A Window Shopping Spree

It is sad that we did not attend the mass this Sunday because of the heavy rains. We just accompanied my son at the Zola café’ until the rain stopped. Before going home my daughter ask me to have window shopping at the SM shoemart which happen to be on sale. On our way to the mall, we bumped into Marichu, a co-parent and her daughter. Since there so many shoppers we separate ways so as we could move freely. We almost forgot the time looking for an affordable items but sad to say although they are sale, it is still quite expensive for a middle class family like us.

It’s again the start of the week, it’s a very hectic one. After sending my daughter to school, we proceeded to the market with my co-parents. Then went to my sister-in-laws parlor at Maharlika wherein my mother is waiting. We have an appointment with the bank for the withdrawal of their time deposit as requested by my father. There are lacking documents which are not signed by my sister so we went to her house to have it signed. Went back to town to have it submitted to the bank for processing. We were advised to wait for 15 working days before the time deposit be released. My mother and I was starving because it’s almost 12 noon. Since there is food reserve for her at the parlor of my sister-in-law, we just took our lunch at her place.

After finishing our lunch, I received a text message from a friend asking me to accompany her at my friends’ dress shop for her daughters’ United Nation costume. From their, we went to Porta Vaga mall to have a cup of coffee before fetching our daughters from school. Her daughter attended her piano lesson before she had her measurement for her costume.

Living in Fear

EAR a very short and simple word but with a deep meaning. It’s a deep motivating force that underlies all of our actions. It is a convincing motivator that can keep you separate from love, joy, and even your soul mate. We always fear of not making it on a chosen career and not making it to the top. We also fear of not finding true love and not having a family which will result for not having your own children, of not being the person we always wished we could be.

All this fear causes untold amounts of pain which can also result to paranoia. You could overcome those fear by being proactive, to go out and mingle with others, to allow yourself to be open with opportunities and always think that you are not alone. Instead of being driven by a motivation to be effective, you’re being pushed by fear of not being successful. In love, trust is the most important recipe for a long life relationship. By this, you can move away from fear of not ending into a fairytale. You should have high hope that you are destined to have a family of your own. You are actually being pushed to grow in preparation to something even bigger.

Importance of Reading into Baby’s Brain Grow

Reading is very essential to the baby’s growth, it has intellectual, emotional and physical benefits that can enhance to the child’s development. The intimacy of sharing books and stories strengthens the emotional bonds between a parent and child, helps a child learn words and concepts, and actually stimulates the growth of the baby’s brain. Scientists have discovered that whose parents read and talk to them during the first three years of life create a stronger foundation for future reading success. Reading to a child while touching, hugging, and holding can be a wonderful remedy to the impersonal tendencies of the informative age. While critical the building brains, reading is equally important to building trust and close relationship.

That’s why many of us remember the warm embrace or the comfortable lap that cradled us when we read books as children. Reading should not be viewed solely as an intellectual proposition, particularly in the era in which we now live. Reading to children is easy, affordable and feasible to parents no matter what their level of education or economic station in life. Children’s books are available for free at public libraries in every community and can be found at reasonable prices in many bookstores. Doctors, librarians, teachers, book publishers, business leaders and even media can help make books available to families and educate parents about vital role that reading plays in our children’s lives.

It isn’t very often that we have before us such a simple, inexpensive and pleasurable way to improve our children’s health and development and raise their prospects for a brighter future.

Healthful Habits for Children

Good nutrition is essential to have a healthy living. We always ask our children what their favorite foods are. It is important to inform them that there are no good and bad foods, but they should not eat too much of just one food. They should eat balanced diet. They should eat foods from the basic food groups, like fruits and vegetables, grains which include bread and cereals, milk and dairy products, meat, nuts and seeds. Too much of a sweet will result to tooth decay while too much salty foods might give a person a kidney disorder. taking a bath daily, brushing teeth every after meal, washing of hands especially after using the comfort room and before eating.

