'Ata means smile in the Samoan language. 'Ata or Smile connects people without saying anything. It has it's own language. It's a language of respect, a language of inclusiveness. What do you think

People have many different ways of showing appreciation. I believe appreciation is another aspect or form of saying thank you. Such complicated words "thank you" should be explicitly and should verbally announce or said. These two words 'thank you' carry so much weight and it makes a lot of difference to any situation. Regardless of how difficult a situation is, when thank you enters the space, the atmosphere changes and the situation moved.

Whether we live close by or farther away from your families, relatives or loved ones, we need to visit them more often. We need to make time to do so because life is so short. We rather visit and talk to them while alive than pay respect and show up on their funerals 😢 😢. Sometimes, in our Samoan culture, we tend to wait until we have something to take with us, then go. I know it's easier saying than done but I experienced visiting without taking anything but genuine love and compassion. Your relative can feel the genuity of your love and good intentions. So please do not wait until you have something to take for them, it might be too late. What do you think?

Helping others comes from within. It triggers by what we see, how we feel and what we hear. What do do think? / O le fesoasoani i isi e sau mai totonu. E fa'aosofia i mea tatou te va'aia, o lagona tutupu a'e fa'apea leo tatou te fa'alogoina. O le a sou lagona?

During school holidays, employment and motherly responsibilities are tossed between each other while at the same time those roles are to be performed and put in to practice. It's not easy nor simple but good management from every angles will ease such process towards successful results where children are safe and happy and employment responsibilities are achieved. What do you think? How can you take care of those important roles?