Dearest P, Finally, after more than a month, I finally made time to write you your first letter. It’s a bit more challenging to find quiet time to write with your Manoy, Diko, and Ate clamouring for attention. While the boys play, and Tatay and Ate K bond over Netflix, I’ll try to gather my […]
Friends in the Lord
Dearest I, J, K, and PeL, This was supposed to be my first letter to P (a letter I started when you were 37 weeks in my tummy, then continued when you were 39 weeks, and here we are – you’re out, healthy, beautiful, and so very pink! And it’s not done yet – and […]
Giving Thanks
Dearest I, J, and K, It has been so long since I’ve written to any of you. It has been a while since I’ve given myself time to sit, reflect, and actually thank God for giving me the gift of beautiful (and slightly crazy) babies. Last night at church, Deacon Greg talked about the importance […]
Feast Days and Forgiveness
May 19 is our feast day. Our little town, San Jose, is celebrating (or already did, since they’re ahead by a day) in an exciting way. Our 200+ year old parish church has been conferred as an Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Joseph. As I was doing my homework (I’ve joined a group of women in […]
On Life and Everlasting Life – A Letter to J
To my dearest J, Tatay sat you all down, and let you know that his Lola has passed away. He quickly explained before heading out the door to get your Lola Auntie at church. You looked at me and asked “Is Lola Auntie sad?”. When Lola Auntie came in the door, instead of hiding, you […]
The (now) bearable lightness of Being almost Canadian
After what seemed like forever, the eagle has finally landed. It took the Canadian government approximately 16 months (less than the expected 26 months) to process my application for permanent residency. All the paperwork, medical tests, and mailing back and forth, has finally come to an end (actually, no. This isn’t the end because we […]
Giving Birth: Royal Columbian Hospital (Part 3 of 4)
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 4 (hah! just kidding. That’s it. We’re done.) or help someone else with their birthing experience and the […]
I Still Want To Be Like Mom
I stumbled upon an old blog post (Read it here! Written in 2004) about how I wanted to be a mom, and more specifically, like my mom. I wrote it almost 14 years ago. The way I wrote it is embarrassing (I’d like to think my writing has improved with time), but everything I shared […]
A Sense of Belonging
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, […]
Your Tilde – A letter to Iñigo
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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