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Quiet Strength book cover

Quiet Strength

A Guide for the Filipina Wife in America

Available now

A warm, practical companion for Filipinas who have crossed an ocean for love — and are still learning how to keep their soul intact while building a steady, dignified life in America.

From the book

Quiet strength is not silence. It is paying the bill, keeping your name on the paper, and refusing to disappear in someone else’s house. You can love your husband and still have a life that is yours.

A letter for my sister

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Inside the book

  1. 1.Visas and Legal Beginnings
  2. 2.The Law of the Land
  3. 3.Understanding American Culture
  4. 4.Marriage, Trust, and Building a Healthy Relationship
  5. 5.Building a Blended Family
  6. 6.Home Life and Daily Rhythms
  7. 7.Work, Taxes, and the Dignity We Bring
  8. 8.Further Education, Careers, and Building Something of Our Own

Upcoming

In progress

You Are the Mommy Now

A personal story of becoming a stepmother — of the day a six-year-old declared, “You are the Mommy now,” and of the quiet work of building a family that was not yours at the start.

More books, in time

Later books will go further into family, marriage, money, wilderness, health, and the hard seasons in between…

If you have questions — even personal ones, even if you want advice — write to me. I read what comes in. hello@titaem.com