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I'm Cristina
People call me Tina or Tin but people close to me call me “Tyh” (and that will always be my favorite!) I am a mom of three wonderful children, working a full-time job helping families reach their financial goals as a Financial Advisor/Mortgage Specialist.
I love documenting my life by writing in my journal and taking photos or videos. Yes, I always love “Show & Tell” (that activity in school where you get to bring your favorite things and show it to your classmates and talk about it) so I guess that explains why I have this little corner in the internet world.
I want this space to become my channel in sharing my personal experience and life lessons as I face my midlife. All these and anything in between in one cup, hence, I decided to give this little space of mine a new name – my “Cup of Tyh” was born.
Momsie's Journey to Bringing a Welcome to Remember to New Immigrants
It was December of 2015 when I first came across Welcome Pack Canada, I decided to post a story about this because I thought it is something interesting for new immigrants. This article became one of my most popular posts until I had a chance to collaborate with the people behind these boxes – – – this is where www.momsiecle.com introduced this newcomer’s kit to Winnipeg new immigrants.
I can still recall how I just reach out to my friends to help me with the distribution as I need help in bringing 30 of the 20 lbs. cases (150 gift boxes) to the distribution area. The first distribution was held at Bakerite, being newly-arrived immigrants themselves, the owners of Bakerite, Manny and Emily Adao instantly said yes when I approached them if I could use their place as the venue for the distribution. The supposedly 2 days distribution was cut short to a 6-hour distribution because all boxes were claimed. And from then on, we distributed the box almost every month and each month, we would distribute 300 to 400 boxes to newcomers in Winnipeg.
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![It is not a waste of time to pause…
I always joke around that I am a superwoman wannabe, but if you really know me I’ve always been one. I am someone who always want things done efficiently, I want everything well taken care of even if it means having to take on more jobs and responsibilities. I am someone who have so much love to give and I always want to be there for the people important to me and take care of them.
Would you agree with me if I say that it can be truly addictive to run yourself ragged? That’s how I am, so I feel my brain won’t stop working and it feels that it’s about to burst with too much plans and ideas. I just keep going… and going… and going, I won’t stop 🙈
But lately, I tried to listen to my body and I’ve learned to accept that taking a break is not being lazy, it is just my body telling me that I’ve been running in full speed for far too long bow and I need to pause and recharge.
Last weekend, I gave in to what my body is dictating me, I decided to step away from my regular routine and gave myself some time to rest and grab the opportunity to try new things and to explore.
Here I am learning from this place where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean that theres more than one way to live life and be happy!
Putting balance between continuously pushing forward while realizing that you don’t have to soak yourself in all the good things that is happening around you is not an easy thing to do especially if you are someone like me who always think that you’re running out of time. But you have to give it a try, sometimes, you need to pause and give yourself the chance to do anything you want [unscheduled]. Give yourself the gift of pausing to allow your thoughts and feelings to surface and reflect and consider what we are doing, what is working, and what is not working.
It is okay to PAUSE.
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