Marion and Maureen Panganiban Family Reunion 2017 (not pictured: Adell Simmons) “I want to go home!”  We have been in Utah for nearly two weeks and it has been filled with a lot of good memories, but memory-making comes at the cost of routine and sleep. When my girls and I are at home we […]

Brooklyn taking a nap with her blanket on her grandma. Learning to Give my Best Yesterday,while a bunch of adults were visiting during our family reunion, I watched as Brooklyn kept offering her baby cousin her most prized possession in the world…her blankie. This moment stuck with me because Brooklyn rarely is seen without this […]

This is Jane’s six year old birthday photo. Her smile says it all. I was about 30 minutes late picking up Jane from school one day. 30 minutes! I know, I know…that is so late. The teachers had called me, called Cody and I think one of my emergency contacts that I had offered to […]

asking vs. demanding Yesterday, Maurie was in her carseat and the babysitter was going to help her get out, but before she started she asked, “Maurie, can I help you get out of your car seat?” I was nervous about how Maurie would respond, but she said yes. Even though seconds later she changed her […]

Yesterday, I was working on making dinner and Brooklyn kept crying, whining and asking to be held. I was really frustrated that she wouldn’t let me work on dinner. One of the times I picked her up, she cried out in pain when I put my arm under her bum and then I realized the […]

Don’t Waste Time A Cut…to the Heart A Cut…to the Heart, Maurie had her first haircut. Her long black hair was down to the bottom of her rear. I loved to see her hair fall down her back, but it was really hard to keep untangled and was getting really damaged at the ends. I […]