Successful Parenting

All the while I thought raising kids will get easy as they grow older. I was wrong. Still confused and frustrated, I spent days thinking of how and what the effective way of disciplining my child is. 

Journey to 37 something weeks Part 2: The Medical Side

It has been said by many that there is no greater pain than Jesus' suffering or for us women --- CHILDBIRTH.

Well if you are wondering how did we end up experiencing labor pains, let me take you back in the days of Adam and Eve.

On John MacArthur's book: Twelve Extraordinary Women, I felt God's wrath when He learned Eve's disobedience:

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Old school - Homeschool

Remember when you are forced to wake up at five in the morning, shower in the cold and eat breakfast at 5:30 because the school bus will come and pick you up at 6? How about when your parents drag you to the mall in June to buy school supplies and the bookstore's line is just unbearable?

Most parents would say, "that's the reality of life, suck it up!" But my husband and I are not most parents.

Been-dependence Day.

I was raised by my mom since my dad and her have split when I was little. My mom, being a single mother with 3 kids to feed, she has to work harder. I basically grew up with my sisters but since we have huge age gaps, most of the time I am alone.

At age 12, I started doing chores: washing dishes, laundry, ironing my uniform, except cooking of course. If the younger generation would read this now they would probably think I'm a loser and I didn't have a life. I must say, it was a good training though. At an early stage I learned how to do stuff on my own and I have developed independence.

Being independent can mean a lot of things. Some of them I have pasted below from the ever trustworthy Merriam-Webster Dictionary.