People with disabilities
Date: July 05, 2022
Everyone has abilities and even people with some disabilities have numerous abilities too. Sometimes people having some disabilities have a lot of talent than others.
Last Thursday my son had an accident and I wrote an article about it last Friday with a title **Accident is everywhere**. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/accident-is-everywhere-859b3e83
His foot was injured because he accidentally step on a steel matting. He cannot step and he cannot walk straight because he cannot use his one foot.
Everytime he wants or needed something he will call my name. The things that he can do alone before, now he needed my help to do it. When he want to pee, he calls my name and I will bring him to CR or bring some thing where he could pee. When he want to poop, he will call my name again and I will bring him to CR. He can hardly poop because he cannot do his usual position which is to squat. There were times that we will go back and forth to the CR three times before he is done.
Before he could take a bath alone as long as the bath soap and shampoo is ready but after the accident I need to assist him. He can go from one place to another by jumping using his one foot.
I felt sad about his situation. I told him to follow my instructions next time to avoid accidents. He cannot play those games where he needed to run and walk and stand for a long time. So, during those days, he just write, draw, color and play some games just sitting on the chair or the floor.
When we cannot do the things we usually do because of some injuries or disabilities, let's try to find other things to enjoy. In trying other things, we may discover the hidden talents that we have or we can learn new skills to do.
While assisting him, I thought about those people with disabilities. I know they are having a hard time doing something at first but later on they are used to it and then they can do whatever they wanted to do. I salute to those people with disabilities who still pursue their dreams and goals in life. They are the people with positive outlook in life that never ever allows disability to hinder what they wanted to achieve.
I also thought about the parents having a child with disabilities. I imagine how caring they are to their child. I thought how long their patience in dealing with a child with disabilities. I know they have a lot of sacrifices.
To those parents or guardian of a child or person with disabilities, you might feel weary sometimes and you might lost your patience in dealing with them, but I know you don't want to surrender because you love him/her. May our almighty God will give you enough strength to carry the burden. May He give you long patience to deal with them. May He provide your daily needs.
For now, my son can walk alone while using his injured foot just tip toed. He can now run and even can dribble the ball standing and he never jumps to go from one place to another. Thank you so much Lord and thank you for your prayers.
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Accident is everywhere
Date: July 03, 2022
Accident is everywhere, it can happen in the roads, it can happen in the school, it can happen in the workplace and even in our own home accident can happen.
Accident is an event we didn't expect that usually have injury.
The common accidents happened in roads. This might involve you and yourself only like when your motorcycle slip due to slippery roads or might be a driver is under the influence of liquor. Also, it might involve two or more vehicles bumped into each other.
When you drink, don't drive. Don't drive when you drink.
That is the common sentence or phrase reminding every driver not to drive when drunk and not to drink when driving after.
Being under the influence of liquor is one among the common cause of vehicular accident. So drivers, keep safe always. Remember that your family is expecting for you to be home.
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Might be you have seen my noise.cash post last Friday about an accident happened right here in our house but I want to go into details here. https://noise.cash/post/mpk9p3gd8389g
Last Thursday while we are having lunch, my son leave the table for a while to wash his hands. (He has this attitude that he don't like when his hands are sticky or dirty from a food so he will wash his hands even he is not yet done.) He turns the faucet on and wash his hands and told me not to close it while he runs outside. I don't know what is his plan but I know later that he check if the water will flow to the PVC pipe going outside and he is amazed looking at the water outs from the pipe.
He came back and as he enters the door, he was crying in pain and when I look at him I was shocked. The cuttings of the steel matting was in his right foot. He stepped on it. (I really don't know why it was there. I already keep it together with the fire wood. Might be he gets and played with it and stepped on it while he runs back inside.)
Upon seeing it I really don't know what to do if I will pull it out or not but I decided to pull it. I don't know if I shouted so loudly and what words came out from my mouth because our neighbor runs to us to know what happened.
Our neighbor told his son to get some malunggay (moringa) leaves but I didn't used it instead I use some garlic to clean it after trying to let the blood out. I used garlic because it is antibacterial.
My son cried a lot when I am squeezing his foot to let the blood out and clean it with garlic. Yung sipon, tears and sweat are falling together.
I can't understand my emotion that time. I felt angry towards my son but at the same time I fel pity to him. I also felt nervous and worried about it.
I texted my husband and he called. When I answer his call my tears fall while telling him what happened. He told me to calm down and bring my son to the clinic or to the hospital.
After the call, I prepared some needed things and went to the clinic. I felt so nervous and the BHW (Barangay Health Worker) assisted us. They ask information like name, age, sex, birthdate, when and where the accident happened and what causes it. They also get his body temperature, height and weight and give me the referral going to the Municipal Health Center.
The doctor asked me if I already wash his foot. I told him no, I just clean it with garlic. He instructed me to wash it and I did so. I didn't wash it with water because water will contribute for its inflammation. I followed to wash it because the wound seems already close because the blood already clots the wound.
The doctor asked me if my son completed the immunization and I told him yes. He told me that kids below 5 years old doesn't need to be injected with anti tetanus because they already have it during the immunization. I just forgot the particular vaccine.
So, the doctor just gave me an antibiotic (CO-AMOXICLAV) 50ml twice a day for 7 days. He also prescribe IBUPROFEN for pain and if in case of swelling. Fortunately my son didn't complain of so much pain so I just gave him once. Paracetamol is not just for fever but also for pain and inflammation in children. I really thought before that it is just for fever.
My son can't walk until of this very moment but he told us that the pain is lesser than before. Hopefully he will be well soon. Please pray for him too.
Parents, we really need to be extra careful to look after our kids. They tend to get everything they wanted not knowing it could harm them. They wanted to experiment and explore over different things.
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June, sad but happy
Date: July 01, 2022
Time flies so fast that the month of June has ended. We are one day more than half of the year. The second quarter ended and hey! it's already July 1st. Happy first day of July my dear read.cash family.
How was your June? Is it sad or happy?
I felt sad in the beginning of the month. My June started with suffering where I am **suffering once a month**. This is a monthly period, a monthly sickness where most of the girls are having too. Gladly, I have it today but it is lesser in pain than last June. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/suffering-once-a-month-e66954e9
Having a period, there were lots of hormonal changes and it might contribute a feeling of very sensitive emotion of woman. I felt so down and emotional that time when **I see how my son cried when I die** after acting that I died without moving and talking at all. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-see-how-my-son-cried-when-i-die-37f4200e
In June my new neighbor able to share how her daughter hides her pregnancy and how was their experience about it. **Hiding pregnancy** is no good because it might hurt the baby in the womb. Fortunately, the grand daughter of our neighbor is well. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/hiding-pregnancy-da486783
Also, I was able to share two Bible stories where we can get a lot of lessons from it. First is **a miracle in a jar of oil** where one jar of oil was able to fill a lot of empty jars. God gave miracles to those who believe in him in the past and He will be giving miracles for you and me today and in the future. Second is the story of Joseph and his brothers where **a father loves one more than the others** and it resulted to jealousy. Jealousy brings hatred that makes the siblings **plan to kill their brother.** Indeed favoritism within the family is really not good and should bot be practiced by parents. Instead love, understanding and respect should be thought within the family. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-miracle-in-a-jar-of-oil-544fc919 https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-father-who-loves-one-more-than-the-others-31c672e7 https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-plan-to-kill-their-brother-6128a17d
June is the birth month of my father, but **how to celebrate a birthday without the celebrant?** It is so sad to think that we cannot celebrate his birthday anymore where we can see his smile and hear his laughter. Father's day is also celebrated on this month. The day just brought me into tears because I really miss him, **until when i will feel like this?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/how-to-celebrate-a-birthday-without-the-celebrant-62060905 https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/until-when-i-will-feel-like-this-4918380d
Scammers also cross me in June, **OTP is common way of scammers** but fortunately I am a Gcash user for a long period of time that scammer didn't succeed on his plan. This is a reminder for everyone that we should not share our OTP or One Time Password to anyone. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/otp-common-way-of-scammers-7a8a22f6
It is also sad to know that one family lost almost everything because their house was **taken by fire**. In this incident, they really need help and always remember that **nothing is small when helping** so always extend a helping hand. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/taken-by-fire-f3b1f363 https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/nothing-is-small-when-helping-ec5ad0b1
Last June my son also finished the first step of schooling. He finished his nursery and soon he will be in Kinder 1. **It is the beginning, keep moving** my son. Also, please be careful always because one morning I woke up crying having a dream that you **fall from a tree**. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/it-is-the-beginning-keep-moving-7ea4dc2d https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/my-son-fall-from-a-tree-39dbbb73
I also joined the writing challenge created by Miss @Jane by sharing **my read.cash journey, old but new**. Miss Jane gave some bch as a reward and I am so thankful for it. Lastly, in the month of June **I shouted for joy** because I already reached 1BCH. Hopefully bch will pump soon. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/my-readcash-journey-old-but-new-2ce9bf76 https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-shouted-for-joy-ad7530ae
I tried to wrap up my June even some articles were not included. I get this idea from @alicecalope and I don't know if I make it right.
Indeed, my June is sad yet happy. I am so grateful to have you here always. In the month of June, 32 subscribers were added making it a triple one subscribers as of this writing. I am always thankful to you my likers, subscribers, readers, commenters, upvoters and sponsors.
I only write 18 articles for this month but still I am happy to have it than nothing.
Bye June! Welcome July. Hopefully
BCH will pump soon so read.cash
family would be happier. See you
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It is the beginning, keep moving
Date: June 29, 2022
In Philippines March is the month where the closing exercises or ceremony is being done but when pandemic strikes it was changed. June is supposed to be a start of the school year and it will usually end on March but it was changed to September and ends on June.
This year, the school year ends this month. Every students were happy that they were able to finish another year of their journey. Parents as well were happy to survive and was able to support their children.
Yesterday, my son and his classmates also have their moving up ceremony. I never taught that we could join in that event because I was not able to attend a meeting because I was informed late and we are living in different area because we already transferred locations since May 10 this year. Also I was not able to pay for some contribution. I have in mind not to attend but my other self keep on telling me to attend. So, I told my self to let my son attend this very first moving up ceremony in his life.
My co-parent attended the meeting and informed me for the contribution and we will just bring food for potluck. I decided to cook some kutsinta to be our contribution for the said potluck.
A night before the said event, I bought some ingredients for kutsinta. I prepared the molder as well as the steamer before going to sleep. I woke up early morning the next day and cook it.
We arrived in school earlier and we had time to took some pictures first before the program started.
My son felt shy that moment, imagine he saw his classmates for the first time. He never taught that they were many because they are just doing modules at home and only have a limited face to face exam once.
It seems that they are having their acquaintance party not a moving up ceremony, lol. Even we parents just met each other yesterday.
It was my son's first time putting his right hand on the chest while singing our national anthem. (He tells this part to his father when he came home from work).
We also had an opening prayer but the teacher just played a prayer. I intentionally didn't close my eyes to check on my son what he will do if he will close his eyes and bow down his head. I almost laugh but I just smile because he just slightly close his eyes, slightly bend his head and make it turn slowly from left to right looking at his classmates observing if they were closing their eyes. After doing it, he bowed and close his eyes.
The giving of certificates is the highlight of the ceremony. They never had a practice on how they will walk in the aisle and get their certificate but the teacher just instructed us to guide our children. When his name was called, he looked at me at the back and I told him to go forward and get his certificate. I also followed for the picture taking.
