"Nanay, I forgive you...," said Haley.

I turn and see her face her eyes are tearing up. I say: thank u for forgiving me... Why are you forgiving me? This is the first time she said she forgave me without my having asked for forgiveness. I don't even know what I did!

"Nilaksan mo ung boses mo kanina," (You raised your voice at me a while ago) her 4-year-old voice breaking up as she talked, "but I forgive you very much."

Then I remembered how I told her to stop putting her fingers in her mouth. I was annoyed but I hadn't even realized that I'd raised my voice!

How cute that Haley has developed this wonderful character trait. It was not my original intention to teach her this.

I had picked up from homeschooling blogs and seminars that we as parents should ask our children for forgiveness when we commit mistakes. So I began doing it whenever I forgot things I said I would do for my kids, whenever I lose my temper and such.

"Do you forgive me?" I would say. When Haley did not know how to respond at first, I used to ask her to repeat after me "Say: Yes, I forgive you nanay."

From there she learned. But it's amazing how she seemed to evolve. From being able to simply respond, she now understands an abstract concept that most people find hard to do in their mature years.

There is beauty in a child who knows how to forgive and I pray she will continue to grow with a kind heart.

Where am I at three months later? 

- I'm still an insurance adviser of life insurance and investment-linked products. 
- I'm still a visa consultant for people wanting to travel or study to Australia.
- I'm still running the real estate family corporation and have been able to buy an investment under the corporation's name.
- I'm still selling natural and organic cosmetic products by Human Nature.

Now how do I say this without sounding like I'm full of myself:

That is what you call having multiple streams of income.

In the last two months here's what I've been preoccupied with:

• Finishing up my three children's homeschooling activities for SY 2013-2014 
  
• Setting up a family corporation
  
• Becoming a licensed insurance adviser
  
• In my smallest way possible, becoming involved in social entrepreneurship

On homeschooling:
It's been difficult for me to homeschool multi-level because of all the other things I allowed myself to get into. My three boys are in this level: Grade 8, Grade 5, and prep. (My 3 year old daughter, the youngest, is not yet officially homeschooling, everything is just play with her) I read so many articles on how families who are multi-level homeschool, but I honestly find it very daunting to teach all three boys at the same time and even feel that this style was making our progress slower. So here's what I did:

Scratch that. How can I be meek? Period. I'm a loudmouth, it's the truth. It's a weakness. I have a need for my opinion to be heard, for my thoughts to be voiced out. That's why I have a blog. I need another outlet for my thoughts other than my mouth. Some might say that's good because you are strong-willed and you are passionate in what you believe in. Wrong. Sometimes a woman should just shut up about it. Especially when it comes to marriage.