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Protected: The Best of All Worlds

April 30, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

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Of Ruins and Roots: Exploring Lagonoy’s Buried Church

April 7, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Last week, we were invited to visit the home of Chelly’s paternal grandparents. Chelly said she wanted to show us an old bellfry within their property. Lagonoy’s ruins, her buried church, was in her backyard. When we were still in the process of fixing our tours, particularly the pilgrimages of sacred spaces, we were told of […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Churches, Culture, Faith, Family, Lagonoy

He is Risen (Easter Reflections)

April 6, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

The bells are ringing. The Easter vigil has begun. I can hear muffled voices – but I doubt it is coming from the church. Perhaps it is someone singing Karaoke to celebrate the risen Lord. To be honest, silencing my heart, settling my thoughts and connecting with Christ has become more challenging over the past […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Churches, Culture, Faith, Family, God, Javy, love, Philippines, Pilipinas, Uncategorized Tagged With: faith, Javy, Love, Way of the Cross

Pancake Manor Fans

March 1, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Okay. We are guilty of allowing our children to use iPads. Yes, we have been fairly warned of the great dangers these gadgets can cause the development of our kids. And yes, we have failed to listen. (It’s Pancake Manor’s fault) Perhaps it’s because we truly feel that we have found certain videos that we […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Education, Family, Javy, Parenting Tagged With: Education, family, Javy, Learning to Count, Pancake Manor, Videos, YouTube

GK Growth Map, Rolling Out and Staying Put

January 26, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

In 2008, I decided it was time to go back to school. I was determined to pursue my degree in sociology, hone my skills in statistics and prove to myself that GK is sustainable, based on empirical data (and not just feel-good anecdotes that we all know are true also). I got sidetracked (or perhaps […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Faith, Family, Gawad Kalinga, Pilipinas Tagged With: Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, family, Gawad Kalinga

Raya Education

January 26, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

A few years before I met my husband (and therefore, way before I had J or I), I encountered a small school in Quezon City and knew that it was where I hoped my children would study. (You can read about how I fell head over heels in love with the school over here: https://www.thespiralsun.com/the-raya-school/) I […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Culture, Family, Inigo, javier, Opinion Tagged With: Citizenship, Education, Iggy, Javy, Naga City, NagaRaya, Raya, School

Giving Birth: Mother Seton Hospital (Part 2 of 4)

January 8, 2015 By Tammy 36 Comments

These posts will try to outline the differences and similarities of my experiences giving birth – as well as what to prepare and expect. Hopefully, by documenting whatever I remember – I can be better prepared for number 3 (hah!) or help someone else with their birthing experience and the choices they can make (or should […]

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Filed Under: Family, Inigo, javier, Javy, Opinion, Pregnant Tagged With: family, Giving Birth, Mother Seton, Pregnancy

Giving Birth : Cardinal Santos (Part 1 of 4)

October 31, 2014 By Tammy 1 Comment

These posts will try to outline the differences and similarities of my experiences giving birth – as well as what to prepare and expect. Hopefully, by documenting whatever I remember – I can be better prepared for number 3 (hah!) or help someone else with their birthing experience and the choices they can make (or should […]

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Filed Under: Family, Inigo, javier, Javy, Opinion, Pregnant Tagged With: Cardinal Santos, family, Giving Birth, Pregnancy

J’s Birth Plan (2012)

October 30, 2014 By Tammy 2 Comments

This is our birth plan for J. It didn’t turn out the way we had hoped – but an emergency cesarian section saved our little one. We put this together with the help of Chiqui Brosas-Hahn (check out her website here: http://chiquibrosas.blogspot.com/ ). We took her birthing class to help us prepare for a safe, […]

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Filed Under: Family, Javy, Pregnant Tagged With: Birth Plan, Cardinal Santos, Chiqui Brosas, family, Javy, Natural Delivery, Pregnancy

Protected: Welcome, I.

October 22, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

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