After the program, we had a short bonding with the food we prepared. Some children enjoyed playing outside and seems they knew each other for a long period of time.
I felt happy seeing my son stepping in the first level of his education in school. He got his ECCD (Early childhood care and development) certificate. He will be Kinder-1 in the next opening of school year. I thought I can enroll him in the Kinder-II but his birth date is not within the qualified students for K-2.
**It is just the beginning, keep moving my son.**
When we got home, he had a lot of stories to tell to his father. I can see his happiness while telling it.
Closing thoughts
It is the happiness of the parents when their children will succeed in every steps of their life. Every year is equal to a year of sacrifices.
Congratulations to all students and parents, we did it!
Thank you so much my dear subscribers, likers, readers, commenters, upvoters and sponsors.
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Nothing is small when helping
Date: June 28, 2022
Helping others is one of a kind and generous act. Helping others like **giving is a thing of pride** as @Olasquare wrote in his article and got to have this title from his comment too. You may click the underlined words in the previous sentence so you could read his article. https://read.cash/@Olasquare/giving-is-a-thing-of-pride-84d5eb77
This article is also a continuation of my previous article **taken by fire.** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/taken-by-fire-f3b1f363
House taken by fire is a sad incident and people involved or a victim of such incident needs help. Commonly, a fire victim is not able to save something from their house except their selves. This means that everything they have was burnt in just a few minutes and turn into ashes.
There is a fire incident in a neighboring barangay that taken someone's house. It was a sad news and our heart felt pity towards them and find ways how to help.
There were people who are willing to help through giving something that they have.
Through the help of social media, we were able to contact a person that will lead us to the family.
We talk about the time and place where to meet and finally we reached the place where the fire incident happened.
Upon reaching there, the ashes of the burnt house were so visible for us. It is sad to see it in the picture and to know about it but it is more sad seeing it in person.
The GI sheets were being bend because of the heat of the fire. The plastic drum used for storing water was almost eaten up by fire. Only the ashes of their things were there and nothing remains. The flowers, the fruits, the trees around their house were also affected by fire and everything almost died. It was a windy day that day.
We asked tatay (we commonly addressed to a person who is now old) what is the possible reason of fire? He said that it might be because of the remaining fire in the firewood since they are using firewood for cooking.
There is a relative who has his birthday that day and they decided to have his birthday celebration in the nearest resort. They cooked some food early morning using firewood and leave their house for a swimming.
Tatay, expected his relative to pick him up going to the resort but his relative didn't show. So, he decided to drive his topdown (a motorcycle with a carrier and it has 3 wheels) going to the said place.
They did enjoy the celebration but Tatay didn't bring any clothes because he decided not to swim. When they went home in the afternoon, the smoke from the burnt fire are waving at them. They were so shocked, speechless and just cry seeing their house turned into ashes.
We felt so sad as Tatay narrates it to us but he said there is one thing that was not burnt. We ask what is it? He said the OR CR (Official receipt and Certificate of Registration) of his motorcycle was safe. It was in the middle of many papers and fortunately it wasn't burnt. He thank God for it because still there is his motorcycle where he can use to fetch some water for the family. They were thankful too because nothing died.
Before we left, we gave to Tatay the pre loved clothes, utensils, rice and some groceries from different people who extend their help even in small things. As we handed it to Tatay, the other group also gave their help.
Tatay were so thankful for those things. He said it was a very big help for them. He wish to have some GI sheets and other materials to be used in making new house for his family.
Ending thoughts
Indeed, nothing is small when giving. Yes, when we are the giver, we always thought that what we gave is just a small thing. But to the receiver, those small things that we gave matters most to them and they considered it as a very big help for them.
So, when someone needs help, please give a helping hand. Please give even you think it is small. You never knew how it turns to big when they reach in their hands.
Giving will make us happy, but will make the receiver more happier. Giving will make us a blessing to others and will make us blessed too. Giving is your nature. Giving is your purpose. Giving is a way of thanking God for all the blessings He had showered upon us.
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Previous articles:
**I shouted for joy** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-shouted-for-joy-ad7530ae
**My son fall from a tree** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/my-son-fall-from-a-tree-39dbbb73
**Comparing: positive and negative impact** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/comparing-positive-and-negative-impact-5ba10f3f
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Taken by fire
Date: June 26, 2022
Fire is something needed and hated by us. We do need it to cook some food but we hated it so much when fire will take away our properties and most above all our lives.
Last Thursday afternoon I was saddened to see a post from my schoolmate that a house was burned in the Barangay where I graduated my secondary education.
Seeing the pictures alone makes us sad and felt pity towards the family who owns that house.
My mind can picture out a big fire burning everything inside it. I can picture out some people might trying to stop the fire. I can even imagine someone crying while looking at thier house.
Even though I didn't knew them, but thinking that everything they have was taken by fire we can feel their sadness and their sorrows.
In my mind, I am asking myself how could I help them? What can I do to help them? They are in the next two barangay from us. But when we are really willing to send some help, there were a lot of ways.
First thing I did is to message privately my schoolmate and asked some details about the family affected by that fire incident. I also asked where the exact location.
When the needed details was known, I decided to share the post to my church mates through our group chat. I asked some help for the family.
We know how sad to lost our house and everything in it. It is better to be a victim of robbery than losing our house by fire. They lost not just money, clothes, beddings, utensils, but everything inside and even outside of their house.
Gladly, the church members respond for the plead. Some brought pre loved clothes like tshirts, shorts, dress, and pajama. Some also gave some utensils like plates and glasses. Most of us gave rice as food is the basic needs of life. Some also brought some groceries like dishwashing paste, detergent bar and powder, toothpaste, shampoo and bath soap. Some gave can goods and noodles.
They felt sorry that they could only give few things but I told them that even we shared small or few things but when combined it can be a big help for the family.
Giving help cannot be measured by how much or how many you could give but it can be measured by the willingness and happiness to give. People might measure it but I know God can see your heart and look at your motives. God loves a cheerful giver and He is willing to bless those people who is also a channel of blessings to others.
How about you? Have you experienced that your house is on fire? Or have you known some friends and relatives affected by it? Can you feel their struggles? Can you see their sadness?
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**I shouted for joy** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-shouted-for-joy-ad7530ae
**My son fall from a tree** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/my-son-fall-from-a-tree-39dbbb73
**Comparing: positive and negative impact** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/comparing-positive-and-negative-impact-5ba10f3f
I shouted for joy
Date: June 24, 2022
When we are happy, we have different ways of expressing it. Some will just open their lips a little bit and give a simple yet happy smile. Others will jump many times bringing their arms up and down. You may also shout for joy and release your happiness. Others will have a tears of joy for the great happiness they felt. Whatever ways we do, we still have one thing in common - we are happy and our heart is filled with joy.
As a writer or blogger here in read.cash, what makes you happy?
Having comments in my article makes me happy because knowing that someone reads my article is one of a happy feeling.
Having someone to sponsor me brings me a great feeling too. Sponsorship means to me that "you are good, keep writing, believe in yourself". So, having them in my block keeps me going.
Upvoting my articles makes me happy too thanking all of you for supporting me and encouraging me to write more.
Yesterday my read.cash account reached $10 and this is the time that I will transfer it to my wallet. I also checked my noise.cash account at it is already $9.5+. I want to send the 9 but it seems it didn't work when I change the maximum limit to $9. So, I just set it to $9.6. After transferring the fund, I open my coins.ph to check how much bch I was able to hold. I am really expecting that I already hit my 1BCH goal but when I checked it, it is just a few points before 1BCH.
I went back to my noise and set the maximum limit into 0.40 to make it $10 from noise. By setting it, I never expected that I cannot get that amount all throughout the day because tips in noise is not that big as like as before. After doing it, I never bothered myself to check my coins.ph again.
The evening comes and I was busy being a mother. Preparing for dinner, serving it, eating, washing the dishes, take care of my son and let him ready to sleep. When I am done with everything we went to our bedroom and offered a family prayer so my son and my husband can go to sleep. I opt not to sleep with them because I will open my noise.cash and read.cash and have some interaction with other users by reading and commenting on their posts.
Opening my coins.ph appeared in my mind so I did so. The first thing I look for is my BCH and I found that I already hit my 1BCH goal. Yehey! I shouted for joy. 1BCH unlocked!
My husband who is already under his blanket, open it and look at me straight. He never utter any word but just give me a questioning face. He seems asking me why I shouted? Or might be he don't know what 1BCH mean.
I then explained. I reached 1BCH and that is my first goal for BCH. Hopefully it will pump soon so I could buy my first goal in writing - refrigerator.
Yes, I wanted to buy a refrigerator so might be I could sell some ice candy here if possible. Buying it really needs a big amount of money and knowing that my husband's salary is just enough in our daily needs and expenses, I am giving my best to earn and save for it.
Since I joined both noise.cash and read cash, I only cash out PHP 180 ($3.6) just to checked if it is legit and to know how to do it. After receiving it to my gcash, I said, wow! it is real. Then, that's the time I set some goal. Before I wanted to buy a cellphone for my husband because we only shared one cellphone. But later on, I want a refrigerator.
I know this can't buy the refrigerator for now, but when the bch will pump hopefully this goal will come true. For now, I am happy that in my 9months journey trying to be a writer I was able to have 1BCH at last.
BCH please fly high now.
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**My son fall from a tree** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/my-son-fall-from-a-tree-39dbbb73
**Comparing: positive and negative impact** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/comparing-positive-and-negative-impact-5ba10f3f
My son fall from a tree
Date: June 23, 2022
***I can't stop my self to cry out loud seeing my son lied on the watery ground with arms open wide, can't move and crying in pain.***
We visited our little so called farm, it is just beside a creek where my father planted different crops and fruit trees. He planted a lot of jack fruit tree where we can able to sell young fruits as vegetables and its ripe fruit as well. We also have a lot of "cardava" bananas where I do love to clean and take care of them when I was young and until I was in high school. I am so happy when they bear fruits and again we can sell them in the market. My mother also cooked banana cue from it and sell it in the elementary school in our barangay. We also have chayote there where my father allow them climb in rocky areas where we cannot plant anything. We also have cacao trees in there where my parents used to make "tablea" from it. We have some root crops like taro and cassava. There were lots of fruit trees like guava, avocado, star apple, marang (I don't know its name in English) and a lot more.
One day, I visited there with my son. I am doing something while keep on reminding him to just stay beside me. But as a young child and it is his first time to visit in that area he was amazes with the place. He can saw a lot of green grasses, tall trees, fruits seems waving at him from the trees.
In just a blink of an eye he runs away from me and can't get through with him. Sadly he run near the cemented water way and there is some soil at the bottom. He step at that soil and even me don't know that there is a hole underneath where the water in the creek remove the portion underneath. Upon stepping in that area, the soil fall as well as my son. I shouted in great pity and crying while running towards him. He didn't fall directly in the ground, he was in the branches of the cacao tree holding tight calling my name for help. (You might wonder why he fall in the cacao tree. We are in the upper part and the creek is below having some plants in the slope area.)
I go down in great caution because I might fall too. I was holding in the branch too and I am stretching my hands towards him. But before I was able to hold him, the branch slowly broken until it was broken and my son fall in the ground. I can't stop myself to cry out loud seeing my son lied on the watery ground with arms open wide, can't move and crying in pain.
I wanted to shout for help but knowing that we were just two in there I just leave my self crying. If the birds could help for sure I will ask their help in that time of very need. I slowly go down crying and calling my son.
