I loved this book. I felt seen as a Filipina and a mother, a feeling I don’t find very often.
The moments of parenthood that bring me pleasure are when I get to model behavior instead of setting rules. Mothering taught me that to be the best mom I can be, I need to work on me. My role is not to mold an extension of me, my kids are whole humans that can see their mom is working on being a good person and hopefully they can learn to work on being the best version of themselves too.
Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts Stephanie! I really appreciated and learned so much from Angela’s description of Filipinx history
in the US and her experience of motherhood. And it’s something I strive for too — to let my kiddo become who she is without layers of pressure weighing on her!
Filipinos make up so much of the US and so closely tied to this country's past and present, I still scratch my head why it's not a more well known story. Even I get surprised by learning about this country's relationship with the Philippines and I'm a first-generation!
I loved this book. I felt seen as a Filipina and a mother, a feeling I don’t find very often.
The moments of parenthood that bring me pleasure are when I get to model behavior instead of setting rules. Mothering taught me that to be the best mom I can be, I need to work on me. My role is not to mold an extension of me, my kids are whole humans that can see their mom is working on being a good person and hopefully they can learn to work on being the best version of themselves too.
Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts Stephanie! I really appreciated and learned so much from Angela’s description of Filipinx history
in the US and her experience of motherhood. And it’s something I strive for too — to let my kiddo become who she is without layers of pressure weighing on her!
Filipinos make up so much of the US and so closely tied to this country's past and present, I still scratch my head why it's not a more well known story. Even I get surprised by learning about this country's relationship with the Philippines and I'm a first-generation!
This is beautiful. Some of my most cherished moments have been nursing my babies and growing (reparenting myself) alongside my tween.