From the Drafts: Of Course, You Can Brag About Your Better Half
By Sarah Aterrado - May 27, 2024
I was unable to blog about our 5th wedding anniversary, which also marked our 10th year together—something I do every year—because I was too busy writing another piece. I thought I could go back to blogging once I finish my long-ass essay.
But 19 pages later, I try to avoid anything that exerts mental effort.
So again, to let everyone know that I am still alive (even though nobody gives an eff), here's another one from the drafts. I wrote this around 2021, and it still rings true to this day.
When people bitch about their deadbeat spouses on social media, everyone will sympathize. But when people share their undying love over the internet, it makes them papansin. Sharing your relationship on social media only seeks validation, yadda yadda. Because you know what they say: true and happy relationships need not be posted.
Well, screw that.
I think it's about time that we should not hold back about speaking highly of our spouses.
There is already too much negativity in this world. If it bothers you that someone is gushing about their partners over the internet, then the problem is you. So while you wallow in bitterness, I will go on bragging about my wonderful husband because I do not see the need to censor my expression of happiness and appreciation, especially when I am proud being married to him. 😉
I do the flexing mostly online. On the other hand, Jan isn't digitally expressive but instead does it in front of people. There have been countless of times whenever I meet his friends or officemates for the first time that I get surprised at how much they already know about me, my job, skills, talents, and even this blog. "Ah ikaw pala si Sarah. Lagi kang kinukwento ni Jan sa amin." Or sometimes Jan would go like this in front of me and the people we've just met, "She blogs. Magaling yan magsulat. Madami na yan siyang awards natanggap." Sometimes gusto ko na lang magpalamon sa lupa kasi he's exaggerating and nakakahiya. 😅 But it does feel good when someone speaks highly of you. 😉
I was thinking of blogging about something because I wanted to take a break from the long-ass essay that I have been writing. I thought I could pull off what my favorite author, Brandon Sanderson, can do. He writes something different if he's feeling burned out. He takes a break from writing novels by writing novellas.
But who am I kidding?
So I went through my drafts to see if I could salvage a post, and I've come across this. It's one of those days I felt I was in the dark and I wasn't brave enough to publish this. But I guess, this needed to be out for mothers out there who feel the same way. Know that you are not alone.
Dry patches, dark spots, visible fine lines, blemishes, and an overall lack of glow that screams "I haven't slept in the last three years"—that's what you get when you're into the thick of motherhood. With two little humans and a teen to take care of, pressing chores, and errands that needed to be done, skincare has been shoved down to the bottom of my to-do list.
But now that I am hitting the last year of my 30s, I choose to prioritize beauty and health (without putting my motherhood duties back seat, of course). So when I got the chance to try White Glow products, I was happy to give them a go.
I used the products consistently for almost three weeks. Other than the sunscreen, I did not use any other product while using this. So you could say that whatever the results are, are purely from the White Glow skincare line.
I'm not going to make the introductions long, so let's start with the products.
After What Seemed Like an Eternity of Sitting, Waiting, Wishing...
By Sarah Aterrado - March 14, 2024
We finally got to see Jack Johnson live!
And he did not disappoint!
OMGAEOFIJASFJHGVOAHIJROARLOJSDFJAF!!!
Allow me to share with you all a story of our greatest weekend in 2024 yet.
*deep breath* Here goes...
Jan and I didn't know about the Wanderland Music Festival until we saw on Facebook that Jack Johnson would be headlining it (love how the Facebook algorithm works). So, we immediately bought the tickets even though we had never heard of ALL the other artists that would be performing there.