When I am about to hug him, then that is the time I woke up. I woke up still crying and sobbing but no tears in my eyes. Yes! it was just a dream and in my mind I was thankful to God that it is just a dream. What if it is true? For sure my son have a broken bones right now. It was my first dream that I am crying in the dream but woke up with no tears in my eyes. There were multiple times that I am crying in a dream and woke up crying too. My husband will wake me up asking why I am crying and my heart is still hurting upon waking up.
They said that dreams is just a result of tiredness. I don't know why I do have that dream that early morning.
Do you have a dream similar to it? Have you experienced waking up crying because of a dream too? I have a multiple dreams that leaves me crying even upon waking up.
I just do hope that those dreams will just remain as a dream and will not happen in real life.
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Previous articles:
**Comparing: positive and negative impact** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/comparing-positive-and-negative-impact-5ba10f3f
**A father who loves one more than the others** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-father-who-loves-one-more-than-the-others-31c672e7
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Comparing: Positive and negative impact
Date: June 22, 2022
In life, we cannot deny the fact that comparing happened, happening and will happen. We tend to compare things over another thing. Comparing someone to others and the most common is to compare ourselves to someone. It is a part of our life.
Have you experienced that other people are comparing you towards others? What do you feel? How about when you compare yourself to others? Is it giving a positive or negative impact in your life?
Hello read.cash family. Its been raining here in our side this time, not just rain but a heavy rain with strong winds. Even our small house is new but because of the heavy rain, the water slip from the area where nails is located. So there is some rain drops inside, lol.
Earlier this morning I came across with @Gaftekloriginal 's post about some reality of life. It is about comparing himself to others. I can relate with it and I'm sure you do too. His article lead me to write this topic.
Comparing is normal and it is part of one's life. But having this comparison will give positive and negative impact on our lives.
When someone or even me compares myself to others it gives myself a positive and negative impact.
Negative impact
When my aunt compare me to my cousins who have a good job and making a good money I have felt self pity thinking that they could buy what they want and they could go wherever they want to go.
It makes my self worth down thinking that I can find a job if I want but still I choose to be a full time mom and housewife.
Positive impact
On the other hand, comparing ourselves to others will also bring positive impact if we look at it as a challenge and inspiration in life.
When I see my friends posting pictures that they travel to a wonderful place, I don't think negative but instead I make it as an inspiration and a challenge to find some source of income, learn to save, so someday I can visit that place or I can travel too.
I am also being challenged to enjoy and be grateful for what I have.
A message for you and me
There were times in our life that we compare ourselves to others.
Life is wonderful and full of blessings but it will depend on how we look at it.
Let's take a moment to think about this.
They have a big house and lot while me living in a small house in a squatter's area waiting for a demolition team.
***I have a small house to live in, a shelter in the time of rain and can protect us from the heat of the sun.***
Others are living under the bridge, sleeping along the roads with some carton and sacks to protect them from cold.
They have a good paying job while me unemployed, house wife and full time mom.
***I am unemployed because I choose to take care of my son. I am with him since he was a baby. I know when his teeth starts to grow, I first heared his first word - mama, I see his first ever step, I heared his first ever laugh and saw his first ever smile. I can play with him along anytime of the day. I can give him food when he is hungry and give water to drink when he is thirsty. I can give him the miraculous healing when he is hurt by something. My hug and kiss will stop him from crying.***
Some working mothers wish to have that moment with their kids.
They could eat in a fancy restaurant, can afford different fast food while me will just depend on what I and my husband will cook.
***I am thankful to eat food that we prepared. Grateful to God for giving food on our table and never leave us hungry.***
Other people don't have even porridge to eat.
They could buy nice clothing, shoes and bags while me having a simple dress, one pair of shoes and a single bag.
***I am happy to have clothes to protect my body, shoes to protect my feet and a bag to put my things.***
Others don't have clothes and just walking everywhere bare footed wishing to have atleast a slipper.
The simpliest thing that you have, others are wishing to have it.
Let's be grateful and be contented for what we have. Being contented does not also mean that you will stop in there, but instead you will continue to do your best to make your life more better. Be happy for them and make them an inspiration to strive more.
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A plan to kill their brother
Date: June 21, 2022
Killing is everywhere. We can hear it in the news and we can see it in the social media. The world is getting worst as day passed by. Have you known someone who killed his or her own parents? friends? or even his brothers? It seems so bad, right?
For today's article I will share to you how a brothers nearly killed their younger brother. If you wasn't able to read my previous article about **A father who loves one more than the others**, you may click the underlined words so you will know the story because today's article is the continuation of that one. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-father-who-loves-one-more-than-the-others-31c672e7
Hi Philippines and hello world. How are you my dear read.cash family? Here I am again to share another story or I mean a continuation of yesterday's story for us to learn another lessons.
If you want to read the story that we will discuss for today, you may open your Bible to Genesis 37:12-36. Yesterday, I was amazed when @CrazyWrites told me that the story of Joseph was also written in Quran and Joseph is a prophet and his story is one of her favorite story that teaches patience and forgiveness. Hello Sissy, can you share with us for the benefit of our Muslim or Islam friends where we can find the story of Joseph in the Quran. Thanks.
A plan to kill their brother
Joseph is the most loved and a favorite son of his father. He had two dreams telling that his parents as well as his older brothers will bow down to him. Being a favorite son plus that dreams let his brothers felt jealousy towards him and hated him for it.
That jealousy, leads to hatred and it push them to plan of killing Joseph their own younger brother.
They wanted to kill him and see if his dreams will come true.
The eldest son hear what his brothers are planning and he doesn't like it and he wanted to save Joseph from it. So, he suggested that instead of killing him, they will just throw him in the dry deep well. In this way, he will be able to save Joseph.
When Joseph came, they removed his long dress and did their plan.
As they were eating, they saw a group of business man bringing their products to Egypt.
Juda, one of Joseph's brother told them that what they can have when they will kill Joseph? He told them that it is better to sell him to the business man.
They agreed with him and sold Joseph with 20 pieces of silver.
Lesson from this story
Imagine how jealousy grow into hatred and hatred into murder. Good thing, Joseph eldest brother save him from being killed by his own brother.
Jealousy seems a usual feeling but when we take care of it, love it, for sure it will lead us to hate someone. Hatred will make our love colder towards someone we supposed to love and we don't know it will later push us to do something bad towards someone.
Let's not embrace jealousy and hatred in our lives because they won't bring any good in our lives.
Let us learn to have patience and cultivate love towards our siblings. Never entertain negative feelings and don't give space for Satan to let us do something according to his plan.
Joseph's eldest brother tells us that within the family there is someone who will continue to love and protect us even most of the siblings hates us and want to do something bad towards us.
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A father who loves one more than the others
Date: June 20, 2022
Have you experienced being hate by many people and you only have yourself in your side? You're only one versus two or more of them.
Hello read.cash family, how are you? I hope everyone is doing well and in good health right now. Our dear bch is still low and we are still hoping that it will pump up again very soon so it could give us a big smile in our lips.
A father who loves one more than the others
For today's article I would like to share about the story of Joseph. If you are a Christian and love reading stories from the Bible for sure you are familiar with this story. But if not, you can read it in Genesis chapter 37 verses one to eleven.
Joseph and his siblings were taking care of their flocks and Joseph is telling the bad actions of his brothers to their father. His father loves him the most compared to his other brother. It our term, Joseph is the favorite son of his father. In fact, his father make a special dress for him which is so different and colorful.
His brothers hated Joseph for this and they always speak to him rudely.
Joseph had two dreams that made his brothers hates him more. His first dream is that they were in the field binding some sheaves and his sheaves stood straight and upright while the sheaves of his brothers is bowing to his sheaves.
His brothers told him that he is thinking that he will rule over them and thought that they will bow to him.
His second dream was that the sun, moon and the eleven stars bowed down to him.
His father told him, what do you mean? Do you mean that I, your mother and eleven brothers will bow down to you?
His brothers became more angry with him while his father is thinking about his dreams.
Lessons from the story
No to favoritism
Favoritism can be found and felt everywhere. It can happen in school between teachers and students. It also happen in workplace between the boss and the employees and the most common place of favoritism is inside the home. Yes, we cannot deny the fact that favoritism do exist.
Might be you experienced favoritism, might be you are the most loved or you are the one who felt less love from your parents.
We are 6 siblings in the family but for myself I never seen my parents having a favorite son or daughter and I am happy about it.
Parents, let's love our children equally and let's not put some jealousy in their hearts and minds.
Favoritism takes away unity within the children and brings jealousy.
Learn to control emotions
If you are a child ( a son or daughter) that happens to feel jealousy over your other siblings, please control your emotions and don't let that emotions push you to do something bad and will lead to another problem within the family.
Learn to love each other
**Son/daughter, love your parents unconditionally.**
**Parents, love your children equally.**
**Siblings, love one another endlessly.**
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Until when I will feel like this?
Date: June 19, 2022
A feeling of emptiness, a feeling of jealousy, until when I will feel like this?
There were moments in our life that we will feel weak and emotionally down due to some reasons and circumstances.
I woke up late today even I am awake as early as 4:30am. My body clocks always wakes me up around 4:30am to 5:am. I felt tired because we had our women's fellowship yesterday and we are the host holding he fellowship but praise God it was successful even the blessing of rain pours while we are almost in the middle of our program.
After cooking, taking care of my son, myself and having breakfast, I grab my cellphone and open the social media. My notification and my news feed were flooded with different posts. Everyone has the same theme in posting, it is greeting a happy father's day. A friend greeted her father and her husband a happy fathers day. A cousin, a niece, a nephew, a neighbor, a classmate, a work mate and everyone is greeting their father's a happy father's day. I commented their posts saying happy father's day, happy papa's day, happy tatay's day, happy dada's day and happy daddy's day depending on how they call their father. While doing it there is something inside me. I felt some jealousy, an unhappy feeling that I also want to have what they have. I also want to greet my father a happy tatay's day but how? he is not around anymore. I know his body is in the cemetery, but I also know that even I will go there, cry out loud and utter my greetings as loud as I can but still he cannot hear anymore. Until when I will feel this kind of feeling? Until when I can feel that there is something missing deep inside me, until when I can feel this emptiness?
I know I have a husband whom I can greet a happy father's too but thinking without my father gives a different feeling.
My dear friends in this wonderful platform, in this special day intended for the fathers, please give time to them, please cherish the moment you have with them. Give some simple gifts of appreciation. Show your love through actions. Affirm your love through your sincere words. We all know that Life is short so let's use this short life to make it enjoyable. Don't waste it and blame yourself later for not doing something while there is still a chance. Show love, give love and says how you love your father. Happy father's day to your father. Happy father's day to your husband. Happy father's day to you who is a father and reading this.
If you are like me who don't have a father anymore, let's just be strong and love the father of our kids or soon to be kids.
May God will bless all the fathers all around the world as they love their wife and their kids. I pray that they will be blessed with good health, knowledge and wisdom always.
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How to celebrate a birthday without the celebrant?
Date: June 15, 2022
I can't understand myself. There is a feeling of emptiness inside me. The time pass and I havent done anything for the one who has his birthday today.
Hello read.cash family, how are you this time? I know many of us felt sad for the dip that our dear bch have these days but let's just hope that soon it will rise up, shine and fly to the moon.
