Photos by Little Heartbeat Photography This digital age has made motherhood a lot easier and a lot harder at the same time, don’t you think? There are so much content and opinion about how motherhood should be done and what it takes to be a good mom. And while I love how ...
If You Want to Go Far, Go Together
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb has never been truer in my life till late. Oh, the pressure to take the fastest way to a destination as if you lose time and miss opportunities if you don’t. I had the impression ...
What’s Better than a Good Cup of Coffee?
Talk to me about coffee and dreams, you bet, I am so there. Launched just this November, The Dream Coffee is a single origin coffee locally sourced from the farmers of TBoli, South Cotabato. "Wake up to the dream in your cup," they like to say. The ultimate dream? To produce ...
Currently 05: Work, 6 Years, and Blogging Like the Olden Days
Sometimes I wonder when I would get out of this perpetual state of busy. I am working on it, and I am fully aware how ironic it is that I've been working so hard so that I won't have to be working so hard, you know what I'm saying? But that's just the way it is around here ...
How to Balance Your Family, Career, and Creative Passions
Being a mother is a balancing act. You walk a tight rope—shaping lives of little humans while doing house chores, cooking meals, managing the family budget, keeping tabs of everyone’s schedule, doing the laundry. Now add working from home and being a creative into the mix and ...
Weekends and Board Games
At home, I'm the go-to parent for making art, and morning cuddles, and reading books. But when it comes to fun things—like movies and field trips, and singing and dancing, and weekends and board games—their Daddy is undoubtedly the crowd favorite! (Two's a crowd, ...
Thank You, Blog, for the Photographs
Do you know how it's like when it dawns on you that you lost an enormous amount of digital files, namely, photographs from the first 5 years of your daughters' lives? You don't? I'll tell you how. First, it would feel like a pail of cold water was dumped over your ...
What I Learned About Pursuing Passions from The Magnolia Story
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here! I’m still pretty high from reading the The Magnolia Story, a book about Joanna and Chip Gaines, an extraordinary husband-and-wife tandem from Waco Texas who relentlessly pursued their passions and built a ...
How to Quit Your Job and Work from Home
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. I get asked this question all the time, and understandably so. These days, working from home is no longer an exception to the rule but a realistic and viable option, you just have to know where to find ...
Why We Love Moana
Not sure who loves Moana more, me or my daughters. As someone who grew up with my favorite Disney princesses, I'm glad that Disney continues to craft interesting and culturally specific characters that kids these days can enjoy and learn from! Disney's fairy tale formula has ...