Today, I honor an amazing Filipina writer, wife, and friend, Wifely Steps!

Here are my Top 10 Reasons why Wifely is a terrific Filipina.

10. Wifely is a Filipina who is not afraid to cook - and is not ashamed of the occasional failure.

9. Wifely is a Filipina who is fiercely proud of her Filipino husband.

8. Wifely is a Filipina who delights in keeping house.

7. Wifely is a career Filipina, forging ahead and claiming success in an industry not readily welcoming of most women.

6. Wifely is a Filipina who gladly accepts her physical shape, and revels in her own unique beauty.

5. Wifely is a Filipina blogger who now maintains Happy Nest, a blog on Inquirerbloggers.net.

4. Wifely is an award-winning Filipina writer, whose blogs of positivity and grace shine out in our selfish online world.

3. Wifely is a loyal Filipina friend and confidante.

2. Wifely is going to be a spectacular Filipina mom. (Prophecy!)

And the number one reason why Wifely Steps is a terrific Filipina:

1. Wifely celebrates, encourages, and champions the achievements and accomplishments of other Filipinas. In a world of crab mentality, Wifely is a breath of fresh air, a model Filipino woman in every sense of the word.

This week’s Filipina Focus: my longtime buddy online and offline, Wifely Steps. I am so privileged to call you friend, Toni.

This post is part of a weekly post series I’m titling Filipina Focus to honor the fabulous Filipina. It is also part of the campaign to reshape the image of the Filipina online by linking to the websites of the best Filipina women bloggers and Filipina organizations. The Filipina is an independent Filipina, a God-fearing Filipina, a funny Filipina, a Filipina who deserves accolades for everything she’s done. For information on the Reclaim the Filipina campaign, click here or here.

Today marks one week since my beautiful Filipina wife, Cathy, left for Malaysia to present a research paper at an international conference for educators. Cathy Midel Deen is the Admissions Director of DLS-College of Saint Benilde, a position for which she is a perfect fit as an independent, intelligent Filipina woman, and she’s done absolute wonders since she stepped into the rather large shoes left by the retirement of the fiercely efficient Filipina educator Adette Unson.

Cathy is an absolutely spectacular wife. She is forgiving, as most Filipinas are, and extremely patient, an admirable trait given the lout she decided to marry. Before she left for Malaysia, she made a menu list, typed into my mobile phone all the errands and tasks I had to do, left money and resources, and did that all while feeding Nicki. No ordinary Filipina, my wife, I’ll tell you. When she got to Malaysia, the first thing she did was buy me this book I’d been looking for for the long time, The Dante Club.

Cathy is also a loving Filipina mother. She always does her best to make sure Nathan and Nicki are comfortable and provided for. She continues to feed Nicki naturally, a truly admirable thing because it’s not easy to breastfeed. Always level-headed and civil, she’s a model Filipina mom, cooking and cleaning and doing all that with a smile on her face.

This week’s Filipina Focus: my beautiful wife, Cathy. I love you, sweetheart! That you chose me to be your partner just overwhelms me with pride and gratitude. Rock this world, baby! (Can’t wait til you get back.)

This post is part of a weekly post series I’m titling Filipina Focus to honor the fabulous Filipina. It is also part of the campaign to reshape the image of the Filipina online by linking to the websites of the best Filipina women bloggers and Filipina organizations. The Filipina is an independent Filipina, a God-fearing Filipina, a funny Filipina, a Filipina who deserves accolades for everything she’s done. For information on the Reclaim the Filipina campaign, click here or here.