I recently re-read two old posts of mine on grief and grieving.

Kahlil Gibran on grief said: “When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

People grieve because they shall miss their loved ones who passed away. People feel grief because a family member or a friend is going away. People feel grief when a relationship has been broken. In grief, people feel alone and lonely even if there is a support system ready to lend a helping hand and a shoulder to cry on.

I wrote in one of the posts: “Grief is a myriad of emotions rolled into one: guilt, sadness, loss, fear, bereavement among other feelings.” In retrospect, guilt slowly seeps in a grieving person’s heart and mind when he/she is reminded of things undone, promises that were broken, gaps that were not filled, “the one that got away”, and broken hearts that are still on the mend.

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For those looking for the special Christmas gifts to their young children, look no farther, Just Me! Music has personalized CDs and are great gift ideas though a bit hard-to-find for some parents out there.

This is my youngest daughter’s Elmo and Friends Just Me! Music. I thought she will feel embarrassed whenever her name is mentioned in the cd but no, she looks like she is giddy happy. Why did I say she would be embarrassed? She is not quite young already and has stopped watching her Sesame Street DVDs.

Just Me! Music is a great Christmas gift suggestion for toddlers and preschoolers.

And now on to search for a new gadget and some apple bottoms for me…

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Just Me! Music is distributed by Powerhans Kids Philippines and is available at local toy stores. They also have Powerhans Kids online store.

Someone once asked me why I don’t write blog posts about special ed on a regular basis. Well, if I have all the  time in the world, I would but there are times when sleep’s call is stronger and I crawl back to bed when the children are fetched by the school service. At 5:30am. Gah!

I do have other online presence, and I don’t just mean in this blog and my other blogs.

I write for an online publication which takes a lot of research in order to finish an article. Research has enabled me to read a lot about things I won’t usually read about like substance abuse, reproductive health care and pulmonary illnesses among others. I also encounter terms like hgh, endocarditis and meth mouth. I hope to write about special ed in due time but that would have to depend on the topics to be assigned.

Added knowledge these tasks, yes, though of course, I have to be very careful with the data I have because I might write the wrong info and be a cause of a misunderstanding.

The tasks are fairly easy if I just make myself adhere to a doable time schedule and not waste time on online time wasters. Toinks!

Must.work.now.

I’ve just written about spending time wisely in this post but I must admit I still have to schedule a Family Game Night. What’s a Family Game Night? you can opt to scroll down below or continue reading first

There are nagging questions at the back of my mind: “Have I spent time wisely with my family? Am I spending quality time with them? Do they enjoy the time we spend together?”

I admit, sometimes even if we are together at home, we don’t really spend time together. Ironic huh? Simply because each of us are busy doing our own stuff ( you know, the kids are playing or doing online stuff, hubby is working, while I’m doing house chores or perhaps reading about the best diet pills for women for a blog post). In short, we don’t exactly sit together for a different kind of activity that we enjoy, except when we are en-route to somewhere or are about to share a meal, or are studying for tests, or are watching together a movie/tv show.

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Last Saturday, I spent time with mommy bloggers and Daniel and Roane of Color Mix Corporation, the local distributor of Hasbro toys and games in the Philippines for a sort of round-table discussion on the importance of a (Hasbro) Family Game Night. There several points that were raised by Jingo Zara, a psychologist who discussed the positive points about having a (Hasbro) Family Game Night:

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An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

One time in an online chat room, my buddies and I discussed the importance of a healthy living. Why”throw money down the drain” with (maintenance) medicine when one should practice clean and healthy living to avoid getting sick in the first place, one opined.

Several points were taken: eating more healthy choices to boost the immune system, having a positive attitude and engaging in physical activities to be more active are just three of the most likely to take to achieve one’s goal in being healthy.

This got me thinking about parenting styles. I say this is the same with parenting: spending quality time with one’s family/children is perhaps one of the investments that doesn’t take a lot of monetary expenses to put in. I know this is easy for me to say because I get to choose my work schedule and have preferred to not work full time so that I am “on call” for my children. Why, I even homeschooled my two younger children for three years. Not that I don’t need to go to work, I do, but since our needs are simple, we make do with our resources, or lack of it.

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