My husband and I are now both in our 50s. With our two younger children aged 15 and 10, we sometimes find ourselves thinking that we may be too old for this. We often get a good laugh about possible scenarios encountered by older parents like us. We have no regrets whatsoever with our family but we have to admit that there are...

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What do you give a father who doesn't care much about material gifts?... who would rather save than spend? ...who never asked for anything for himself? What indeed?  This has always been the mind-boggling question I need to answer every time there is a special occasion that required giving him a gift. My children and I would give anything to see him smile...

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Fathers are not exactly as demonstrative with their love for their children like mothers are. This does not in any way mean that they care less. It is just their way or they may have some others ways. Compare the two pictures above. The first one shows my father carrying me while the second one shows my husband carrying our youngest. Notice how...

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And so the new school year just started last week, marking another year for our children to make their own milestones in learning, socializing, and testing their limits. My two children and I had a rather long talk a week before about what they hoped to accomplish this time. My question was initially met by blank stares then a grin. Those reactions were...

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There are times that we are tempted to ask what we can get from our country. Let's think about that for a moment. For one, it provides us our home in this place we call earth. It also gives us our identity as Filipinos. Seems to me, this is enough to be thankful for especially if we consider that some people have to...

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