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This post, I would just like to give an update how I have been doing since my surgery, which occurred about 4 months ago. Wow, time really flies fast! For about a month after surgery, I had a very restful and unique time; I would even say I had a lot of ‘mystical’ experiences. Yes, …
You must have been wondering where I disappeared again for the past few months! Well, I did graduate our oldest daughter, Anita, from 12th grade, from our homeschool. As she was diligently taking Dual enrollment college classes at the local community college, she was able to graduate with an Associates Degree in Science, with Highest …
Every year, we usually make several mini- vacation trips throughout the year. Most years we make 2-3 stay-over trips within a 5-7 hour distance, and almost always one long trip annually, usually out of state. This year, we went to Colorado, and we have couple of trips lined up for the near future. In this …
Couple of weeks back, we took a 10 day vacation to go for a skiing trip to Colorado. Ever since we moved to Houston from Pennsylvania, our oldest kids were complaining about not having snow, so we decided that this year we will choose a snow-filled vacation spot; and to make it even more exciting, …
A testimony of God’s faithfulness-Our skiing trip to Colorado Read More »
(This blogpost, I’m sharing an article I had written for the souvenir magazine for the National Syro-Malabar Catholics Convention, 2019, hosted in Houston.) Parenting in the 21st century is way different than it was a century ago. I remember how my parents and grandparents talked about their childhood, when they would be hanging out with …
Parenting in the 21st Century- Struggles and Possibilities Read More »
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and wishing you all a blessed New Year! We had a fun 2 months, with 6 birthdays and our usual Christmas traditions(you can read about our Christmas traditions here); except this year with the COVID, we didn’t have our prayer gatherings. But my daughter was at her busiest, …
Teaching Lifeskills and Cultivating Work Ethic in Children Read More »
Being a mom of 9 kids, I am surprised that I am not yet deaf! There is always constant noise, and chitchat, especially now that the kids are getting older. To make it worse, they have always been playing their favorite Christian music station most of the day, after school-time. They used to hear it …
Trying to Find ‘Quiet Time’ in the Midst of Chaos Read More »
I am hoping each of you are doing ok in this unique time we are living in now. I’m sure you may know of family or friends impacted by the corona virus. Praying for God’s grace, peace, and strength during these tough times. It’s quite ironical how I had posted couple of months ago about …
First of all, I have an announcement to make. We had our 9th baby girl few weeks back! With God’s grace, everything went well. Baby is doing fine. So now, we are at 4 girls and 5 boys 🙂 Usually after baby comes, I’m back to normal life with all the running around, taking kids …
Cultivating gratefulness is not something we should start thinking of right around Thanksgiving time. It is something that should be emphasized and even modeled right from the start, lifelong. Gratefulness in literary terms, is ‘being deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received’, according to the MW dictionary. Without gratefulness, one is certainly bound to be …