Here I am again want to share my thoughts to you as by doing so I felt relieved and felt okay. I want to thank you for being here always to listen to me by reading what I have written.
Today, June 15, 2022 is the 63rd Birthday of my father. A question came out in my mind, **how to celebrate a birthday without the celebrant?**
Today is his first birthday that we don't know how to celebrate it without him. Last year we were so happy celebrating it with him. I and my younger siblings went home and brings some to eat as we celebrate his birthday. He has his first money cake that time that he even don't understand why my younger brother told him to pull the banana tree picture in the cake. He did as being told and he was surprised that money keeps on showing as he pull it. We keep on shouting and it is our first time to have a money cake in the family. We were so happy that time. We pray before partaking the food and we thank God for giving our Tatay (father) another year in his life and we don't have any prayer for him but he will be well from his sickness and he could live a healthy life with us. We have a lot of dreams to pursue with him especially my younger brothers. They wanted to pay back the sacrifices that our father did for us.
As the days went by, his sickness became worst and making him more weak. The pandemic make his situation worst. The covid test before having his dialysis add our financial problems during that time plus the stress it gave to my father.
The cold and cough struck him plus his twice a week dialysis. He felt tired of his situation and asking God to get the life He let him borrowed. Hearing those words from him makes our heart broke apart. My nanay (mother) will always remind him that God is the only one who knows about our life. Until he has a hard time in breathing even after his dialysis. He was admitted in the hospital and we cannot visit him because that time only one person is allowed to assist the patient inside the hospital. We plead to the hospital staff to give us time to visit our father but they are sticking to the rules and we cannot blame them for that.
Our father lost his life 4 months ago in the hospital bed and we see him again with close eyes, straight body, not moving at all and can't hear us even we are calling his name in a loud voice. (Crying 😭😭😭😭)
Since that day, I was incomplete, we are incomplete. A days after he passed away, my brother celebrated his birthday and we celebrate it with tatay in his kabaong. A month passed and my mother celebrate her birthday without our father anymore and today it is Tatay's birthday. How could we celebrate it without him. For now we can't go home and can't visit his body in the cemetery, hopefully on Sunday we can give time for him.
I thought celebrating his birthday before with no delicious food in our table is the saddest part but I was wrong. **The saddest birthday celebration is celebrating it without the celebrant.**
We still thank God for giving us our Tatay for 62 years. In those years we felt the love that a father have to his children.
Closing thoughts
Sometimes reminiscing the past will make us smile, remembering those happy moments we have with our love ones. Sometimes it will make us laugh too as we could see in the window of our memories the silly moments together. But sad thing, it will make us cry too because we miss them, we want to have another moment with him.
I will just hope to meet my father again in the resurrection morning when Jesus will raise the dead in His second coming and we will leave a life that no more sorrow, no more pain, no more tears and no more crying again. Let's just be good, have faith in God and follow Jesus example and we will be fit to live in that Heavenly Kingdom and will have eternal life.
Let's cherish the moment we have with our love ones because life is so short.
Thank you for reading.
My read.cash journey: Old but new
Date: June 14, 2022
One day, I am interacting in noise.cash by reading and commenting in different posts. I saw a post about read.cash from different users and I felt curious about it. I tried to click the link given by @Kelzy and it brings me directly to read.cash. I tried to register and made my account. I tried to read the posted articles and noticed that most of them were written in English language. Knowing that I am not good enough in English, I felt worried that might be I can't be here because I can't write a whole article in English.
Here is my first short post if im not mistaken around October 2021.
I didn't receive any answer and I really don't know what to do. No one is there to help or guide me how to start my read.cash journey.
On the next month, I tried to publish my first article. It is just a re-echo or summary of a topic I've heared. Someone noticed it and upvoted my article. I felt happy that time that atleast, there is someone who already noticed it. But its not enough to encourage me to continue on writing. I felt discouraged and felt tired because I am writing one article for almost 2 hours and have that little amount. That's my honest thought that time. I prefer to engage more in noise.cash that time.
I leave read.cash for 3 months and tried to post again on February 06, 2022.
Again! I felt discouraged that I never gain even a 0.01 upvote. I really don't know what to do and almost gave up my read.cash account.
Since I am active in noise.cash, I keep on reading post about read.cash on how they enjoyed here and how good their earnings are. I found @alicecalope 's post and I congratulate her and telling her that I have a read.cash account too but I am inactive. I also told her that I am not good in English but she said my English is good. She encourage me to go back and tried to post new article.
Here is my 3rd article posted in last week of March 2022.
On this, @TheRandomRewarder noticed me and upvoted my article. I felt so happy that I shouted yeheey, even my son and husband wondered why? That's the beginning of my new read.cash journey and the rest is a great history. My account is already 8 months old, but for me I am just new here who is just 2 months and 2 weeks old.
Importance of community engagement
When I'm back, I give time to engage more with the community by **reading and giving right comments.** For me, right comments means a reply related to the article because we all know that some are not reading and just giving comments directly. We may know if someone reads or not our article. Some writer will say, read it again please or I say the answer is in the article, you didn't read it till the end. **Upvoting** their articles and giving **sponsorship** is also another way of engaging with the community. These are helpful to gain friends, subscribers, readers, commenters, likers and upvoters.
Quality content
One of the basic rule is - **be original**. We all know that we are unique and we have different writing styles and we have different topics to write. Whatever your way of writing and whatever topic you like will have a quality content if your reader like it for the following reasons:
They can relate on it.
They learn something from it.
They find it funny and entertaining.
It seems they are travelling around the world just by reading it.
And a lot more you can add.
Read.cash doesn't give us a specific topic to write but we are free to choose what topic to write. We can write about life experience, finance, health, relationship, travel, tips, faith, religion and many more mention.
How BCH become a part of my life.
Since I join noise.cash and read.cash, I only cash out once. It is only PHP180 just to try how it works and if it is legit. Knowing that it is real I tried my best to continue in this journey.
I already converted some bch but it is still in my wallet. I prefer to save it there for a purpose. I want to buy a refrigerator if God will grant it. Bch is in dip and my earnings since April is still in my wallet and not yet converted. I am hoping to reach 1BCH sooner or later.
Even I am new to crypto, I am still holding my bch and hoping that someday it will pump again and fly to the moon. If it will happen, for sure I could buy the refrigerator that I wanted.
Read.cash is a best friend
For me read.cash is not just a crypto-blogging platform but it is a best friend. A friend where we can tell everything we want to share from our happiness, our heartaches, our doubts, our questions, our dramas and even we can share our dreams and imagination.
You who are reading this is a best of friend who are making my read.cash journey enjoyable and making my dreams possible. A big THANKS to you.
Long live read.cash! Long live writers!
Thank you for reading.
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OTP: common way of scammers
Date: June 11, 2022
Have you received a text message that contains or talks about OTP? Do you know what is OTP? How important this OTP is?
Hello Philippines and Hello World. I hope that you are happy and blessed. Here I am again, saying I'm present and will write another article for you.
Now, I decided to talk about OTP because I had a recent experience about this. I will share this to you hoping to help you to be aware about it or atleast just to give you an idea what to do when it happen to you. Might be read.cash family already knew or encountered about it but just let me share for the benefit of those who do not know about it yet.
What is OTP
OTP means One Time Password. It is a temporary, secure PIN-code or password sent to you through text message or e-mail that is valid only for a short period of time.
Nowadays, I noticed that there were lots of reminders about OTP. SMART, DITO and even NTC itself reminds us about our OTP. I really wonder why time to time I received a message about it until I experienced something.
Experience
One time, a friend and a co-worker of my husband called me asking a favor. I ask her what is it and she ask me if I have a gcash. I told her, yes I do have. She then ask me if they can use my gcash account. I ask her first where she will be using it. Then she explain..
My mother join Tutok to win, a program hosted by Willie Revillame, by just commenting in her live program. Then someone messaged her that she was selected to be given 10,000.00 ($200). They asked a gcash number so they could send the amount for my mother. Since we don't have gcash, we told him if they could send the money through our bank account. But the man said that they only use gcash for transferring the said amount. The man told us to find someone we know who have gcash account then I remember you.
After hearing her story, I asked her if it is really legit. She said that it is from Tutok to win. They want to try it hoping that it is true. $200 is a big help for them if ever it is for real.
I told her to try and I gave my gcash number and we will see.
After a second, I received a text message from gcash reminding me not to share my OTPmy OTP to anyone.
While we are talking over the phone, an unknown number is calling me. So, I told her to drop it for a while and I will answer it first.
Ma'am do you receive a text message from gcash?
Yes sir.
Can I ask the number that was sent to you?
Why sir?
I need it ma'am so we could send the money.
Oh! why you need to ask my OTP?
It is mine mam, just give it to me so I could process the sending of money.
May I ask what organization do you belong?
I am from Manny Pacquiao's team. (Here, I think he was distracted by my questions because he has a different answer from what he said to my husband's workmate which he came from Tutok to win)
Ah okay. Sir, how many times I send money through gcash but it doesn't need OTP to do it. Di mo ako maloloko sir because I am a gcash user for a long time.
Totototttt.
He ends up the call.
I and my husband's workmate talks again and I told her it was a scam. They are trying to open my gcash account and asking me the OTP so they can access it. Thanks God I know about it.
She says sorry about it and I just say, it's okay. I am glad that she thought about me first. What if she ask help from others and don't know how important OTP is and will share it with that scammer. Naku, mauubos pera nila sa gcash. Okay lang if walang laman.
Ending thoughts
Scammers is everywhere right now. They are trying to do everything just to get the money they want. There are lots in social media and in text messages. Please be careful and be vigilant. Make reading a habit and understand it. NEVER share your OTP to anyone.
Thank you for reading. I hope you
learn something. Till next time
see you...
Previous articles:
**A miracle in a jar of oil** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-miracle-in-a-jar-of-oil-544fc919
**Hiding pregnancy** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/hiding-pregnancy-da486783
**Suffering once a month** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/suffering-once-a-month-e66954e9
**I see how my son cried when I die** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-see-how-my-son-cried-when-i-die-37f4200e
A miracle in a jar of oil
Date: June 09, 2022
Do you believe in miracles? Have you experienced miracle in your life?
Hello Philippines and Hello world. How are you my dear read.cash friends? I was absent for two days and I am sad about it but life here in read.cash must go on and glad I'm back now.
For today's article I will share to you a miracle that happens to a widow woman. If you are a Christian and reading a Bible you can find the story in 2 Kings 4:1-7 or you may read it **HERE**. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%204%3A1-7&version=NIV&interface=amp
If you can't read it, I will just give a short summary.
There is a widow woman with two sons worried and felt sad because someone wants to get her sons as a payment for a debt of her husband.
She asked help from a prophet named Elisha and the prophet asked her what she have in their house. She answered that she only have a jar of oil.
The prophet told her to borrow all the empty jars of her neighbors, close their door and filled empty jars with her oil.
When the jars will be filled, she will ask another one and the oil keep on flowing.
When she asked for another empty jar and her son said that was the last empty jars then that time the oil stop from flowing.
The woman told the prophet what happened and he said to sell it to pay for their debts and the rest will help them live.
Upon reading it, I was amazed by the miracle that a widow woman experienced. She saw God's helping hand by following the instructions given by the prophet.
I have learned lessons from this story.
**When we are in trouble, seek God's wisdom.** The first person to ask help is God. He knows our problems and He is just waiting for us to come unto Him for help. He is a God who didn't become weary in listening our prayers.
