I am Clarice

Last Sunday, J and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary! That’s right, we reached the mileston-y seven!! I know super cliche but seven years passed by just like that. I was writing Wedding Kwentos one minute and celebrating the Magic 7 the next. It was a fun, fun day! Because we were kinda preoccupied with [...]

I’m in J’s office right now. I couldn’t bear to hear Joya cry so I came here. I had shockwave yesterday and today is the first day that I can’t breastfeed Joya because of the meds I’m taking. I was pumping and dumping the whole day. I thought that was bad enough but tonight, actually [...]

My mala-House doctor asked for a CT Stonogram to see if I have kidney stones and yez, I have!!! At dahil overachiever ako mula bata, apat ang kidney stones ko! Yes, you read that right! Not one, not two, not three, but four! I have a stone in my left kidney, two stones in my [...]

To my everdearest Jia, I am wondering what you are doing right now. You’re probably playing or watching TV. Me, I am in Ms. Cynthia’s clinic. I know you don’t want me to come here. Last night, you told me to stay at home with you. I tried to explain why I needed to come. [...]

Jia and I started reading to Joya last week. He was so eager. Nakakatuwa! (Oh yeah,  I know I look so stupid here. Swear, I didn’t smile for the picture.) Yun lang, when left on his own, I realized that his eagerness had nothing to do with reading but with… eating… the book! LOL!!!

Last week, after Jia and I said our good nights, I closed my eyes. She was on her own bed (on the floor) while I was on the big bed. Suddenly, I felt her hugging me. I opened my eyes and I saw her looking at me earnestly. She said, “I so love you, Mommy!” [...]

I got an SMS message from a friend around 1am that another friend’s wife has passed away. That is so sad. My friend and his wife have two girls – one in high school and another in grade school. I cannot imagine the pain that my friend and the girls are going through now. The [...]

Note: Part 1 is titled The Biggest Scare of my Life I am currently in line for consultation with my nephrologist, Dr. Agnes Mejia. I switched to another doctor and this is only my second consult with her. The first consult was good enough to convince J and I to switch to her in spite [...]

My kids are already sleeping and so is my husband (he’s planning to wake up at 2am to work, thus the early bedtime tonight). So I find myself in an unusual situation… I actually have time for myself!!! Hahaha! At last the shelves/cabinets construction has finished! For the first time since we moved, wala na [...]