Comments on: Home is where the family is http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dyanie http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10498 dyanie Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:29:57 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10498 nice post tonigirl ;) home is my comfort zone and i know this is the place where i can be the real me. when i was in college, my mom would always encourage me to live in a dorm or a house nearby school but i always refuse. though 3 hours travel from house to school and vice versa, its always a great feeling when you're at home :) <em>dyanie's last blog post..<a href='http://princessdyanie.blogspot.com/2008/04/self-reflection.html' rel="nofollow">Self Reflection</a></em> <blockquote>Hi Dyanie! "The Real Me" -- exactly. No pretensions or judgments when you're at home. :)</blockquote> nice post tonigirl ;) home is my comfort zone and i know this is the place where i can be the real me. when i was in college, my mom would always encourage me to live in a dorm or a house nearby school but i always refuse. though 3 hours travel from house to school and vice versa, its always a great feeling when you’re at home :)

dyanie’s last blog post..Self Reflection

Hi Dyanie! “The Real Me” — exactly. No pretensions or judgments when you’re at home. :)

]]> By: blue rose http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10497 blue rose Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:14:51 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10497 how i wish my family is like yours toni. hope you are feeling better now. i love your blog! <blockquote>Hi Blue Rose! I'm feeling 100% better, thanks for asking. Thanks for the kind words too!</blockquote> how i wish my family is like yours toni.

hope you are feeling better now.

i love your blog!

Hi Blue Rose! I’m feeling 100% better, thanks for asking. Thanks for the kind words too!

]]> By: barbiegel http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10496 barbiegel Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:53:16 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10496 when i am feeling sad or when something is bugging me and i can't decide, i will just go to my parents' house. Just seeing my parents and my old house, everything will seem to be okay even if i am not yet telling them my problem... I wish God will always make my nanay and tatay strong and healthy so that i can spend more time with them.. <blockquote>I share the same prayers. Good health for my family so we'll live long and happy lives together. :)</blockquote> when i am feeling sad or when something is bugging me and i can’t decide, i will just go to my parents’ house. Just seeing my parents and my old house, everything will seem to be okay even if i am not yet telling them my problem… I wish God will always make my nanay and tatay strong and healthy so that i can spend more time with them..

I share the same prayers. Good health for my family so we’ll live long and happy lives together. :)

]]> By: Christianne http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10495 Christianne Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:36:05 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10495 Aww, I agree... there's nothing like the house you grew up on to make you feel safe and complete. <blockquote>Exactly. :)</blockquote> Aww, I agree… there’s nothing like the house you grew up on to make you feel safe and complete.

Exactly. :)

]]> By: dhey http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10494 dhey Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:25:58 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10494 i can really relate to this. that's why i always still come home every weekend. i know i could/should be living independently now but i still love to go home weekly to pampanga. not just to get the laundry done but really rest. i never get to rest in manila like i do in the province. it must be 'magic' miss toni. :) <em>dhey's last blog post..<a href='http://bursky.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/from-bad-to-worse/' rel="nofollow">from bad to worse</a></em> <blockquote>Magic seems to be a good word. Magic rooted in reality, or something. :)</blockquote> i can really relate to this. that’s why i always still come home every weekend. i know i could/should be living independently now but i still love to go home weekly to pampanga. not just to get the laundry done but really rest. i never get to rest in manila like i do in the province.

it must be ‘magic’ miss toni. :)

dhey’s last blog post..from bad to worse

Magic seems to be a good word. Magic rooted in reality, or something. :)

]]> By: drunken lily http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10493 drunken lily Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:50:19 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10493 makes me miss home even more =( <em>drunken lily's last blog post..<a href='http://csevilla.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/drunken-moment-1/' rel="nofollow">drunken moment #1</a></em> <blockquote>There's always a way to keep in touch. But sigh, there is nothing comparable to actually being home.</blockquote> makes me miss home even more =(

drunken lily’s last blog post..drunken moment #1

There’s always a way to keep in touch. But sigh, there is nothing comparable to actually being home.

]]> By: Rachel http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10492 Rachel Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:03:45 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10492 wow what a happy family ate toni. <blockquote>We have our moments, but we essentially are quite happy. :)</blockquote> wow what a happy family ate toni.