**Seek someone's help.** We cannot live in this world alone but we need someone or other people. Never be afraid to ask someone's help. You cannot get the help you need if you won't let someone know about it.
**Use what you have to solve your problems.** Sometimes, we used to say we have nothing but the truth is we still have something. Use that something to solve your problems. That something might be your faith, your trust to God, you wealth, your talent, your time and your strength. Use it, do your best and God will do the rest.
The widow used what she have and God turned her greatest misery into a greatest miracle and blessings.
**God's thought is different from ours.** He can multiply the very little thing we have into an overflowing blessings. Just trust Him.
Have you felt being empty or almost empty? Turn to God and ask His help. He is always listening and ready to send out help to His children who trust Him.
Believe that He can do miracles. Believe that He has a solution to every problems that we have. I know we felt tired and weary because we are living in this imperfect and sinful world but always look unto God and ask His wisdom, His guidance and everything will go according to His plan.
Thank you for reading and I hope you learn something. I hope that you will think positive and believe that with God nothing will be impossible. Believe that what we are going through right now will just pass. Whether the dark clouds covered our life today, believe that the sun will shine again tomorrow.
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I see how my son cried when I die
Date: June 06, 2022
**"Mama, mama, mamaaaa" My son cried and keep on calling my name.**
Can you imagine how your spouse or your kids cried when you die? Seeing it for sure you don't want to die anymore.
Hello my dear read.cash family. How are you? I was absent yesterday and was not able to publish an article for the first time in this month. I felt sad about it but that's the reality. I was so emotionally down yesterday that I really want to cry but I am holding back my tears because I don't want my husband see it.
Can you feel in some time that you are so emotionally down and a lot of things sinks in in your mind? That all the problems and negativities comes out from nowhere.
I felt so bored yesterday that I wanted to go home but when I texted my siblings if they are in our house, they said No because they have something to do. So, I didn't go home because they are not around. There is also a thinking that I missed my father, wanted to go to cemetery but it is a little far away from us and if I go there who will be with me and for sure I will reach there at night.
I wanted to go to a mall or even in a plaza just to let my eyes enjoy the surroundings but when my husband arrived from work, I told him that we will go to town and he refused because he had something to do. Another rejections and I felt something heavy in my heart. I am doing something and my tears are falling and can't stop it. I am trying to stop it by putting my shirt on it but it just make my shirt wet from my tears. My husband is busy outside and my son is playing with his friends.
I prepared and cook food for dinner and I'm done but they are still outside. I felt tired and decided to lay down on our bed. I wanted to sleep so I could stop thinking negative and I can't feel the heavy feeling inside.
While I am lying straight in the bed, putting my hands in my head and closing my eyes as if asleep my son entered and called my name.
*Ma, mama*
*I didn't respond and act as if I am asleep. He went near and keeps on calling my name for me to wake up but still I act as asleep.*
*He tried to push me making my body moves to and fro but still I hold on and act as if still asleep. Then, he open my eyes, put his finger on my nose as if getting some "kulangot", put his finger on my ears (medyo masakit yun ah) and trying to "kiliti" me on my neck and armpit because that was a usual thing I do to him. I really wanted to laugh this time but still I hold back my self.*
*He went out and found some food that I already cooked. He went back and call my name again.*
*He had a lot of attempts waking me up but he failed then he started to cry. Mama, let's eat.*
*My husband noticed that our son is crying and it caught his attention to come in. He found out that I acted asleep and told our son to kiss me on my nose so I will wake up. My son kissed me on my nose a lot of times but still I was asleep.*
*Ma, mama, mama and he cried a lot until my husband said why I let my son cried.*
*Then, I hug my son and he hugged me tight. I wanted to cry at this moment because I see how my son cried when I died. But no time for drama, my husband already prepared the food in the table.*
Early this morning, when my son woke up I asked him why he cried a lot last night. He said, why you won't wake up? I asked him again why you will cry when I won't wake up? Then he said, wala na akong mama (I don't have a mother anymore).
I can't imagine to die when my son is still very young. He is so dependent from me at this time and it feels so bad and I felt so pity on him how he reacts and how he cried a lot knowing that I won't wake up.
Let's value the moment we have with our kids, spouse, family, friends and love ones. Let's keep safe, keep healthy and take care of ourselves so we may enjoy the life we have with them. Let's keep on asking God good health and long life to be with our love ones.
Thank you for reading my drama. I just can't understand myself why I felt so emotionally down this time.
Till next time. See you.
Have you ever watch a movie alone?
Date: June 04, 2022
Have you ever watched a movie alone? If yes, what is it? Why you choose to watch it alone?
Anyway, that's not the only topic I will be sharing to you this time because I will try to answer some questions. I am late now in my usual publishing time which is usually day time either at noon or afternoon but late is better than never right? So, I will try to write and publish an article this time.
Since, I can't think of a specific topic to write this time, I went to my saved articles and choose some questions to answer. I found @BCHFarmGirl 's article answering 7 questions and she said that she found this from @meitanteikudo . Thanks to you for giving me something to write this time.
If you want to answer these questions you may look at it on this link : https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/69313281752493581/
Have you ever been in love?
Being in love is part of someone's life, right? There is time that you asked yourself am I in love? Then you heart is beating fast and you found yourself smiling. You might smiling right now remembering the love of your life. Indeed I have ever been in love and I am in love.
Have you ever felt lonely?
There are lot of times I felt lonely but for now I remember my lonely birthday. If I didn't forget it was my 22nd birthday and I was staying in the apartment that time. It was evening when I got home from work and nobody is around except me. No family members who were there because I am away from my family. No food, no cake, no celebration. I only had a prayer thanking God for another life. I am singing though I don't have a good voice but still I do just to break the lonely feeling I have but I only ended up crying.
Have you ever have a trip overseas?
No! Oh! how I wish but I don't know if it will happen or it will just remain as a dream.
Have you ever talk to stranger?
Yes, a lot of times especially when traveling to a new place and don't know exactly the right place you are going to. Talking to them is a big help in times like this, so, don't be afraid to talk to strangers.
Have you ever ate a lot of ice cream?
I love ice cream but I ate just enough to satisfy my cravings. I do love mango and ube flavor.
Have you ever had a fight with your siblings?
Being a child, fights between siblings is so common. We had fights over toys, dress and different simple things and that's normal in children's stage. Now that we were grown up, I don't even remember that we had a fight hehehe. We are seldomly seeing each other and we don't want to waste our time on it. Hopefully, fight won't happen between siblings.
Have you ever make a jokes
I am not a joker or I am not a type of person who knows how to say joke but sometimes having an unfunny joke is my joke lol. Did you understand it? You're trying to make a joke but they didn't find it as a joke lol. I am just trying to make someone happy and not just laugh.
Have you ever watched a movie alone?
Yes, I watched a movie alone in my apartment and I watched a movie I already watched together with my workmates. I watched it again because I really want to focus and understand the movie and I can laugh out loud and cry as much as I want and no one will see me lol.
Want to know what I watched many times? I think not just ten times but more than that. It's a movie entitled 3 idiots. If you watched it, you know how good the movie is. I really laugh at their actions but I also cry a lot about their stories. I considered it as the best movie I ever watched.
Have you ever felt confused with life?
When I was still a child and still young to understand about life, I really felt confused with our life? Sometimes I wonder why there is such a poor and rich family? Why we need to suffer different problems in life. Why there are lots of bad people who keeps on hurting others but as I grown up little by little I understand about life.
Sorry for not answering it all. For now, its already 10:37pm and my eyes really wanted to close. If you've reached reading this far, thank you so much for your time.
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Hiding pregnancy
Date: June 03, 2022
***My daughter shouted in pain, "Mama, its hurt!" holding her stomach then the water and the blood flows.***
Have you known someone right now or previously who tried to hide their pregnancy? How did they do it? Is their hiding pregnancy successful?
Today, I will share my neighbors experience about her daughter who tried hiding her pregnancy.
Hi Philippines and Hello World! How are you my dear read.cash family. As of now, the sky is gloomy covered with dark clouds and it seems rain will about to fall.
Yesterday, the grand daughter of our neighbor went here and play with my son. They enjoyed playing until lunch time. She went here to get her grand daughter so they could have their lunch too.
As she reached here, she found out that her grand daughter is enjoying playing with my son then we had a short talk which becomes a story telling. She shared different story about her family particularly about her daughter.
She has 5 children, 3 in the first husband and two in her husband now. She told me that her eldest will be going to graduate next year and will work as a teacher or tutor in Japan. But she said that she was very disappointed with her second daughter because she became pregnant at the age 16. I was shocked, I asked again, at the age 16? and she nodded.
She continues...
*I never knew that she was pregnant until the day that she is about to give birth.*
*We were in the Cebuana to claim the money being send by my sibling. I bring her with me to assist me in filling up forms but we were not yet done when my daughter shouted in pain, Mama its hurt! holding her stomach then the water and the blood flows.*
*The guard told me, Mrs. your daughter will give birth.*
*I was shocked and my heart bits so fast. I asked my daughter whats happening and she said "Mama, I will be going to give birth."*
*Then I understand that my daughter is pregnant and she will give birth. To my surprise, I was not able to hold my temper. I slapped her, I hold her hair and keep on punching her while crying out loud. Asking her why? and why? and why? many times. I cannot accept it.*
*I never noticed how many people surrounded us and I didn't mind that we had a live scene for that particular time.*
*I cancelled my transaction and bring my daughter to the nearest hospital. Unfortunately they didn't receive my daughter because she is underaged. (I asked her na bawal pala manganak sa public hospital ang underage? I was puzzled about it.) Instead they referred us to the Provincial Hospital.*
*We were not able to bring things so I went out to buy some clothes for the baby and I called her sister informing them that we were in the hospital.*
*My daughter gave birth through normal delivery.*
*When I heard the baby's cry, my tears fall thanking God that the baby is safe and on the other side I am crying because I never knew that my daughter is pregnant and worst is she is still a student. What will happen to her? What will happen to her future?*
*I asked her how it happened that she didn't know that her daughter is pregnant.*
*She said, I am busy in work and sometimes she will go home to the other house (she is referring the house of her first family). I noticed that she became fat but I think she is just gaining weight. She keeps on wearing big jackets and I learned later that she is wearing binder to hide her pregnancy together with big jackets.*
*There were times that my eldest daughter called me saying to look for her sister because she thinks that her sister is pregnant. I asked her why she said so? She said that one time she found her sister's big stomach while taking a bath. I didn't believe it because I don't even know that she has a boyfriend. She has a boyfriend and just keeping it as a secret.*
*I felt so sad but I have to accept my daughter and my grand daughter.*
For now, her daughter is already 18 and running 19 years old and her grand daughter is turning 3 years old this year.
Closing thoughts
Nowadays, teenage pregnancy is so rampant. We could hear about it in the television, radio and a lot more in social media.
They never thought that a single action, a single mistake would make a woman pregnant and soon will gave birth to a child making them parents at the very early stage of their lives.
They were so young and really needs the help and guidance of their parents in bringing up their child.
May our young people will know how to choose what is right.
Thank you for your time. See you
again next time.
Suffering once a month
Date: June 02, 2022
Have you in pain almost once every month? What you are doing to overcome it? How we wish we could some of those pain to others so we can feel relief for a while.
A blessed second day of the month my dear read.cash family. I am hoping that all of you are well.
I just got up from bed after being relieve from pain that I am suffering once a month.
