Author Archives: Perze Ababa

About Perze Ababa

husband of @marchesaababa; dad of @emmanuellegrace and @zienne; Jesus freak; Pinoy. tester. test manager for nbc universal, iVillage properties.

my two year old teenager

Our second daughter, Zienne is a very verbose child. At 29 months, she can clearly express what she wants and how she feels, even better than her sister could at that age. Yesterday was somewhat of a milestone. After we … Continue reading

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7 Years

Seven years ago, We said I do. Those seven years weren’t perfect. There were challenges, heartaches, fights, uncertainties and sadness. But most importantly, there was hope, joy, happiness, understanding, patience, kindness, self-control and by God, there was love. We went … Continue reading

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No, Zi-Zi’s

Zienne is funny. She’s learned early on that she can “have” stuff and she just loves to use the phrase, “No, mine” and “No, Zi-Zi’s”

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Thirty

thirty, Will always be how much older I am with Emma Will always be how much older Marchesa is with Zi Will always be how much more wedding anniversaries my parents will have compared to mine

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Reasons

This was a place of dreams, and these three are what keeps me going.

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15

today is my maternal grandmother’s 15th death anniversary. I remember visiting her a couple months before she passed away. a shell of her former self ravaged by complications due to diabetes. I remember how my mom took the news of … Continue reading

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Blackberries and Nutella

Unlike Emma who can’t get enough of the iPhone, Zienne was really fond of my Blackberry. There was even a time when she would ask for the blackberry rather than the iPhone. Yesterday, Marchesa started documenting Zienne’s love of nutella. … Continue reading

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