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The Cabbage Soup Story


The making of The Cabbage Soup

Cabbage Soup, Bacon and Tinapang Bangus saved the day!

It's hard to live my brand, but it is a choice I made to walk towards the life I want.


I want to be relaxed because that's how God wants me to be. He wants me to have self-control and be gentle. 

I want to be relaxed to be a good example to my daughter. I want her to be calm and gentle, and to grow up to deal with life with confidence. 

I want to be relaxed to take care of my relationships. I love Bunch, Nanay, Tatay, my sisters, family and friends. They are closest to me, so; when I lose my temper; they are the first ones to take the blow. I want them to feel loved not disrespected when I'm around.


13th of February 2015 marks a milestone in my goal to remain calm and relaxed despite difficult and trying situations. The scenario: I prepared everything to cook Sopas for merienda. We ended up eating Cabbage Soup for dinner!

It was an accident. I was preparing everything and Bunch had to accompany Isha to the restroom so he can turn on the light for her. It all just happened so fast. He accidentally got his hands on my precooked macaroni and got them scattered all over the floor! Sopas gone. 

My initial reaction was to get upset, but having learned through experience that no good will come of it; I decided to just give him *that* look and move on to think. 


It wasn't his fault. What is it to be upset about?
Well, he wasn't careful. What will I do with all these ingredients now? 


A battle went on in my head for a couple of minutes. Should I just let this go? I decided to choose my battles. I decided to just let it go.

I know this may not be an issue to many of you, but it is big deal for me. I'm not yet winning in this journey, but I am at least making significant progress. I was tired and I was trying to squeeze in cooking in my already jam-packed schedule and it happened. I can't help but think that it should have given me license to get upset about his careless-macaroni-accident, but then I thought: Am I seriously going to pick a fight with my partner because of macaroni noodles? Is that more important than my relationship with him? And then, it was easy. It was easy to let it go.

How appropriate. It happened a day before Valentine's Day. Not getting upset is good way to express my love for my partner. It is a good start to not get upset over little things. It is the best way to demonstrate self-control in front of Isha.  It is a wonderful story to share!  

We had a wonderful dinner that day. It was a complete, balanced meal. Cabbage Soup, Bacon and Tinapang Bangus saved the day. We even had doughnuts and soda for midnight snack! What can possibly go wrong when you are relaxed, Wahmmy?


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