I am in need of prayer warriors
Dear Lord,
I know
you can see me, you can hear me weep, and you can feel my pain. I am having a
difficult, high-risk pregnancy. It is even more difficult being alone without a
help from anyone to constantly attend to the needs of the kids and take care of
the household chores when the doctor advised me to take a complete bed
rest. What breaks my heart is to see my
kids calling me in the morning to prepare breakfast when I am at risk if I do
so. Certainly, I would still take the risk with a thought that you, oh Lord,
would never put me in danger. It is also hard to see my husband’s sacrifices
when he has to clean the house while preparing our lunch and bathe my kid right
after he put his bag on the table after work. I know how tiring it is for him
but I never heard even a single complain. He does everything, sacrificed a lot
with full of hopes and encouragement that we can get through all of this as
long as we’re together. I can clearly see that my family has to go through
these tough times. For a devoted mom and
wife like me, it is like killing me into pieces. Especially when I had to stop
Joaqui from going to school everyday because nobody can accompany him everyday
like I usually do. Lord, you know how much I cried seeing his school bag
hanging against the wall because I really don’t want any of my kids to be
deprived from any of their rights just because of my condition, but I have to.
I have to think of the little life in my womb because it also has the right to
see the world. It feels like the world is on my shoulder when Joaqui asks me to
go to school every single morning and I can’t do anything but to look at my son
and cry. One day, I had spotting just because I cooked rice for my kids. But
still I have to wake up at 4’o clock every morning to prepare my eldest to
school. It feels so laborious for me to do simple things that I normally do.
These simple instances made me feel less of a mother. I wasn’t able to perform
my duty as a mom anymore. Lord, you know how much I took care of this family
and how much I dedicated my whole life for them. I don’t want to see them
getting affected of what is happening which is totally out of my control. I
just want to see my kids to be happy and healthy and well taken care of. My
pregnancy changes everything. It turned our lives upside down. Certainly, I do
not blame my baby but sometimes I blame myself for being not so strong at times
especially when my loved ones see me cry. I just couldn’t handle the pain
anymore. My life now is full of worries and pain. I know this is not good with
my present condition but crying comes naturally partly because of hormones and
the physical and emotional pain that I am experiencing at the moment. I worry
because I don’t want everything that happened to Joaqui happen again this time.
I also had a difficult pregnancy before, until I gave birth to Joaqui
prematurely. Everybody knows what my family and I had to go through and it
almost killed me.
Lord, I am offering a fervent prayer to please guide me and
keep me safe all throughout my pregnancy. We wanted to keep this and we chose
to keep your gift because we know that this will be another source of our joy
eventually. Lord, please give us enough strength to face all of this. I know
you have your own reasons, whatever it may be, I know that in the end, it is in
your will to make us all happy and proud of what we have become after
everything that we’ve been through. Please take away all my worries and pain,
touch my heart and let me see the light at the end of this journey called
motherhood.
Sincerely,
Clary
Discounts and Privileges for the Persons With Disability
It was only last year when I heard about the PWD card
that would give the persons with disability (PWD) the privileges entitled for
their needs. The local government amended the Republic Act No. 7277, an act for
providing for the rehabilitation, self development, and self reliance of
persons with disability and their integration into the mainstream of society
and for other purposes and otherwise known as The Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons, was passed in March 24, 1992.
I am a proud mom of a six-year old child with special
needs. He is my youngest child who was diagnosed with Global Developmental
Delay Syndrome. Ever since he was a baby, we noticed some of his traits on lack
of potential at certain points of development that made us confused about what
to do so we consulted to a Developmental Pediatrician. He was born as an
eight-month premature baby boy, sickly and always in the hospital for a long
period of time. We took good care of him with unconditional love and undying
support and give him all the necessary medications and therapy that he needs.
I feel for the parents of these children with special
needs and all the family of the persons with disability because medications and
all the things that they need is costly. This is why I am thankful for this law
that specifically required the Department of Health (DOH) to institute a
national health program for PWD’s, establish medical rehabilitation centers in
provincial hospitals and adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to the
health development of PWD which shall make essential health services available
to them at affordable cost.
Implementing rules and regulations of this Act required
the Department of Health to address the health concerns of seven different
categories of disability which includes the following:
1.
