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This is about me, my thoughts , opinions, my grief recovery and the journey to my "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son last May 27, 2000. Recovery is always a work in progress....
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Dear Diary…
I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. Anne Frank The aftermath of the Best Friends Forever Reunion left me in a contemplative mood for days. Friends remarked that I was quiet, conservative and feminine in the past...
Reflections on the Best Friends Forever Reunion
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley Freshman Year, UP College of Cebu 1974. Guess where I am? My mediocre grades in high school were not enough to qualify me to the...
My First High School Reunion After 35 Years
“I bet in high school, everybody made somebody’s life hell.” Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) – Michele Weinberger (Lisa Kudrow) View of St. Theresa’s College (STC) Cebu grounds Is there life after high school? ...
Message to the Graduating UP Students of Kamia Residence Hall
I didn’t plan to write this entry just yet as I am saddled with a backlog of other blog posts that I thought were more relevant. In fact, this event I am about to elaborate transpired a week ago. Old news, I pondered. But something happened j...
Our Halloween Trick or Treat Tradition is October 31
What happened to Halloween day? Why is Trick or Treat celebrated way earlier than October 31? Where is the fun in moving it to an earlier date? Those are the questions my kids are asking me. My three children celebrated Trick or Treat only on October...
Once upon a time, there was a family…
Once upon a time, seven siblings lived in an almost perfect world with a strict mom and a loving dad. It seemed almost perfect because the 7 siblings played and laughed day in and day out. They were each other’s best friends. Their mother di...
Kippy Cat Travels
I am right now in Narita airport en route to San Francisco and I might as well entertain myself before boarding time. It’s been years since I’ve visited the states not since the year before my son died in 2000. As my son and I sat on the...
Groovy Mama Sez Hai
Let me explain. It started when I exclaimed “That’s awesome!” to a plurk. Was it Baddie or Pau who noticed that I said that? I forgot who, but Helga begged that I utter LOLcat words. Lauren seemed visibly “annoyed” ...