Can you think what I am going through this time? I know most of girls do know. Yes, you're right, I am suffering from dysmenorrhea.
Dysmenorrhea can be describe in two words -- painful menstruation.
PMS or Premenstrual Syndrome
PMS is the term used for the signs and symptoms a women have before the onset of menstruation.
PMS includes the following:
**Mood swings**
In the previous days especially yesterday, I felt angry and upset even in a very simple things. I can easily shout on my son when he did something I don't want. On the other hand, there were also times that my emotion is so down that I can easily cry. Sometimes I hate myself because I wanted to cry even without a reason to cry, *nakakalito* right?
**Food cravings**
Sometimes I craved for food like a pregnant women who really wants something. I wanted to eat this and that with so much eagerness.
**Hurting breasts**
There were also times that my breasts is aching that I really felt pain. I don't understand sometimes if I have to wear or not a support.
**Fatigue or sometimes active**
There were times that I felt so tired in doing things that I just wanted to stay at my room and lay down on my bed. But, sometimes I felt so active too that I wanted to have two or more bodies in order to finished the things that my mind wanted to do. I want to do the laundry, clean the surroundings, sew some clothes that needs repair, clean the house and etc. My body wanted to work hard and want to sweat a lot.
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Onset of menstruation
The first day of my menstruation gives me suffering once a month. Almost every first day of my period I suffer from dysmenorrhea. Girls you know how it feels.
I really don't know what is the main cause of it but what I know is that our lifestyle also a contributor of this.
Before I used to take pain reliever like Mefenamic acid everytime I am suffering like this but later on I decided not to because we know how medicine affect our kidneys too. My father ruined his kidneys by taking a lot of medicines for his rheumatism. It cures his sickness but gave another problem.
Things that helps me overcome it:
**Drink hot water**
Yes! drinking hot water is a big help for me. Parang tinutunaw nya yung mga bilog bilog sa loob hehehe. I never drink anything cold when my menstruation is on going. I prefer to drink warm or hot water
**Drinking Amazing herbal coffee**
I am taking this as medicine for my dysmenorrhea. It is purely herbal that its main ingredient is corn and malunggay. The product was owned and develop by our churchmate. I am thankful to God and for them for this product. I drink one cup later this morning and thanks God I felt relieved now after *bilog bilog* came out.
**Relax and sleep**
After taking that coffee, I tried to sleep but I can't atleast I lied down and relax my body. I can still remember when I am still working, my workmates will really know that it is my first day because I am really suffering and I almost cry in pain. There were times that I will cut off and went home to relax.
Hey Girls! Have you experienced those PMS I have? Or what PMS you have that I don't have? Share some below. How about dysmenorrhea? Are you having this suffering once a month too?
Hey Boys! I don't know if you read this far knowing that the topic talks about girls but if you read this far I really appreciate it and I am hoping that you will understand your sister, your mother, your girlfriend and your wife when they are having PMS or their menstruation is onset. Help them to overcome it and sometimes giving or buying napkins for them is a big help too hehehe.
My 4 year old son knows how the napkin looks like and I can please him to get it from the drawer for me. Massaging my head and my back is also comforting for me.
Thank you for reading. Till next
time. See you.
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Happy May and Challenging June
Date: June 01, 2022
As the date shows it's the first day of June, the last month of the second quarter of the year 2022. Time flies so fast that we are almost in the middle of the year.
May has ended and I tried to check my **May goals** if I had achieved them or not and my performance shows good and it is indeed a **happy May**. Let's look back and check them again. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
**Write atleast 20 articles within one month.**
I really thought I wasn't able to achieve this goal because I remember I have a lots of absent during this month because I have some errands to do and I don't have enough time to focus on writing. But, when I check my published articles recently, I was so happy that indeed I was able to accomplish this particular goal because I published 20 articles in the month of May. *Walang labis, walang kulang hehehe.*
**Read atleast 10 articles a day**
On this part, I can tell exactly if I was able to accomplish this. I had a hard time of monitoring manually if I read 10 articles in a day. Sometimes I read less and sometimes I read a lot more depending on the available time that I have.
**Be active**
I think I can say that I became active in the month of May because I was able to publish 20 articles.
**Accumulate at least $35**
I remember that last month my read.cash earnings is only $30. Since I was afraid I can't hit my goal I tried to have a $35 goal only. Fortunately, in May I was able to earn $57. Wow! I can't believe it. Last April, I have a greater earnings in noise.cash than read.cash but in May it is in opposite. Thank you so much my dear friends for the unending support, for your likes, upvotes and sponsorship and most specially I was so thankful to have you our dear @TheRandomRewarder for visiting my articles most of the time.
**Sponsor 5 writers**
Last April I don't have anyone for sponsorship because that time I don't know how so I just tried to have a goal of 5 but I already sponsors more than that. Now, I am trying to renew sponsorship and hopefully I can sponsor more as an additional.
I am also happy because I have 34 new additional subscribers. In the first day of May I only have 45 subscribers and as of today I already have 79 subscribers. Thank you so much. Having you here and hitting those goals makes my May happy.
Today, we are now facing again in a new month and it means a new challenge to face.
Challenging June
As of today, I considered June as a challenging month because in this very first day, Rusty haven't visited my articles since yesterday. Though I understand it because I was absent and not able to publish an article in three consecutive days, how sad. But, I won't lost hope, I will continue to be here and hoping that Rusty will noticed me again and visit my articles soon.
Writing everyday or every another day is really necessary for the bot to consider us active. Anyway, I have here a new set of goals for this month:
**Maintain to write 20 articles within one month**
Yes, it is still the same because I know that I will have a one day absent in a week giving it 4 days absent in a month because I choose to have a day of rest unless I still have time to visit here in the evening.
**Earn atleast $70 within one month**
Oh! I felt worried about this if I can hit this goal in the end of the month but who knows I can grind more than before and it is indeed a challenge for me.
I think that two goals is enough to encourage me to grind more in this new month.
Oh! June! Please be good to me. We will see how will this month become a blessing for us. Are you excited? Me is excited because our dear bch is in green these days.
**Let's grind more, let's earn more, let's save more, let's hodl more.**
See you day by day my dear read.cash family.
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Went to a beach but wasn't able to swim
Date: May 31, 2022
Have you experienced going to the beach but you wasn't able to swim even for a while?
Thanks for being in my sponsor's block.
Hello my dear friends, I wasn't able to write and publish an article for 3 days, oh! how sad? Being absent for 3 days is not good in here right? We need to be consistent and active as possible but sometimes there were activities of the day that I cannot have enough time to focus in writing. Hopefully you and Rusty still remembers me.
Time flies so fast and today is the last day of May and tomorrow is another month. May June will be good to us and may BCH will continue to go green.
Went to a beach but wasn't able to swim? Let's know why...
Preparation
It was a group plan to go to the beach to have a night swimming. I prepare things for myself and for my son. I cannot go everywhere without my son. He is with me all the time. I prepare his clothes, 3 to four pairs of clothes because I know a child will go swimming many times even after he change clothes he will again ask to go to swim again.
Our assemble area is in our church and when we got there I saw a lot of our church mates being there and everyone especially kids were so excited.
When the service vehicle arrived, everyone steps so fast inside as excitement pushes us to move fast.
Arrival
We reached to the beach safely and kids were so happy, telling their moms, Mommy, finally were here!
Everyone gets there bags and foods and went straight to our cottage.
We had our dinner first and everyone enjoys the food being brought by each family. We had our potluck.
Swimming time
After dinner, kids wear their swim suit, my son just wear his shirt and short. I accompanied him in the sea side and we were shocked finding a little water. It is a very low tide that time that the water is just around 5-7 inches high that the water will just cover your feet when you stand into it.
Even kids can't swim and when they sis on it, it will just make them felt cold as they cannot go really into swimming.
Everyone is just watching the sea having a very low level of water.
I went back to the cottage to check something and I found out that the service vehicle is already back to fetch us going home. I wondered how long we stayed in the seaside that we were not able to swim yet and then the vehicle is now here to fetch us?
I ran back to the beach to inform everyone and I was amazed that the sun is now slowly rising. It came out from the middle of the sea and rising slowly giving us a wonderful sunrise view. Though I enjoy watching the sun as it is rises I also wonder why we were able to see the sun directly like as we are watching a moon.
***I really wondered why? until I felt so cold and wrap myself in the blanket and I realized that I have to wake up because I have to attend Harana at 5am. Oh! I was just dreaming. It is just a dream. Do you wondered why is it like that in the beach? lol. The answer is that.. it is just a DREAM.***
I had that dream early this morning and decided to join @JonicaBradley 's prompt about the latest dream you have.
If you want to join you may write your latest dream, an original content atleast 600 words, mention her and published it to PromptlyJonica communities.
Though I really have a real experienced in going to beach but I wasn't able to swim.
My circle of friends during college days planned to have a bonding and a little reunion in the beach with our family. The plan objective is atleast we will see each other again after how many years and our kids will meet too.
I never expect that my monthly period will visit me the exact day we will go swimming. I cannot say no and cancel it so I still decided to go with them and to my surprised my 2 friends also have their period so we just chit chat and share our married experiences and motherhood journey in the cottage while our kids and husbands enjoyed swimming at the beach.
We are happy even we were not able to swim atleast we had a great time to be with each other and the kids enjoy swimming.
That's all for today. Thank you so much for reading.
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**Eat to live or live to eat**
**A year away from parents** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/a-year-away-from-parents-e58f8fac
Eat to live or live to eat?
Date: May 27, 2022
Nowadays, lifestyle diseases are one of the reasons that takes life of a person and sometimes it takes life at a very early age.
Lifestyle diseases are the diseases we acquire because of our lifestyle. Diseases that was born because of what and how we eat or drink.
Once I have a short conversation with a friend.
Gang (our friend call each other with this), it seems that you are gaining weight. It seems that you need some diet and you need to take care of your health.
Oh! I don't need to have diet, I won't love to live long. 50 years old is enough for me because I don't want to take my poop as bath in the future.
She never wish a long life but instead she just wish to be until 50 years old, so, she don't need to accept my friendly advise. I was able to live in their house for a few months and I know that his father is diabetic.
I also once said,
Gang, eat and drink (liquor) moderately because it is not good to our health.
We live to eat, so enjoy life to the fullest.
I felt sad to her response but I already did my part to remind her what is good and what is bad. It is her choice after all if she would follow my friendly advise or not.
Eat to live
We eat to live means we need to eat healthy foods that will give proper nourishment to our body. Eating healthy foods and off course along with exercise and other **secrets to have a healthy life** will give us a longer life. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/8-secrets-to-have-a-healthy-life-e51ea907
We Filipinos usually eat three times a day excluding those between meals or we called it merienda. Why we are eating? We eat because we don't want to be hungry and in short we don't want to die because of having no food to eat.
Eating is very essential in our life. We cannot live longer without it but we need to choose if possible a food that will give a good benefit to our body and to our health as a whole.
Live to eat
In opposite, sometimes we keep on saying that we live to eat, we are here in this world to eat as much as we want, to eat everything we want without restrictions, without limits.
Living a life that eating is one of the purpose might give us a shorter life unless you choose to eat good and healthy foods.
Some people who said we live to eat will eat everything they wanted without thinking the benefits or the consequences it could give to their health and to their life itself.
Imagine, a 13 year old already died earlier because his lifestyle is to drink soft drinks like water. He doesn't want to drink water at all but instead he drink soft drinks.
