
Lovely mom Pep with Seth & Psalm
(Editor’s note: Pep, a stay-at-home mom and a mother of two beautiful kids, is an online English teacher. She’s one of the tough moms I personally know. This woman has a very strong personality which I personally believe will bring her to a very bright future with her family. She’s one person I have never had a chance to get to know more than 29 years ago until we bumped into each other again ’online’ last year. Now, I consider her one of my dearest friends and will always keep her in my life and close to my heart no matter how far we are from each other. Read her story.)
Indeed, God truly knows the desires of my heart. When I was in still in College taking up a course in Hotel and Restaurant Management, I’ve always admired some teachers of mine who were very articulate in the English language. Secretly, I wished to teach someday – I imagined being good at English as I really wanted to be fluent like them. I told no one about this dream. Not even my best friend or my parents. And guess what?! I am presently a tutor in English.
When I got married and became a mother of two girls, I had to give up the hectic schedules in the restaurants where I used to work. I’ve decided to focus my time and energy to my being a mother. Happily at the same time, I was hooked in my church as a volunteer in the Sunday school.
After a few years, my angels started schooling. I was eager to work again. So, I tried working in Call Centers. The trainings I had were fantastic! But sadly, I became stressed with the working condition– handling irate calls, dealing with graveyard schedules and difficulty sleeping during daytime. So I opted to apply elsewhere as an English tutor.
I’m now working home based as an English tutor online and also teaching one to one basis in a prominent village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. I have no doubt ever since I started in this job that this is a good and perfect gift from God. I have never experienced this kind of balance in my life with my past jobs. It’s the only job I know that allows me to spend more time with my family.
Editor’s note: Ms. Pepper Canedo can be contacted via teacher_pepp@hotmail.com or you can catch her in Skype where she conduct her tutorial classes. Her Skype ID is pepperken1431.