February, cheesy as it may sound, is the month of love. This is especially true for me because a lot of the significant relationships in my life have their roots in February. My parents’ anniversary is on February 10. It would have been their 37th year of marriage. Moe and I will be celebrating our 4rth wedding anniversary a week before that as well. Having our … [Read more...]
Adulting 109: Friendship Lessons (Part II)
A few weeks ago I shared some insights about friendship. Sharing more of those this week. ON GETTING WHAT YOU GIVE: I learned that in any kind of relationship, you kinda have to learn how to reciprocate. You can’t expect people to give you the time of day for example, if you never show up. Or you can’t really expect them to share personal stuff with you if you don’t do a bit … [Read more...]
Adulting 107: Revisiting Our Wedding Vows
In a few weeks time, my husband and I will be celebrating our third anniversary. It’s weird because I simultaneously feel like it’s the longest and shortest 3 years of my life. Shortest because despite the decade we’ve spent as boyfriend and girlfriend added to the years we’ve been legit married, I feel like I’m still getting to know Moe. There are good and not-so-good stuff … [Read more...]
Adulting 106: 2015 Life Lessons in Children’s Books Part II
In my last post, I rounded up my learnings from 2015 by quoting some of my children's books. Since I get my own version of #hugotlines from them, I decided to share a few more: 9. ON ENDURING HARDSHIPS AND EVOLVING IN PIA'S WORDS: In order for us to be the best person that we can be, we need to go through hardships. It's the only way we can evolve. It's … [Read more...]
Adulting 105: On Pregnancies and Miscarriages (Part II)
In my last post I talked about how our baby didn’t have a heartbeat. ACCEPTANCE OR SO I THOUGHT The day we found out, I was completely stoic. My first thought was, 'okay I expected this'. I was even able to ask my doctor calm, logical questions; What if I just got my ovulation dates wrong? Was this because of something I did? Do I need to have a procedure done? It was … [Read more...]