Food and drinks were related because we both take them and feed our body of their kinds.
A teens who already have a hypertension at a very young age because his lifestyle is to eat meat as he wanted.
Disclaimer: In writing this topic doesn't mean I am healthy enough or I am a health professional. No, I'm not. I decided to write this just to remind everyone to eat and drink moderately, to choose healthy foods over unhealthy foods, to remind ourselves that we will eat food that will give us a healthy and longer life.
Ending thoughts
Let's love our body by giving healthy food and drinks. Healthy food will lead us to healthy lifestyle and healthy lifestyle will lead us to longer life.
If we want to live healthy and longer, then from now on, let's remind ourselves that we **eat to live and not live to eat.**
How about you? Do you eat to live or you live to eat?
Thank you for reading. Till next
article.
Seventy versus Seventeen
Date: May 25, 2022
**Whaaat!? Seventeen? Not Seventy?**
Can you please try to read "seventy seventeen seventy seventeen" several times. Can you hear yourself saying the same number? If someone will say the two numbers in a very slow voice, can you hear the difference? or again hearing the same number?
Hello guys and gals how are you? Wet season already started and we are having rain since morning. Mr. Sun wasn't able to show his bright sunshine today.
For today's article I decided to share a very fresh experience of mine. It just happened today. It is about Seventy versus Seventeen.
Let's start...
Yesterday a child of our neighbor asked me,
Ate, are you cooking Kutsinta?
Yes, I am
He then went home and go back.
Ate, my sister said she will order seventy pieces for tommorow.
What time she needs it?
She went home and might be asked his sister.
Anytime ate.
Please be specific on time because if you need it by morning, I will cook it very early in the morning and when you need it in the evening I will cook it in the afternoon. (So, they will have it fresh.)
He went home again and then he said morning.
Since we came here 2 weeks ago this is the time first I will cook kutsinta because there is an order. I wonder how they knew that I know how to cook kutsinta. Might be they overheard me and my other neighbor's conversation that she will order kutsinta for Friday because it was her sister's birthday.
I went to town to buy the needed ingredients but unfortunately when I reached home, the cheese was not there. I wasn't able to check it yesterday because I wanted to go home as the rain will about to fall.
I prepared the utensils last night so in the morning everything is ready.
I woke up early and let my husband put some oil in the molder while I did the mixing of the ingredients.
While he is doing his task he asked me,
Who ordered this?
Our neighbor.
Did they pay for it already?
No, might be cash on pick up.
I don't know about them since I am new here but seems my husband can't believe it. They know them a little because he is living here before.
To make the long story short, I packed the seventy pieces kutsinta. Then sell the other 25 pieces to our churchmates since I cooked 100 pieces.
Pick up of order
My churchmates already picked their order and I am still waiting for the one who ordered the seventy pieces. I really thought there is a celebration because they ordered a lot.
The one who told me yesterday is the youngest sibling and now the older brother is the one who picked the order.
Ate, is the order ready?
Yes, how many pieces is it? (I asked again to make sure)
Seventeen.
Whaaat!? Seventeen? Not seventy?
I cleared it up to your brother yesterday, I said to him, Kuya 70 pieces? so it's 210 in total. Might be he didn't hear it. Anyway, his younger brother has a very slow voice that I can't hardly hear his voice even we are just neighbor.
He insisted that their order is just seventeen pieces. I was shocked and don't know how to react.
I just open what I packed ang get 17 pieces and just put it in the plastic container and hand it to him.
Can you imagine, 17 pieces order? Where in fact 50 pieces is my minimum for orders.
Oh! I just found myself laughing lol. Might be I was deaf and didn't hear exactly the right number. I texted my husband and he call me back. I told him what had happened and were both laughing. I told him there's a lot of mouth who will eat it hahaha.
I just give it away
Wrong number? No worries. We ate a lot as we wanted. I gave some to my ninang (god mother), sister, to my mother, to my niece and nephew and to my sister in law.
As of now, its 5:04 in the afternoon there is 9 pieces left. If someone will visit us this time then he/she could eat this up.
Closing thoughts
This is a lesson learned for me to make sure the number of orders. Listen well and asked the customer carefully.
I was happy that I didn't mind to be angry nor thought it as a failure because in times like these we can be able to share some of the blessings to others. My husband told me to sell it to others but I choose to give it away.
Want some? There still some pieces left hehehe.
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Who burned the house?
Date: May 24, 2022
What will you do when you saw the house of your neighbor burning?
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Hello my dear read.cash friends, how are you? I wasn't able to publish an article yesterday and I am hoping to write one today. I came across to read two article about Fire from @JonicaBradley and @Cleophia2 . I have an experience about fire too and I wanted to share it now.
Let's start...
We are living in the province or we also call it living in the country side or mountain before. Most houses that time were made with light materials and easy to catch fire. The floor were made of bamboo, the walls are made of bamboo to and the roof were usually made of coconut leaves and we call it in bisaya as "*pawod*".
One hot noontime when I and my mother is in the house busy preparing food for our lunch when we hear our father shouting Fire! Fire! Fire! The house of our neighbor is burning.
We ran as fast as we can going outside and we were able to see the strong fire eating most of our neighbor's house.
We did our best together with other neighbors to throw water on their house to save it from burning. Other also throwing water in our own houses making it wet and hoping that the fire won't go to our house.
Fortunately our houses never been burnt but the house of our neighbor been burn and leave nothing for them.
We felt so tired, weak and sad looking to it. Thinking how our neighbor would feel when they go home without a house anymore.
Our neighbor is not around that time because they were in their farm. And it is happened that my father came home from the farm when he noticed the fire. Neighbor's house is in the back of ours and might be that's the reason that we didn't even noticed it because we were inside.
We are clueless about the reason of fire. Some neighbor thought that might be they forgot to blow off the candle before they leave. People that time were just using candle or light using gas to have light in the evening.
Some also said that might be there is a candle in their altar and they forgot to blow off of it or might be they cooked early in the morning and there is still fire in the wood.
My two younger brother and sister is not in the house when the incident happened. My father asked them where they were that time. They just said that they are just roaming around to play.
Shocking revelation
Everyone is clueless for a few days until my aunt call my mother's attention. My aunt said, Nang (an aklanon term for Manang means ate or sister) don't be shocked and just be calm. I was able to convince Jong2 and El2 (my younger brother and sister) to tell the truth. When I asked Jong2 who burn the house and he said:
"***Si El2 man gud iya kung gisugo nga sindihan ang sako***" (El2 told me to lit a fire on the sack) which is beside the wall of their house.
El2 didn't say any word but cry.
Now, we know that the culprit in burning our neighbor's house is my very own brother and sister.
They said they got the match sticks from our other neighbor and they just bringing it while roaming around to play. I don't know why they come to think to lit a fire to a sack not thinking what will happen next. They were very young children when it happened. Might be it didn't come to their mind that what they did will result to fire and burned our neighbor's house.
My aunt told my mother not tell it directly to our father because she felt pity to my brother and sister that for sure will receive a spank from our father. My mother told this to my father when everything is under control and the emotion is good. I can't remember now if they receive some spanking from my father. But indeed it is a bad experience for us.
We pay money to our neighbor as payment as well as our father gave some of our things to them. From blanket and some beddings, to utensils, and even our own clothes. I cannot forget that even my favorite jumper was given to them because our neighbor has a child at the same age of mine. In fact we're classmates, playmates and friends too.
Ending thoughts
There are lot of times that children wanted to explore and experiment on different things not knowing what will be the result. Let us monitor our kids especially when they roam around because unexpected things will happen.
I think this is for now.
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A year away from parents
Date: May 22, 2022
Have you tried to be away from your parents during your childhood or teen years? What's your feeling?
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Hello my dear virtual friends. I was absent here yesterday because it's a Sabbath Day. In the evening, I wasn't able to visit here too because we have my sister in law as our visitor and we enjoy the dinner together.
This morning, I was inactive too because we have our Bayanihan again in our church.
Today, I will be sharing again another life experience of mine. This is a continuation of my two previous articles. Hopefully you won't be tired of reading it.
**Know a part of me** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/know-a-part-of-me-52840860
**Life without television** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/life-without-television-4845c8b3
A year away from parents
I was the eldest among the 6 siblings. When I graduated in Elementary, my other 3 siblings were also studying. My parents told me that they will send me to my aunt (sister of my mother) so I can help my aunt and the same time they could help us. I will stay with them and they will send me to school. In short, I will be a working student to them.
Thinking about my younger siblings who wanted to study, I decided to agree with their plan.
My mother accompanied me to my Aunt's house which is located to another province. Since transportation is difficult that time and it cost a lot, my parents wasn't able to visit me there and at the same time I wasn't able to go home for a year.
Experience as a working student
I was there in my aunt's house for one year. I am 13 years old that time. My aunt is not a good example to me. She is married with two sons.
My aunt is not a good example of a responsible mother. When her husband came home from work, uncle will take care of their youngest child. He will be the one to clean them up and let them eat and the worst is, he is still be the one to wake up in the middle of the night to provide for milk. I was in the other room and they never asked me to do it also.
My aunt is also involved in gambling. She always play card games and this is the reason that she cannot attend or take care of her children well.
My daily assignment
During weekdays, uncle will cook rice for us in the morning since he will wake up first because he will go to work as early as possible. He will wakes me up when he will go to work so I can lock the door. I will clean the house, sweep the floor, clean the surroundings, wash the dishes and will prepare my self for school.
My aunt will give me 10.00 for the day. 6 pesos will be for fare back and forth. 2.00 will be for my viand and 2.00 is my allowance. Sometimes I have some things to buy for our project but don't have enough money for it. When I ask to my aunt, she will only said she don't have money. I don't know what to do and I really want to pass for our projects. Until I decided to save my two pesos allowance. I didn't take merienda so I can save. I bought one pack of Barnuts during our lunch break and sell it to my classmates in the afternoon. I did it everyday until I was able to save for my projects. I never told my aunt about it because she might get my money and use it for gambling.
During weekends, I always cry because I felt so tired. I will wake up early and fetch water using big container from the main source of water going to their home. I will just carry the water container in my shoulder. I will make the plastic drum full. When its full, I will do the laundry. I will wash all of their clothes making my hands have a lot of wounds after.
I remember that my aunt will reprimand me because I will lay down in bed even I am not finish doing the laundry. I did it because I felt like vomiting and my head is aching after using chlorine. Do i have an allergy about it's smell? When I felt better I will continue doing it and I will be done in the afternoon.
Experience that let me decide to go home after a year
Almost every evening I cried silently in my room. I felt tired almost for everything, I miss my parents, I miss my family and I was thinking that my parents won't do it to me. It became worst when my aunt said that her money was lost and she is pointing me that I did steal her money. Oh! it's so hurt. My mother didn't teach me to steal anything from someone and I can't do that. Even I have a hard time in school but I cannot do such thing. I was thinking that might be she spent it in gambling.
There is also time that I was sick, hoping for her to buy some medicine for me but she did not. I can't remember how I recover from that fever.
Ending thoughts
Though my aunt treat me like that, I am still thankful for the chance that i was able to continue my studies even atleast for a year because my mother get me there and bring me home at the end of the school year. I never have grudges to my aunt and we also have a good relationship until now. Those experiences helped me to be strong and trying find ways to earn and finding solution to a problem.
When I was already in my parents, I have heared that my uncle is in ICU because he got an accident while going to work. Unfortunately, he died. That time I thought that God let my uncle rest from the weary life he had with my aunt.
