Posted by: gidday on: October 26, 2008
Found myself writhing in pain at around 4 a.m.
My breast had been hard-rock engorged since 1 a.m. and the milk cannot be expressed try as i might. My fever had swelled to 40.1 degrees and the chills rocked my body endlessly. It felt like New York in January!
Helpless, Mr. P decided to bring me to the [...]
Posted by: gidday on: October 15, 2008
“Nina’s named after me, right Tata Ging? Her name is Antonia?”
“No, but the Baby Book of Names says that Nina is derived from your name Anton.”
“She looks like me.”
“That’s because I love you. Remember, ikaw ang pinaglihian ko?”
“I love holding her fingers.”
“She likes you.”
“I have never felt this way before Tata Ging. I will never get tired [...]
Posted by: gidday on: October 15, 2008
Nope, Nina has not yet turned one (1) year old, time doesn’t fly that fast.
She merely has turned one (1) month old and in my family that’s enough reason to celebrate. (Actually, there’s a tradition in my family to celebrate the child’s monthly birthday until she finally turns one. There’s something about having babies that cultivates [...]
Posted by: gidday on: October 8, 2008
It’s Sunday.
And for my husband, aside from the family and religious obligations, that means its lotto day.
As usual, he asks me for my numbers. And as usual, I gave him the same numbers I always do – 18, 22, 26, 29, and 34, numbers that refer to the ages when milestones occured in my life.
At 18 [...]
