (the two boys came, no little girl […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Family, Memories Tagged With: family

Ranger Bill: We Are The Mighty

November 24, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

A Nonoy is supposed to be someone younger, smaller (and in our family, the nonoys are quieter too). Big sisters protect their Nonoys (and Nina had her fair share of protecting). But the Nonoys grow older and bigger and the roles reverse.   When this Nonoy became a Ranger, it elicited much pride, unspoken fear, […]

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Filed Under: Communication, Family, USA, Veterans Tagged With: family, ranger, soldier, tattoos, veterans

Raya Entrep Fair 2015 : Bag ng PagbaBAGo

November 19, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

On Saturday, the Raya School Naga will be having an Entrep Fair to raise funds for their Bayanihan Project. The kids worked hard on their services and products so that their earnings can be shared with kids from a day care center in Pacol. (Last year, they shared their blessings with the Sibol kids from […]

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Filed Under: Camarines Sur, Education, Events, identity, Javy, Naga, Parenting, Penafrancia, Philippines, Uncategorized

Cristo Rey in San Jose

November 18, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

The Feast of Christ the King or Cristo Rey (or the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, if we want to be quite proper) is celebrated on the last Sunday of the liturgical year (the last Sunday before Advent begins). This has been a special day for our family for decades. […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Churches, Faith, Family, God, Memoirs, Memories Tagged With: Christ the King, churches, faith, family, fiesta, History, Obias, Partido, San Jose

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