For now, my aunt has been married again.
**Different experiences really teaches us different lessons in life. All we need to do is to fight challenges that we faced because God will always there to help us.**
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Life without television
Date: May 20, 2022
In Philippines, television during 1990's is important and plays a vital role in people's life. It is a source of news and entertainment.
It's a hot afternoon here in our side. My son is already asleep giving me an ample time to be here, to read and to write.
How are you my dear virtual friends? I hope you're doing well and great.
Today's article is a continuation of my recent article about **knowing a part of me**. It seems that I love to continue sharing my life experience with you here. I am hoping that you won't be tired of reading it. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/know-a-part-of-me-52840860
Let's continue.
Childhood routine
I grew up in a simple and indigent family. My life as a child mostly evolve in going to the creek as our farm, go to school and go to church. That is my usual life back then.
When I came home from school, my mother prepare "*Tinoghong*" an old rice, boiled for a while and put some salt on it to have taste. After eating it, I will go straight to the creek where my father was there so I could help him in doing the errands here. One of my favorite tasks to do there is to clean the banana tree, remove its old leaves and skin leaving it clean and bright.
My father will decide to go home if the sun will about to set and that's why we will reached home at dark already.
Life without a television
As a child you also want to do what the children in your age do. Playing is number one. I can also play before in a limited time. Watching TV is one among the children's past time before because cellphones is not yet available.
Since we don't have television, I and my younger sister and brother will go to our neighbor to watch some movie particularly anime.
I can't forget how some of the kids or children of our neighbor treat us. When we look at their TV we are watching through their window if the door is close. Sadly, they will close the window leaving us watching each other and decide to go home. Sometimes when we go there, we are so happy because the door is open, but then one of them will sit in the chair in front of the TV and we can't see anything except their back.
Sometimes we will go home crying to our mother, telling how bad they were.
First television
We don't have television until I have my first job in 2009. I was hired in August and have my first Christmas bonus on December 2009. I decided to buy a SURPLUS television or we also know it as second hand. That is the only thing I can afford. I informed my brother to prepare because we will go together in the city to buy a television. All of them were so excited.
Finally, we have a television though it is just a surplus but then we can watch the same movies and the same news.
My parents and most especially my siblings were so happy. I am happy too giving one history in the family -- our first television.
Closing thoughts
Being indigent will give you a very low level in the society. Some people will look down at you that sometimes you can ask why we are poor? But even though we were thankful for the life that we have before giving us a courage to strive more.
May we share our blessings to the people who is more in need than us. May we won't add to the burden that they have in their lives.
Be blessed and be a blessing.
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Know a part of me
Date: May 19, 2022
Knowing someone will help you understand why he/she acting, thinking or speaking like that.
I don't know why my mind cannot think of a topic to write. For now, I end up thinking to write about myself. I know people in this platform is friendly and not judgmental so sharing about ourselves is okay.
Oh! I don't know where to start. I think I'll start from the very beginning.
Birthdate
I was born at 02:40 in the morning in the 14th day of August in the year 1988. So you'll know my birthday, will I expect some gift on that day? lol. You will also know my age through that date.
Siblings
I am the eldest among the 6 children of our parents, actually we're 8, i have a twin older sister/brother but sadly my mother lost them when they are just only 2 months I think in her womb. Being an eldest have a greater responsibility making me mature at the early years. I am trying to earn money in the early years while other children in my age are enjoying playing along the roads, but I never said that I have never experienced playing outside.
I have one sister and 4 brothers.
Where do you live?
When I was young, we live in the country, near in the nature and we can also call it, we are living in the mountain. We have a small house made of bamboo. It is really just small that our dining area is also our bedroom. I still remember how our mother taught us not to drop even a single piece of rice on the floor. One piece will fall? For sure you will have recieve one spank using a stick of *walis tingting*. We keep the floor clean because afterwards we will put some mat and we will sleep there.
We don't have electricity that time, we just use candle or that light using some gas for it to give us light. We eat early and sleep early.
Parents source of income
Our parents is a farmer without a farm. Yes, you read it right. We don't have a piece of land to plant some crops but all I know is that our parents planted some fruits and vegetables in the piece of land owned by Dole company near a creek. Pineapple field have a lot of water ways and it will drop on the creek. Beside that creek, our father used it as his farm. Bananas is the number one source of our income before. They will cook it and my mother will sell it on the school or she will sell it in our Barangay. When I am big enough and knows how to sell, they let me sell banana cue, bod-bod made of cassava, bananas, fermented coconut juice or suka and any other fruits and vegetables that we can sell.
I have also experience selling our products in the market. My father brings me with him to help him in solving maths because he hardly do it by himself especially if it is in greater value. He only reached grade 4 and according to him it is just *pasang awa* because he keeps on cleaning their classroom.
Parents as teacher
As mentioned above, my father is only grade 4 and he don't know how to read. He don't know about the lessons in school but my father is my greatest teacher in terms of having good character, budgeting and hardwork.
My mother reached upto second year high school and I can say she is intelligent. She is my first teacher in terms of letters, numbers, shapes, parts of the body and so on. She teaches me how to write in the soil. Yes I can easily write something in the soil and you can easily erase it with your hand, feet or slipper. You just need some stick and no need of paper and pencil. I go to school directly in Kinder 2. My mother finished her secondary education through ALS (Alternative learning system) I think 4 years ago. She is one among the oldest student on their batch. See? age is not a hindrance to finished your studies. My mother is a living proof on that.
Closing thoughts
Oh! the words just flow. I feel like sharing my life experience to a closest friend. Indeed, you all are my virtual friends.
I think this is just for now. I hope you did enjoy reading a part of my life and you did know a part of me.
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A debt that you cannot pay
Date: May 18, 2022
Sleep is very essential to our health. Everyone needs sleep. Babies, children, teens, adult and elderly all we need sleep, right? How about bird? They are sleeping too as well as the animals.
Hello friends, how are you? I consume an hour thinking of a topic to write today but it seems that my mind is not working. I was able to read different prompts and 30 day challenge but still I don't know how to start. Supposedly I am about to finished my article this time but here I am and just starting.
My son already wakes up from his afternoon sleep, I am trying to let him sleep again but he doesn't want anymore.
Now, I decided to free write. I choose sleep as a topic. Hopefully I could really make an article today.
What is sleep
Sleep is a natural way of resting where your eyes is close and you are unconscious about everything. Sleep is like death and death is like a sleep.
Some people are jokingly said that when you keep on sleeping, you are practicing how to be dead. Then, when someone loves to sleep most of the time, they will said, stop sleeping because you will have a lot of that when you die lol. Though it is just a joke but somehow it is quite true.
Benefits of sleep
We all know that we need sleep. But what are the benefits of sleep?
**Helps to have a strong immune system.** Having a strong immune system will help you not to get sick easily. I could still remember when we were leaving in the province before where electricity is not yet available. We do eat our dinner as early as possible and we go to sleep early. I noticed that people get sick very seldom.
**Reduce stress and improve your mood**. Having not enough sleep will give you headache most of the time. It will give you a lot of mood swings but when you get enough sleep it will help you to have a good mood.
**Think more clearly.** Having enough sleep will help you think clearly and you will do better in school, work or anything that you have to do in a day.
Thats the only thing I can list. That's the only benefits that my mind can reach this time. If you know some more sleep benefits, I would be happy to read it in the comment section below.
How many hours of sleep do we need?
Well, hours of sleep needed will vary from person to persons. Babies need upto 14 hours of sleep in a day. When my son is still a baby, I wondered why he keeps on sleeping. Some people said that baby is like that, they need a lot of sleep so they will grow.
Average adult will need 6 to 8 hours of sleep everyday. But have you noticed our dear elderly? They have less sleep than us because as for them, when they wakes up at very early in the morning, they cant be able to sleep again. Yes, my parents already reached that stage. I can hear them talking different topics very early in the morning.
Closing thoughts
Sleep is very important but sometimes or mostly nowadays we are just taking it for granted. It is so sad that most people do sleep less than 5 hours a day nowadays. Some kids spent most of their time on their mobile phones, playing games and scroll on social media. Adult is not also exempted, even I myself is guilty on this. I usually sleep so late at night and wakes up early. I remember when I became active here, it's been a week that I sleep almost 12am and still wakes up early. Later on, I suffered from headache and my eyes is aching too. After that I decided to have enough sleep but sometimes I still violate sleeping rule.
I once heard someone said:
**"*****Pwede kang mangutang ng pera peru di ka pwedeng mangutang ng tulog, kasi for sure di mo yun mababayaran.*****"**
Lacking or not enough sleep is a debt that you cannot pay. You might say, babawi na lang ako ng tulog later but still you cannot do it.
I find it right also, how about you? Do you feel the same way?
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What makes you happy?
Date: May 17, 2022
Thinking what to write everyday is hard, but when you give time to read other's article you might find a new topic to write. I was able to read @Chelle18 's article entitled I'm insecure and part of it is a question What makes you smile and I decided to write a topic related to it today. Thanks sis I have an idea to write now. https://read.cash/@Chelle18/im-insecure-e2954c62
What makes you happy is a question that everyone can answer but every person have a similar or different answers. Everyone has a different levels of happiness and some will be happy in a simple things.
**Happiness is a state of being happy. It is a thing, a person, a place, an event or experiences that makes you happy.**
What makes me happy?
Gift of life
Waking up in the morning that I was able to see my husband and my son will make me happy. Able to see the sunrise and the surroundings, able to hear the chirping birds and the noise of the vehicles outside will make happy knowing that I was given another day, another chance to live.
Gift of family
Knowing that you have a family to lean on when trials, challenges and problems will come will make me happy.
Having a husband who is understanding will make me happy. One morning I didn't hear his alarm, I wasn't able to cook food for him and even I didn't noticed that he leaves for work. I asked him why he didn't wakes me up and he said "*who would love to wakes up a person who's mouth is open because she has a very deep and sound sleep*" lol. I want to be angry but it makes me smile and happy knowing that he wants me to sleep more.
Having a son who is sometimes hard headed but makes you a mom, gives you a reason to go on with life, inspired you to give your best is one of the best reason who makes me happy.
Gift of friends
When pandemic hits, we were not able to meet with friends. When we became married, meeting with friends is seldom because we have our different tasks to do. Having virtual friends makes me happy. Thank you my dear noise.cash and read.cash virtual friends who is always there to read/listen my stories in life especially the moments that I was down and needed someone to talk to.
Knowing noise.cash and read.cash
Noise.cash and read.cash is one of the reason to be happy each day because aside of having friends, you can also share some thoughts, learn some things and earn some bch.
Recieving free tips in noise.cash and earning some tips there will makes me happy. While in read.cash, upvotes, comments and notification saying that Rusty visited my articles will makes me really happy.
Being a full time mom and house wife who don't have a salary will be happy to be a part of this platform.
Having someone who sponsors me will give me a widened smile. Thank you my dear sponsors. And to you who is reading this thank you for filling my blocks soon.
There are lots of reasons to make me happy but I think that lists is enough for now.
I want to ask 10 virtual friends. If you want to answer this question, I will be also happy to know. Mention also some of your friends so we know how happy our friends are.
What makes you happy? @alicecalope , @Ellawrites , @renren16 , @Usagi, @UsagiGallardo15 , @Ruffa , @SuperJulalaine , @Talecharm , @LeticiaFelize and @Momentswithmatti
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