Stuff we do at home 🏡

My kids don’t know 🤫 about this blog so I will post here lol 😂 (We’re a bunch of rockstars and are built a lil different 🎸) Enjoy🤗

Kitchen Karaoke 🎤

Legacy building

I want to create a living legacy that is built on the foundation of my life: inner peace and strength.

Firstly, what is a legacy? A legacy is what you pass down to your children. This can be in the form of material or monetary goods, but what I am striving to create here is more valuable than that which is a conscious cultivation of my own personal values and positive ways of being in the world. 

Secondly, I define cultivating inner peace as having a strong soul connection to God. It is from this direct connection that I draw from and graciously obtain “the peace that surpasses all understanding.” 

Moreover, I define my soul as the part of me that is infinite, unbounded, free, and the purest part of myself because of my connection to God.

When I connect to my soul, I connect to God, and from that abundant and blessed place, I can feed my physical self, emotional self, mental self, and spiritual self. 

And when all aspects of self are properly nourished, I can freely and whole heartedly give in the Earthly capacities I hold as: mother, daughter, business partner, co-worker, sibling, aunt, niece, friend, and fellow human.

My main goal is to cultivate rich and healthy relationships in these Earthly capacities as I have little interest in fickle and superficial connections unanchored by my personal core values.

Furthermore, I aim to serve within my Earthly capacities at the highest of my abilities by having a loving spirit, a strong body, and a sharp mind.

From there, I am free to go after my goals based on my heart’s desires and I always pray for the highest and best outcome for all.

This is my living legacy.

Mang was there for me

“Mang” was my paternal grandmother and was my world for a large part of my childhood in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and adult life in the United States 🇺🇸 

Childhood memories of Mang 🇵🇭

1. DOTING. Feeling special and really doted after. She always strove to make me feel comfortable and taken cared of.
2. MILLIE BOO. I don’t really know why she loved me because according to multiple sources I was not easy to love. I was called “Millie Boo” because I was frequently in a bad mood, “buysit” as a child and not friendly at all.
3. LOVED ME ANYWAY She didn’t care about all of my shortcomings and loved me anyway.
4. MALAMBING/TENDER/AFFECTIONATE. She was so attentive and malambing toward me I could not help but place her on a pedestal. 
5. HOW TO BE A CLASSY LADY. Another beautiful memory when I was around 8 was a class she signed me up for on how to be a proper lady. It was etiquette training in how to behave properly in social settings. We learned how to walk with books on our heads, how to navigate a formal dining experience, how to properly socialize in a party, and how to make delightful and polite conversations. She was a dignified lady and I want to pass down this positive legacy to my bloodline.

In the US memories🇺🇸 

1. TALENT SHOW/LOVE OF DANCING. Signed me and my sister up for a talent show. Taught us how to boogie. Got us coordinated outfits. Permed our hair and made us look like little Asian dolls dancing to music she grew up to. In the mood. 
2. KNEW HOW TO DO HAIR Permed our hair and it actually looked good.
3. I will forever associate the smell of Ogilvie perm solution with Mang.
4. As an adult, she was very delighted to have great grandchildren. I even had a dog she helped dog sit for me that she adored (Lattie). As a great grandmother, she loved Gigi’s articulate way of speaking and Gavin’s earnest straightforwardness. Plus she found my children well mannered and endearing. “Makayama la reng anak mu talaga.” ==> In American Colloquial California Youngspeak with the proper emotional context: ”Your children bring forth lots of love and light, like for real.”

What I miss the most about Mang is her sweetness, intelligence, and feistyness only true divas possess. I am forever grateful for all of the fond memories she made with me and pray that she continues to rest in eternal peace with our Heavenly Father, Jesus, and all the angels and saints, and family that have passed. Amen.