I have created beautifulandhappy to hopefully inspire people about the beauty of life and lead a happier and more positive outlook despite all the troubles and problems we encounter everyday. Hence, I am very glad to know that there are other sites coming up with similar purpose, that is to promote healthy and happy living like Dietmindspirit.org. (more…)

At long last, I have finished the promised prayer page for Kriztin, who is now battling with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. I also dedicate this page to other people out there who may be afflicted with other illness or experiencing life troubles. So I hope you visit the Prayer for Faith&Healing page and feel free to comment and even contribute some short prayers or words of encouragement, which hopefully would touch not just Kriztin, but other people as well, in gaining more strength to overcome their personal battles.

I am not being godly. I admit I am not even a devout Catholic and I don’t hear the mass regularly especially during Sundays. Though I try to read the Bible more often again, including inspirational books and life stories, and I do my own private novenas to St. Jude and Mother of Perpetual Help (which in many times I don’t finish ’til the 9th day). Nevertheless, I have strong faith in God and I always feel this special bond with Him specially during times of worries and problems. (more…)

Just found this very important article from Yahoo and AFP, and I know this would be of interest to many women out there who are on pill, or anyone who knows someone taking pill. I’ve never taken any contraceptive pill ever, because I was afraid of all the side-effects (hehe, that’s why I got 3 kids now, side-effect, too!). When I was treated for hormonal imbalance this summer, the OB-GYN told me to take estrogen caps for a month, then afterwards be on pill for life. So I was on estrogen therapy for almost a month, but I was adamant about the pills.

Anyways, I think I don’t need them coz I am already ligated and as I have said, I have read lots of negative side-effects from the web and heard from other friends - in short, I didn’t follow the OB. I stopped the estrogen, too, I think I still have some caps here ‘coz I read from the web that long-term estrogen therapy is related to higher breast cancer risks, plus, of course contraceptive pill has also estrogen, right? Gives me some headache, too.

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Hey, guys! It seems lead content issues are becoming a bigger dilemma. First, children’s toys including those from mattel and thomas the tank engine series (my sons’ favorite, ). Now, I just found this news article from Reuters about lead content in lipsticks. I know most of us would be very much concerned, especially all the pretty ladies out there, since lipstick is one of the things we can’t go without. (more…)