Thoughts on Unschooling
I woke up at 2:00 AM, then 3:00 AM, then 4:00 AM, and finally settled with 5:30 AM. It was idiotic to go to bed…
Tag: parenting
Bible, Character Building, Christianity, family, Family Activities, Homeschool, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
Recruiting the Young
We just got back from Bataan. What a weekend! It was a joy to serve CCF Bataan. Edric gave today’s Sunday message, and yesterday, we…
Just Mom and Four Kids
I am no parenting martyr. I love having househelp and “yayas.” But there are occasions when I intentionally leave all the yayas behind and take…
Too Cute NOT to Spank
My two year old daughter is a charming cutie-pie who can get away with a whole lot if Edric and I don’t discipline her. She…
What Children Teach Us About God
Over the past couple of months, one of my sons has been learning how to deal with failure and blocked goals. It has not been…
Discipline, Events, family, Family Activities, Field Trip, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships
Parenting in Paradise
I am very much looking forward to uninterrupted sleep tonight! After three days of Palawan without my “home assistants” (a.k.a. Yayas), I was exhausted by…
A Mom’s Hope
I have four of a kind when it comes to personality types. And God uses each of my kids to teach me more about Himself,…
The “Happy” in Mother’s Day for Me
The Mangyan women of Mindoro used to take a can of water with them into the bushes to give birth to their babies. They would…
Indoctrination
We all have a worldview – a set of presuppositions which we believe, consciously or unconsciously, which may also be true or false, that cause…
A Life of Rest, A Life of No Limits
Marriage, parenting, ministry, work, pretty much every relationship and every thing I do have taught me one thing about myself — I am not enough….
Death by Popcorn?
Death by popcorn? Not quite. Just my Titus showing me his new way of eating popcorn. Yes, that’s my three year old…my creative, persistent, active…
“Best Day Ever!”
We spent all of Saturday hanging out with the kids (and mostly, at home). We played Monopoly Philippine Edition, went swimming, drove around in the…
