Wifely Steps

How are you celebrating your forever today?

Hectic doesn’t even begin to describe this week. There wasn’t even time for a Monday picker-upper. I just had to start checking things off my to-do list ASAP. You know how ASAP works, and you know how to-do lists don’t really have an ending.
I stumbled upon this poem during a break, and I took it [...]

Just a little bit more and it’s Saturday again. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
And in other news, don’t forget that when you want something (and if it is meant for you!), the whole universe conspires for you to achieve it. The wise men said that — Paulo Coelho, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Just [...]

“I am an emotional creature!,” Eve Ensler declares as she closes her passionate talk in TEDIndia.

Eve Ensler (image credit)
Eve talks about “the girl cell” that we all have. The usual impression for girls is to be submissive, passive. The “girl cell” is that inner strength, that instinct that we girls should not suppress. She [...]

(via thedailywhat)
To one of the funniest entertainers and possibly the most positive one ever, we’ll be seeing you again sooner than you think. As you said, work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.
Go, go Team Coco!
P.S. I want this sign for my office. Simple inspiration!

Conan O’Brien’s Farewell Speech

When we’re older, it’ll just be the two of us again, my husband shared with me sometime ago. True, we’ll raise our boy, and someday, he’ll fly the nest and it’ll just be Husby and Wifey at home again.
While it’s honestly too soon to be thinking about that, I was reminded by what he [...]

We’d buy Coke poured into a plastic pouch and drink it with a straw.
We’d play on the streets till sunset — tag, patintero, piko, bahay-bahayan, luksong tinik, Chinese garter, taguan.
We’d pluck out a little Santan flower, pull out the pistil and taste the sweetness of the nectar on our tongue.
We’d wake up excitedly on Saturday [...]

This time last year, I was nursing a very bad cold. I was sluggish. A visit to the gym didn’t help much, as my arms and legs felt more and more like rubber with every step on the treadmill. I was fighting the urge to fall asleep every minute. I drank Hot Toddies to make [...]

A poem like this is too good not to share. How’s your week going? If it’s too dang busy, slow down and breathe easy. It’s the hump of the week and the weekend is nearing. Just breathe!

From An Atlas Of A Difficult World
by Adrienne Rich
I know you are reading this poem
late, before leaving your office
of [...]

“It’s the small choices we make over time that define who we are.”
– Jeffrey Benjamin
This quote was too good not to be shared.
Image credit: ~jjjohn~