It is also good for the children to be in any kind of sports because it keeps the body strong and healthy. Concept of sportsmanship should be explained to the children. It should be emphasized that when they lose, they must not feel ashamed or disheartened. What matters is that they joined the game or the contest, which did their best they could and played fairly. It’s not the winning that counts, its how the children played the game and have practiced good sportsmanship.

Cheer Dancing Competition

This is open to all grade levels at my youngest daughter’s school. It is supposedly a fantastic experience for her but she refused to join the audition. I just let her do her thing until a co-parents daughter convinced her and another classmate to try at the last minute screening. There were so many pupils at the audition area hoping that they could be chosen as one of the cheer dancers. We waited for awhile until the jurors have announced the hopeful participants. The announcement of lucky contenders called one after the other, it is almost done but my daughter has not called yet. I trust my childs’ capacity but I am starting to loose hope when her name was called to be one of them. She was very happy and excited. They immediately had their practice the following day because the competition is very soon. Their choreographer required them to stay after class to practice since they have barely two weeks to master their piece. And no need for more elaboration, we the stage mothers are around patiently waiting for their dismissal.

The most awaited day has come…we left very early to avoid the rush. Everybody is in their cheerful mood in spite of the fact that there are participants who were not ready physically. When everything was in order, everybody marched to the competition venue. It so, so muddy but nobody should complain…the show must go on. All of the participants and even the parents were so excited and assumed of winning because they were the crowds’ favorite. But the excitement has gone when the principal has announced that the group was disqualified for not registering on time. They exerted all efforts and resources to let them be a part of the competition but not even the mayor can deviate from the rules and regulation of the organizer. The only consolation they offered is to perform as guest performer. They were applauded by the crowd and even concluded that they are the unanimous winner. We thought then that other participating schools were intimidated because we are the sure winners. At least we learned from our experience and the same should be duplicated in the future..

FAILURES ON EARLY MARRIAGE

It is a fact the most of early marriages are brought by pregnancy. Such forced marriages
have a very high risk of failure. The person who is immature in age is likely immature in emotions as well. Parents often object to early marriage, they have known to go to great lengths to break up the marriages of underage youth. If only parents would try to help the underage couple instead of trying to interfere, these marriages might turn out to be better. Early marriages tends to interfere with the plans for continuing education because of pregnancy. It may in time saddle the marriage with serious money problems and leads to resentment. In some cases teenagers hurry into marriage as an escape. It happens more often on females because many families place harsher restraints on a daughter because they fear she may bring home a pregnancy. Study also shows that marriage occur more often among the poor. Interests tends to grow apart when one partner works and the other one continues to study. This in turn places added strain on the marriage.

On the other hand, knowledge of the dangers of early marriage may have just a reverse effect. The couple may see the handicap as a challenge. They may set out to prove to themselves and others their decision to marry young was a smart one. They may get stubborn and refuse to give up. They want to show the world the world that age doesn’t matter when two people are in love. But it is a risky gamble.

Real Types of Love

A good marriage will likely need to have a strong sex interest. Well, for most of us, interest in sex is a trifle more than passing. Couples normally do have strong erotic feelings for each other. A good marriage includes mutual joy and satisfaction in sex. Sex is important, but it is only one of the many very important parts of good relationship. Respect and admiration is also a big contribution to a happy marriage because couples need to have a strong mutual attraction and hold each other in high regard. Friendship and admiration is also important to a good marriage. They need to have many things in common…the more the better. They must like each other a lot, and be the best of friends.

And, of course, affection. There must be tender feelings. Each partner should provide the other with a haven of refuge from harsh attacks in the outside world. We all need sympathy and empathy to soothe our hurts. Love can mean a shoulder to cry on when our burden are too heavy to bear alone. Finally, self giving devotion. A good marriage has to have a good deal of agape of love. All of us have some unlovable traits. A spouse must at times love not because of, but inspite of, the others faults. You will have to love your mate even during those times when you feel he or she does not deserve it. Your mate may at times be cranky, or lose their temper, or be depressed, or not want to talk to you.