Psychosocial and behavioral disabilities
2.
Chronic illness with disabilities
3.
Learning disabilities (cognitive or
intellectual)
4.
Mental disabilities
5.
Visual or seeing disabilities
6.
Orthopedic/moving disabilities
7.
Communication deficits (speech and hearing
impairment)
Persons with disability shall be entitled to the
following:
(a)
At least 20% discount for the purchase of
medicines in all drugstores for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with
disability.
-PWD must present the PWD
identification card and the booklet for medicine discount
-Doctor’s prescription stating
the name of the PWD, age, sex, address, date, generic name of the medicine,
dosage form, dosage strength, quantity, signature over printed name of the
physician, physician’s address, contact number of physician or dentist,
professional license number, professional tax receipt number and narcotic
license number if applicable.
(b)
At least twenty percent discount on medical and
dental services including diagnostic and laboratory fees such as, but not
limited to, x-rays, computerized tomography scans and blood tests, in all
government facilities, subject to guidelines to be issued by the DOH, in
coordination with PHILHEALTH.
(c) At
least twenty percent discount on medical and dental services including
diagnostic and laboratory fees, and professional fees of attending doctors in
all private hospitals and medical facilities, in accordance with the rules and
regulations to be issued by the DOH, in coordination with the PHILHEALTH.
I applied for this PWD
Identification Card for my six-year old son with learning disability and it was
released after one week. Just go to your local Municipal Social Welfare Development
office and present the requirements which include the photocopy of the Doctor’s
certificate/assessment, two pieces 1x1 picture of the person with disability
and fill up the form given to you by the MSWD personnel.
The PWD identification card was
given to me along with a PWD Purchase Slip Booklet for the 20% Discount for all
Medicines. This booklet contains fourteen-page blank slips to be filled up by
the pharmacist when purchasing medicines and another sixteen pages for the copy
of the administrative order issued by the Office of the Secretary of the DOH. I
read this booklet from cover to cover because I don’t want to miss out any of
the information with regards to my son’s rights as a child with special needs.
Recently, I also got the PURCHASE BOOKLET which grants special discounts to persons with disability on the
purchase of necessities and prime commodities pursuant to Section 32 of R.A.
No. 9442, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons and Other
Purposes.
The booklet contains eight pages
of blank slips to be filled up by the cashier of the grocery store that states
the date of purchase, name of basic/prime commodities purchased, the number of
items purchased, total amount, the remaining balance for the week and the
signature of retailer/authorized representative.
Every person with disability
shall enjoy a special discount of FIVE PERCENT (5%) of the regular retail price
of basic necessities and prime commodities listed below:
Definition of Terms:
(a) “Basic
necessities” – refers to rice, corn, bread, fresh, dried and canned fish and
other marine products, fresh pork, beef and poultry meat, fresh egg, fresh and
processed milk, infant formulas, fresh vegetables, root crops, coffee, sugar,
cooking oil, salt, laundry soap, detergents, firewood, charcoal, candles and
other commodities as maybe classified by the DTI and DA.
(b) “Prime
commodities” – refers to fresh fruits, dried, processed and canned pork, beef
and poultry, meat, dairy products, not falling under basic necessities,
noodles, onions, garlic, diapers, herbicides, poultry, swine and cattle feeds,
veterinary products for poultry, swine and cattle, paper, school supplies, nipa
shingle, ply board, construction nails, batteries, electrical supplies, light
bulbs, steel wire and other commodities that may be classified by the DTI and
the DA.
(c) “Retailer”
– shall mean any natural or judicial person engaged in the business of selling
consumer products directly to consumers, which shall include among others,
supermarket, grocery stores, convenience and mini-convenience and shops
excluding sari-sari stores with a capitalization of less than Php100,000,
public and private wet markets, “talipapa” and cooperative stores;
(d) “Persons
with disability” shall refer to any person suffering from restriction or
different abilities as i.e. result of mental, physical or sensory impairment,
to perform an activity in a manner or within the range considered normal for
human being.
**The
total amount of said purchase shall NOT exceed the amount of One Thousand Three
Hundred Pesos (Php 1,300.00) per calendar WEEK without carry over of the unused
amount.
