I am a journalist, teacher and social development worker who is passionate about reading and storytelling. I am crazy about books and I love to make others feel the same. I am a wife to a very wonderful man named Jeff and stage mother to fraternal twins, Nicholas and Antoinette, and resident cutie pie, Jeff Junior. For anything, write me readingruffolos@gmail.com.
How Kara Tippets managed to write beautiful accounts of her life as she was fighting the big C is nothing short of amazing and inspiring. Kara, author of The Hardest Peace, is posthumously honored in the book “And it was beautiful: Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-bye”, …
It occurred to me that the only way to #EndMommyWars is for mothers with clashing views to find time to listen to each other’s thoughts or opinions. Call me judgmental here but it seemed to me that the so-called Mommy War, is mostly about jealousy, stubborness, and the feeling of …
Barbara Curtis delivered a thought-provoking message in her book Mommy, Teach Me! telling readers the role of the mother as the teacher in the lives of their children. As a Montessori-trained teacher and mother of 12, Curtis presented basic truths and facts about child development and how parents can be …
I (Cris) was checking on our photos taken last month (February) one evening when I realized that I was transferring a total of 677 photos from my two tablets (which I often use to take pictures) to my laptop. It’s a crazy number for me. A lot of photos to …
Fabulous February came and went like a visitor in a hurry. But it didn’t just leave without any fun memories of the moments Jeff and I spent with the children. This month, I worked on the twins’ learning corner and made sure that we have hot dinner every day.
I (Cris) call this Ruffolo picadillo here in our home in the US. But if I were in the Philippines, I will just simply call this ginaling or ground meat, the main ingredient in this recipe. I previously talked about freezing meals and then just take them out and heat …