Mommy Ning

The past few months have been very difficult for all of us. It all started with several calamities that greeted the year 2020. It was really pretty devastating for most of us who are coping, thriving, and trying to survive of what was happening. When I became a mom, I lost my carefree self. My younger self isn’t used to worrying a lot of things. The anxiety and paranoia just all started when I had my children. It all suddenly grew on me and here I am, that worrisome slash paranoid mom. I become scared on a lot of things and sometimes my husband would tell me that I am not the same person anymore. On some occasions, I couldn’t sleep for days properly especially when Ashfall from Mt. Taal happened because there we earthquakes and the quality of air got really bad. I fear for the health of my children and so many other things that is running in my mind. I can calm myself by watching Kdrama until dawn, and also by praying the rosary or when look at my children until I fall asl...

It has been day xx of the enhanced community quarantine here in Manila, Philippines. I never counted the days anymore as it seems that it is just the same for me being a stay at home mom and content creator. I have been used to staying at home for the past ten years. The only difference is that, I am with the entire brood 24/7.  Being locked up at home during this community quarantine may not be the most ideal of situations, but looking at the bright side, it has given us the opportunity to spend more time with our families. These moments together make us realize that there’s much more to discover about each other, especially our mothers.       This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the quirky and unique things that set our mothers apart, as we get to know more about them over shared moments at home, and as we discover that there are always more reasons to love them.    Na-lockdown tayo, Ma . McDonald’s Mother’s Day video this year ...

The world’s leading cleft organization, Smile Train Philippines recently held a virtual speech therapy session with its Global Ambassador, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, in an effort to reach and continue educating more patients with a cleft lip and/or palate amid the enhanced community quarantine. Smile Train recently launched virtual speech therapy sessions with its volunteer Ms. Veronica Yu CSP-PASP, a Speech Language Pathologist and a faculty member of the University of Sto. Tomas College of Rehabilitation Sciences. She led the discussion on the effects of cleft disability on speech and the impact of feeding difficulties on the physical well-being of children. Ms. Yu also demonstrated her patients’ progress on proper pronunciation, which they were able to accomplish during the separate one-on-one online therapy sessions. Smile Train Global Ambassador Catriona Gray joins the organization’s online Speech Therapy session to reach and educate more patients with cleft lip...