We have our moments, but we essentially are quite happy. :)

]]> By: Daphne http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10491 Daphne Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:56:32 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10491 Great post Toni. I hear you, for me home is family no matter what. I have a very close bond with my family and we have built so many happy memories together. It is these thoughts which keep me smiling each day. Happy happy thoughts. Hope you are feeling better na! :) <blockquote>Hi Daphne. Yup, feeling better now. I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow. :) Thanks!</blockquote> Great post Toni. I hear you, for me home is family no matter what. I have a very close bond with my family and we have built so many happy memories together. It is these thoughts which keep me smiling each day. Happy happy thoughts.

Hope you are feeling better na! :)

Hi Daphne. Yup, feeling better now. I’m ready to go back to work tomorrow. :) Thanks!

]]> By: Candice http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10490 Candice Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:58:35 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10490 Hope you're feeling better! There's nothing like having someone else (especially your mom) fuss over you when you need it. It can really suck to have to care for yourself when you're already feeling so out of it. I'm sure they were glad to have you home too, despite the circumstances. (Btw, <a href="http://metromum.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/playing-tag/" rel="nofollow">I tagged you</a>!) <em>Candice's last blog post..<a href='http://metromum.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/playing-tag/' rel="nofollow">Playing tag</a></em> <blockquote> Hi C! I've already answered that tag not far back. Eep! Thanks for the tag. :) I hope they were glad to have me home. Haha. My sister got the flu so I don't think she was too happy!</blockquote> Hope you’re feeling better! There’s nothing like having someone else (especially your mom) fuss over you when you need it. It can really suck to have to care for yourself when you’re already feeling so out of it. I’m sure they were glad to have you home too, despite the circumstances.

(Btw, I tagged you!)

Candice’s last blog post..Playing tag

Hi C! I’ve already answered that tag not far back. Eep! Thanks for the tag. :)

I hope they were glad to have me home. Haha. My sister got the flu so I don’t think she was too happy!

]]> By: odette http://wifelysteps.com/2008/04/19/home/comment-page-1/#comment-10489 odette Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:13:02 +0000 http://wifelysteps.com/?p=1055#comment-10489 i could not comment immediately when i read this post because i wanted to find first that quote from jane austen which spoke so eloquently about "home": There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. ~Jane Austen i am daddy's girl, but when i am sick, i cry for mommy. nothing makes me feel better quickly than my mom's herb concoctions and constant feeling for my fever, and healthy cooking. when i worked in manila before, i'd call home and cry on the phone with my mom and feel much better after, as if her words are soothing me. "coming home" is always the best thing, the instant i step inside, all my guards are down, my feet are propped on the coffee table in front of the tv, and i can care less how i look and how lazy i get. it's the place where we can be at our worst and know that the people inside will love us despite. beautiful post toni! <em>odette's last blog post..<a href='http://littlemsfirefly.blogspot.com/2008/04/swann-love-story.html' rel="nofollow">swann&smerlin, a love story</a></em> <blockquote> Thank you for sharing that beautiful quote, Odette. So true. And I share your thoughts on how coming home is truly a wonderful thing, a place where we can be our true selves with falling prey to any judgment!</blockquote> i could not comment immediately when i read this post because i wanted to find first that quote from jane austen which spoke so eloquently about “home”:

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
~Jane Austen

i am daddy’s girl, but when i am sick, i cry for mommy. nothing makes me feel better quickly than my mom’s herb concoctions and constant feeling for my fever, and healthy cooking. when i worked in manila before, i’d call home and cry on the phone with my mom and feel much better after, as if her words are soothing me. “coming home” is always the best thing, the instant i step inside, all my guards are down, my feet are propped on the coffee table in front of the tv, and i can care less how i look and how lazy i get. it’s the place where we can be at our worst and know that the people inside will love us despite.

beautiful post toni!

odette’s last blog post..swann&smerlin, a love story

Thank you for sharing that beautiful quote, Odette. So true. And I share your thoughts on how coming home is truly a wonderful thing, a place where we can be our true selves with falling prey to any judgment!

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