I never had allergies, that I know of, as a child, but I think I may have developed a pollen allergy. It’s been two weeks now, and I have been suffering with a clogged and sometimes runny nose, red and itchy eyes, and sneezing. It is all such a horrible feeling! Many times I feel like I am going to sneeze, but it just does not come out. That is really aggravating. I don’t know what my nose is trying to do. My eyes have been burning, and they were very red. I have applied Visine eye drops, to take away the redness, but it doesn’t seem to help stop the itchiness. My symptoms occur fr...

This is Efren, the most beautiful queen in the world. Everytime I go to see a beautician, I always ask him to do the job for me. Way back in 1989, Chana, the fairy godmother, would always cut my hair. Then one day he cut my hair really short, and I was very disappointed. He told me he didn’t hear me good, when I told him how I wanted my hair to be styled; so I got disappointed, and I never asked for his services again. He-he…chika…. Maria and Bianca had their first haircut in a beauty parlor, while we were in the Philippines. I didn’t think to consider their first professional haircut ...

This is a past due update of my daughter’s birthday. Lately, I was very active on Facebook, but without thinking I have left behind my blog. It is convenient for me to update and post pictures there, because most of my families are in my circle. The only thing that I keep coming back blogging about is my children. Without them, I don’t have a reason to brag and blog about them. Somehow, some day, my children will appreciate it when they read their milestones. Maria had turned 6th years old last May. We are far from our families, but we celebrated her birthday with just my husband, Bianca ...

This is a follow-up entry of Maria’s first dental visit. Yesterday, my daughter Maria had her two teeth extracted. My husband, and other daughter, Bianca and I were waiting in the lobby. This time, we weren’t allowed to be with her. She was a little scared, but she felt confident with her dentist. After the extraction, she said it wasn’t bad at all, and she did not feel any discomfort. Once Maria went to sleep that night, the tooth fairy came to take the extracted teeth. Now, the magic begins! The tooth fairy placed 20 bucks under her pillow in exchange for her lost teeth. As you can...

Dentophobia or fear of the dentist is very common among children. Even I am still scared about going to the dentist, because when I was young I had a horrible experience. During a time I had a procedure for teeth extraction, and it was unbearable for me too. Growing up we sometimes waited until the teeth became loose. Well, it was a good thing that we had a dentist in my family; he was none other than my father. No he was not a professional dentist, but he would extract our teeth when it needed to be done. He had extracted some of my teeth with the use of thread. Whew! That was very painful, a...