Top Five Tips on Leaving an Abusive Relationship

***I have my younger sister [Anna Lorraine Salvador Miranda (baysa)] to thank for this very useful article on Abuse Against Women.  A million thanks to you, sis, for letting me use this great piece. ‘Love you!
The subject of marital physical abuse is as sensitive as murder or child molestation nowadays. You Google this topic and [...]

The Best Room in our Home

If you were to choose but one room to remain in your home, what would it be? We, the Villamors, love the dining room. This is where we gather at least once each day (as a whole family), eat, laugh, share jokes, and discuss general issues or even family goals.
The specific furniture that holds as [...]

The Painful Part in Loving

I had the rare opportunity to be shared a personal blog recently. Let us just say that this new friend trusted me enough to let me into one of her most personal moments by letting me read her blog. Perusing through it, I could feel pain course through me as the words hit me one [...]

Why Men Matter to Women

Most women like to deny the fact that they need men. They can go through all sorts of excuses such as they are successful and that they can survive without the sons of Adam. They also believe that women are not weaklings and, in fact, men are the ones that depend on them.
Well, there is [...]

Photographs and Journals

Lately, my sister Lorraine has been taking really great photographs of my daughter, Isabel; and also of Lucas (my son). Looking at a whole bunch of them, you can see the artistic flair of the photographer and also the endearing moments that were all captured. This made me think that legacies are made of such [...]

Falling in Love All Over Again

After more than six years of marriage with my husband, you would probably think that the ‘honeymoon feeling’ would be long gone. Well, for awhile there we got busy with our respective careers, raising the kids and making a home out of our house. Putting bread on the table could be a real stumbling block [...]

5 Reasons Why You Should Stay Married

Married couples who have managed to stay married longer than seven years often begin to wonder where the romance has gone. Most of these couples would resort to all sorts of methods to stay intact-dating (at least once in every month), buying gifts, even doing things that are not in their routines. Often, they ask [...]

When Divorce is the Right Choice

Divorce is one of the worst possible experiences that anyone could ever go through. It’s complex, sad and tragic. Although couples are often advised to cling onto each other and to love one another no matter what, there comes a time when letting go is the best option. And here are just some of those [...]