All Jayme
Stories of a devoted wife, loving mother, aspiring writer & passiotive thinker

Whoah… that guy’s gorgeous. I wonder if he’s single.

Wonder what I’ll have for dinner.

I’d love to fly to Hawaii.

What if I had said no, would it have made a difference?

What are you thinking right now?

It is estimated that each person thinks 50,000 - 60,000 thoughts a day. There have been no concrete studies yet to quantify this but some say the figure could be higher.

Whether you’re a writer or a blogger, I’m sure thousands of thoughts and ideas for articles or posts zip through your mind at any given time.

Have you ever had those moments when you had this brilliant idea only to forget about it a few minutes later?

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After staying in our small one-bedroom apartment for more than a year, we have finally decided to move to a bigger house before Kalia’s arrival.

We will start transferring some of our stuff and furniture tomorrow, though we’ll have to wait until the electricity and water service is up before we completely move in. The lessor says it could be late next week.

The house was a real good find for us because it met all our criteria: the rent is reasonable, it has two spacious bedrooms, our own free parking space, within a safe compound and, best of all, it’s just 10 minutes away from our workplace. Plus, it’s right beside a hospital, in front of a drug store, and two blocks away from the market.

The structure is actually old that’s why I didn’t like it when I first saw the exterior of the apartment. But when we checked out the interiors, everything was newly-renovated and we were told that we would be the first tenants to occupy it.

I’ve asked Mama’s help to spruce up the place so it’ll have that warm cozy feeling. I’m actually excited to decorate it because this is going to be our “first” home. You see the apartment we live in now is actually Kernan’s bachelor pad so it was already set up even before we were married and I just brought my clothes when I moved in.

The new house is a clean slate and hubby says I can decorate it any way I want. Yay!

Kernan and I plan to stay there for a couple of years while we save money to build our real dream house.

I already told him I had a vision of what our dream house will look like.

Continue reading “Moving to a new home” »

Hubby packed his shirt, towels, ipod and gloves in his bag. He was getting ready to go to the gym.

As he took off his shirt to change into his gym clothes, he pinched the flesh on his belly and said, “I’m fat.”

“No you’re not, you’re just a bit chubby.”

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I woke up with a queasy feeling in my belly. Kalia has been moving around a lot, I feel like she wants to go out now.

I look at the calendar by the TV stand, just two more weeks before my due date.

Two weeks can go by pretty fast, I tried to convince myself. Just wait a little bit more.

Right. The truth is, I’m getting that feeling again: the - can - I - give - birth - now kind of feeling.

Continue reading “That feeling again” »

Jamaine has just learned how to say “Mommy” loudly and clearly.

Each time she says it, it sends a wave of pride over me that almost makes me cry.

This is definitely one of those moments when it feels so amazing to be a mother.

I remember those days when she was just a little bundle of joy who couldn’t even see and recognize me. I would wonder then if she felt how much I loved her, my own little miracle.

Continue reading “Some thoughts after Mother’s Day” »

She was ashamed to admit it but she knew she just had to come out of the trap she created for herself if she wanted to be free.

She was leading a secret life as a gambler.

Continue reading “Are you trapped?” »

It started with a series of text messages sent in the wee hours of the morning.

I would hear his cellphone’s beep and somehow I felt that there was something not quite right about it.

I would say a woman’s gut feeling is one of her most precious gifts. It is what helped me discover what was wrong.

For a time, I kept quiet about what I felt.

She could be just a friend. I tried to justify to myself.

Don’t be such a little jealous girl. I warned myself.

But why did I have such a nagging feeling about the whole thing?

Finally, I decided to ask. There was no point in killing myself over my own thoughts. Didn’t we say we will be open to each other about our problems?

All I needed to do was ask so I would find out the truth.

But I did not. He lied.

Continue reading “On broken trust and stronger love” »

I love clean slates and blank pages.

For me, it means new chances, fresh starts and more opportunities to make the most out of life.

Whether we are coming from a place of difficulty or a place of success, there is always that place up ahead: a chance to learn and grow or a beginning of a new adventure.

I think that no matter who we are, where we are or what circumstances we are in, we all have a chance and a choice to close one chapter and open another.

Resolutions are not exclusive to the New Year.

If we choose to, we can turn our lives around at any given moment at any time we want.

We can only be bound by the limits we set for ourselves.

And if we believe that anything is possible, then everything becomes boundless.

Half of the year has almost gone by and I ask myself, “What do I want to do differently this time? What do I want to change?”

Continue reading “My personal goals for May and beating the big P” »