Blog Posts on lessons children teach

2 Lessons From a Child's Simple Prayer by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jan 15, 2012Today is Angel's birthday. Thank You, Jesus.  Happy 3rd birthday, my daughter. I love you. This post today is something about Angel. I asked Angel to pray the other night. What she said is in quotes and those in parenthesis are my side comme...

The First Will Be the Last by Inspirational Life Quotes on Aug 16, 2011Image by Stasys EIDIEJUS, Stock.xchng When dealing with children, you have to be careful in asking "Who goes first?" or "Who finishes first?" Most often than not, they would be squabbling to say "Me, me, me!"  And if things doesn't go well, one...

Do You Believe in "Pamahiin" or Superstitious Beliefs? by Inspirational Life Quotes on Aug 8, 2011Two weeks ago, Yuan's teacher in Filipino asked their class to do a project on Filipino "Pamahiin" or superstitious beliefs. The Filipinos are well known for following many of these. After doing some quick research online, he had listed about 41 "pa...

Why Do We Have Scars? by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jul 25, 2011One time when I was bathing my daughters, I commented on Kristel's having several "peklat" or scars now on her legs. She's had her shares of bruises and wounds especially when we were in the Philippines.  Then, she asked "why do we have scars?"&...

Are You Running Away? What's Your Alibi? by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jul 13, 2011One month has passed since the beginning of school. Thank God, all of my children now are well-adjusted when going to school. No more crying unlike in the first two weeks of classes. Kristel is the one who makes excuses when it comes to going to sch...

Lord, I Offer My Life To You as a Living or Leaving Sacrifice? by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jun 26, 2011Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. ~ Romans 12:1 Lately, Angel is not only so talkative, she also loves to sing (though...

What's the Password? by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jun 16, 2011One time, when I was finished teaching Sunday School, the children were playing up and down the small plastic slide inside the room. Because some were pushing the others, I put my hand across the spot where a child was supposed to sit and slide down,...

Don't Follow Everything You See by Inspirational Life Quotes on Jun 3, 2011Something is up with Angel lately. Whenever I tell her not to do something, she finds and says something to challenge my instruction. For example, while in the Philippines, I told her to always wear her slippers when she goes out. Then, she saw her A...

Why Wait? The Value of Waiting by Inspirational Life Quotes on May 11, 2011This morning, while I was hanging some of the laundry to dry, one of my sons came to me, crying - complaining, that his little sister was taking too long at the computer (when in fact she just sat down in front of the computer). "I've been waiting so...

Time to Move On by Inspirational Life Quotes on Mar 27, 2011I posted some of Janel and Kristel's picture below. It was Janel's moving on exercises from Nursery to Kindergarten 1. On the other hand, Kristel graduated from Kindergarten 2 and will be in grade 1 this coming school year. Time flies so fast. Ja...