I also would like to mention that
PWDs are entitled to a 20% discount on fares in public transportation and 20%
discount in fast food chains and restaurants within the country. You just have
to present the PWD Identification Card when we are dining with the PWD. Some
other restaurants would take the whole order for a 20% discount but others
don’t. They would only deduct the discount for one meal of the PWD.
So, there, I hope you learned
something new (to those who don’t know the details yet).
Cheers for the parents and
guardians of the persons with disability and I am still hopeful and praying for
more benefits and privileges that our government would offer to be able for us
and our PWDs to live a better life!
Conti's Ensaimaditas and Cheese Swirl
And as usual, this is one of the delightful sweet pasalubong from hubby. He’s the sweetest person on earth who loves simple presents and big surprises.
He arrived at home from his night shift duty at around 8am. My little boy and I just got up from bed, me having my cup of coffee and my little boy having his glass of milk. It’s just another morning of what-to-prepare-for-breakfast dilemma of a mom when he arrived with 2 boxes of bread.
I would like to share my honest review with Conti's Ensaimaditas and Cheese Swirls.
Ensaymada (puff cake) is a sweet and tasty Filipino bread which is made with butter and shaped into a pinwheel topped with margarine and sugar. This is the traditional ensaymada that we grew up with. Over the years, it was evolved into modern versions that the local pastries and bakeshops has gone up with. Some of them have made this sweet bread with a delicious filling such as ube (purple yam) , chocolate and other fruit jam topped with lots of cheese.
Conti's ensaimaditas are of course, smaller version of our big and round ensaymadas, perfectly sweet just right for my taste. It is sprinkled with cheese on top that it makes me want to indulge more.
Conti's cheese swirls is not the usual cheese bread that you're going to be fed up with. Every bite is like a potion that will make you want more. Ahhmm, is it just obvious that I'm a big fan of cheese?
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| Cheese Swirl Php75.00 |
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| Ensaimaditas box of 8 Php95.00 box of 16 Php190 |
Conti's Pastry Shop and Restaurant Locations:
PARAÑAQUE CITY
(Function rooms available)
#61 President’s Avenue, BF Homes
Commercial Center, Parañaque City.
Tel. No:
(+632)807-3388; (+632)772-3041;
(+632)842-5265 loc 204 to 206
Mobile:
(+63917)554-7136; (+63922)847-3003
GREENHILLS, SAN JUAN CITY
#53 Connecticut Street Greenhills, San Juan City
Tel. No:
(+632)744-4184; (+632)744-4208;
(+632)727-6898
Mobile:
(+63917)826-6848; (+63922)330-6721
SERENDRA, TAGUIG CITY
1C-17 Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Tel. No:
(+632)856-2352 to 53; (+632)901-3486
Mobile:
(+63917)322-6684; (+63922)847-3005
TRINOMA, QUEZON CITY
(Table reservations accepted)
P1 Level, Trinoma, EDSA corner North Avenue, Quezon City
Tel. No:
(+632)900-5013 to 15; (+632)943-1665
Mobile:
(+63922)881-9127; (+63917)804-2101
STA. ROSA CITY, LAGUNA
(Function rooms available)
Lakeside Evozone
Nuvali Solenad, Tagaytay Road
Tel. No:
(049) 302-6050 to 55; 502-5714
Mobile:
(+63922)881-9126; (+63917)596-3138
GREENBELT II, MAKATI CITY
(Function rooms available)
Space 11 & 12 Greenbelt II, Esperanza Street, Makati City
Tel. No:
(+632) 756-0047; (+632) 756-0327;
(+632) 756-0105
Mobile:
(+63922)847-3063 / (+63917)595-1302
ALABANG TOWN CENTER, AYALA ALABANG, CITY OF MUNTINLUPA
(Contis Bakery & Cafe)
1107 G/F Corte delas Palmas, Alabang Town Center, Ayala Alabang City Of Muntinlupa
Tel. No:
(+632) 556-7720
Mobile:
(+63923)713-4801: (+63917)554-2996;
(+63921)414-0161
KATIPUNAN BRANCH
(Function Rooms Available)
224 Katipunan Ave. Extension, Brgy. Blue Ridge, Quezon City
Tel. No:
(+632) 682-0812; (+632) 646-3306;
(+632) 439-1238
Mobile:
(+63922)847-3065; (+63917)872-6132;
(+63908)886-8453
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