Thanks, Marisa. So sweet of you to make my day with your heartwarming comments. As for the puto and cuchinta, don’t worry — I have made them several times and will share it soon on the blog. Bear with me, my family eats them up quickly before I can take photos for the blog. Come back and visit the blog again soon 🙂

Thanks, Shobelyn. I appreciate your kind comments and warm thoughts. First, you are right — my pan de sal recipe is very doable and I often bake it in the fall/winter when the weather is cold and the house needs more warmth. I’ve also baked it in the spring and we have all enjoyed it too. AND I have baked this pan de sal recipe, too in the Philippines when we lived there, just because I wanted to. For this blog post, we had a big amount of pan de sal (store bought) in the house, so that’s what Tim used. You are right, it is hard to see our children go far away. But this is the cycle of life. As parents, we find strength in knowing that they are learning to be on their own, which was our duty to show them how, in the first place. Thanks for the blog-love 🙂

Cali is a long way from New Jersey. I cannot imagine the feeling of being far from your child. I am dreading the moment when my daughter will go to college and see her go. I will surely be a mess.
You are a strong woman to see and experience this and is still came out intact.