The last few months have been fairly interesting. Reading through news items and commentaries on current affairs, here and abroad, make for a colorful read. That is to say the least. Almost everyone has something to say about what’s going on. Honestly speaking, some of these headlines have been a topic of conversation between me
Philippine Labor Day. Through the years I have always sought to do something recreational on Labor Day. I always felt this was a day to relax and celebrate the whole idea of a break. Now that we are under a community quarantine or lock-down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I still feel the same way.
I recently had a brief conversation with one of our longtime small group leaders in church, Eva Austria. Tita Eva or Mommy Eva has been a small group leader for many years. She is in fact the mother of Monette, one of our cross-cultural missionaries, who also happens to be a friend. When she saw
We recently held a baby shower for a friend, and almost everyone in the group had never participated in one. I was the only non-millenial then. Our own future mother was laughing as she didn’t know what to expect at a baby shower. Gender reveal is what they already know about, and what they actually
Today is the national elections in the Philippines. I went to the elementary school where I’m registered, and claimed my right to suffrage. A right I have never missed to exercise, except once, in the decades I have been a registered voter. And that one time, because they did not allow me to do so. I