Written March 21, 2016 I experimented a lot with the twins from the first day they were born until now that they’ve grown into fireballs (also known as toddlers). Most of my experiments have been about book exposure and improving their basic literacy knowledge, in which holding a book, the …
Mindy Kaling is back in print with Why Not Me?, a collection of personal stories and anecdotes that will make the regular mortals among us feel privileged that we have a good friend up in the Mount Olympus of America , otherwise known as Hollywood. In Why Not Me?, Kaling talks …
I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on print last July 23, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website. Joy and Elsie entered our lives a week after I gave birth …
James Crumley wrote a twisted short story on how one man attempted to educate a woman to create a sophisticated picture of his ideal couple life. The night did not end as planned, in the manner that he expected it to be at least. Crumley wrote crime stories in a …
Written February 28, 2016 I had lunch today with another adult and talked about grown-up issues. Boy, that felt good to hear myself use more words and longer sentences that were not just limited to “Nicholas, please don’t bite your sister” or “Antoinette, put the crayons back in the container …
This book arrived in our mailbox and immediately gave me that special May feeling brought about by the fact that I’m the mother to three cubs, er, children. In Mother’s Day Blessings, the new addition to The Berenstain Bear series, author Mike Berenstain presented he many different faces of mothers …
I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on July 9, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website. My twins – Nicholas and Antoinette – turned three on the first of July, …
I first read Night Night Mommy to my twin toddlers the other night and they stared at me with those beautiful brown eyes as I read about bath, snuggles, and pajamas. Bedtime storytime is a regular activity in the Ruffolo home. As a big fan of children’s storybooks — and …
My husband thinks I am becoming a hermit. A hermit with long, well-conditioned hair, who eats coconut cream pie for lunch. I average seven to eight books a month with no particular genre in sight. I get some books for free for review consideration and I stack them up with …
Where is home really? To Jeff, home is where the family is.
