Nanay's Notes: Childhood, Children and Childlike Faith

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Preparing your child for Day 1 of anything, starts with yourself.  Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotlines & Mental Health Resources Find Help Set an appointment: GCF Emmaus Road Counseling Center, Philippines: +63917 532 7794  Special thanks to Zero Regreg for the f...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. There will always be Day 1s, and they can be the scariest, even for us adults! It's never too late to prepare, to practice, to present a plan for any Day 1.  If your child seems to never be ready to get into something new–a class, a performance, a trip–check again.  Check yourself!  Check out this episode.  I have some words of encouragement, an...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. There’s this persistent push, or a tiny but taunting tug inside us. We can’t seem to put a name on it. Is it restlessness, emptiness or simply discontent? “The Woman I Really Wanted To Be is Not Me” is a booklet I wrote years ago but I invite you to see if  its message continues to be relevant.  If you would like to take a peek at the booklet, click...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Of course it is my husband's turn to be coerced to join me in this special episode: the launch of Nanay's Nose! Featuring events happening around us, and the stories revolving around the experience. For this premier episode, I got to talk to my hubby Tot about the creative process in designing a book cover. This interview was part of a 3-bo...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Yakob's attempt to introduce the premier episode of the latest Nanay's Notes' feature: Nanay's Nose! About to launch! Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotlines & Mental Health Resources Find Help Set an appointment: GCF Emmaus Road Counseling Center...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Who sang this song? You would know, right? But who will never gonna give you up? Never let you down? Never turn around and desert you? Find out who in this episode! Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotlines & Mental Health Resources Find Help Set an appointment: GCF Em...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. YAY, we have come to the conclusion of "A SMother's Love" (Part 3)! This was a message I shared last July 22 to a group of lovely, lively women at GCF Ortigas, Pasig, Philippines. Thank you again to the Proverbs 31.10 mommies who invited me for talk and tea at the "You're a TEArrific Mom!" event. I had a TEArrific time!...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. There's a lot to cover about motherhood! And here's a teeny weeny attempt to invite you to a baby-sized talk about it.  Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotlines & Mental Health Resources Find Help Set an appointment: GCF Emmaus Road Counseling Center, Philip...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. (Rainy) Season 2, Episode 5 is Part 2 of the talk I shared last July 22, at GCF Ortigas, Pasig, where around 100 women gathered for "You're a TEArrific Mom!" organized by the Proverbs 31.10 ladies. (Lots of numbers there, ha!) Had a great time defining motherhood, identifying what moms can do (among the million tasks done at the same t...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Had a super great time last Saturday at the “You’re a TEArrific Mom” event by the Proverbs 31.10 women of GCF Ortigas. Here is my talk on motherhood entitled “A SMother’s Love” which isn't just for biological moms, but also for adoptive and spiritual moms. I hope that even teachers, mentors and coaches will be able to pick up a nugget of encoura...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. I had a blast last Saturday at "You're a TEArrific Mom" event organized by the strong beautiful and loving women of Proverbs 31.10 of Greenhills Christian Fellowship, Ortigas, Pasig City, Philippines. Here's an itsy-bitsy sneak at how tea cups and tears of joy mixed to make all that merry-mingle happen.  Support the show More note...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Here’s an exciting peek at Episode 3, all about transitions, featuring this bonus of a newly discovered talent and her hair-raising, heartwarming memory.  Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotlines & Mental Health Resources Find Help Set an appointment: GCF Emmaus Road...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Life is tough. Transitions can be haunting and daunting while turbulence after turbulence can happen around and inside us. Changes are stressful no matter how you welcome them.  In this episode, I hope to answer questions like:  How do I help my kids face conflicts and crossroads?  How do I get to know my child more?  I am teaching my child, and trai...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Hey, Ho! How do we manage work from home? Especially now that the kids are on school break, it can be disastrous. For homeschoolers, it's a school-year round of keeping the kids happy while learning at home. Here are some tips for those who are seriously considering homeschooling soon, but not limited to newbies! Even parents who have been at it...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Oh no, oh no, how do I work from home, when the kids are home all day? Oh, no. Ended homeschooling my youngest child last schoolyear, and picking up lessons from almost 2 decades of homeschooling my children, I came up with some tips. With cinematic timing, thunder claps when I mentioned “Set Playdates!” as a way to help our kids in their social deve...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Season 2 begins! And the search has begun too. June was fully-packed and clinched with Yakob’s 6th grade graduation. So for this episode, I get to see things from my 11yo’s perspective on readiness for high school, parting with some friends, handling the pressure of performing just like how siblings did in school. Many times during the last season of...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Speedrun? Minecraft? Roblox? Mr. Beast? Heavens to Betsy! I learned a lot from my 11yo Yakob in this episode. There's also this sadness and pressure he was going through which we got to talk about and process as we conversed. Bonus inside: a list of Yakob's recommended family-friendly YouTube Content Creators to help prevent parents' p...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Who was your favorite teacher? Who is for you the greatest teacher ever? My 3rd child Miro, who turns 14 today, freshly done with her freshman year in high school shares the podcast mic with me in this episode. I learned about what is most relevant now to teens her age: mental health, burn out, empathy, sleep. The value of listening, and being listen...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Miro, my third child, turns 14 years old today, and together with street sounds, phone rings, humming of the A/C, and creaking of the chair, she shares with us the value of learning to pause, to inhale, and necessary dead air to help process our thoughts and feelings. Parents just might pick up a tip or two on how children in their early teens think...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. What do you appreciate most about your father? I remember Papa was hard to wake up to take us to school, and he would drive ever so slowly ( eh late ka na!), but after having carpooling our kids (and other kids) to early classes and call times, I have learned to appreciate his getting up early. I think it's hard to be a dad. Maybe even harder th...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Here's our Father's Day episode dedicated to Tatay Tot, my husband with special appreciation for Papa and Dad or Ama. Daddies cannot always be there for us when we need them. They too get tired, get busy, get "promoted" to heaven. The comfort is this: our Heavenly Father will always be there. He is behind, beside, above, under, ah...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Sibling rivalry. The term exists because it exists. But how about Sibling Chivalry? In this episode, I give you an account of how I have become a witness of this wonder. Happening in my very home. In my homes. As I grew up. And as my kids grow up. Today is Independence Day in the Philippines! So together with an excerpt from the book "Love Lette...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. My Independence Day episode is now up and running! Aside from something I wrote in Filipino, I am reading an article from the book "Love Letters from the Father for Women" by Dr. Cynthia Quismundo or Dr. Q. She's about ready to launch the newest book in the series "Love Letters from the Father For Healing" and I am looking fo...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. This is Part 2 of last week's "Being vs. Doing". I invite you to listen to Part 1 first so you can appreciate what's happening in this episode. Mary Marvels are suggestions to help make your quiet time more meaningful. Martha Moments are goodies you can do, not just to serve others but to care for yourself. Be nice, do subscribe!...

Would love to hear from you! Send me a message. Come listen to the practical version of last episode's "Being vs. Doing" (A Prelude to "A SMother's Love").  Listen to how we can create Mary Marvels and enjoy Martha Moments. Not exclusively for women! Support the show More notes:  Curious, concerned or needing counsel and prayer? Click on these links. Emergency Hotline...