August 2021

Many are anxious and depressed today. Mental health challenge is a reality… more so today than ever before. It sure does not help a depressed person (especially…

I wrote this piece 8 years ago today. But its lessons apply today more than ever – even we can no longer dance together physically because of…

Once I went on a trip. Our host, a witty insightful lady, shared that she had asked her grandchildren: “What are the things you will remember about…

Am I a KJ? Kill-joy: it used to be a popular term describing a person who is no fun at all. Why? Because he kills joy –…

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. –2 Corinthians 4:16 One dinnertime, shortly…

This dark maroon mayana plant is one of my joys each time I visit my babies. I noticed how it’s leaves grew big n lush as I…

Have you tasted food without salt? Walang lasa… bland… no spice, no life… boring… How about salty food? Di rin pwede.. it’s bad for the kidneys; no…

Born in the year of the rat, my mother-in-law passed away on 8/9/2020 at 96 (in the lunar calendar, that would be 97). She survived a bout…

It has been said that ‘Humility is a virtue that one lost when one thinks that he has it.’ How would you respond when a person say:…

Never would/could I imagine that I would be crying in front of a crowd trying feebly to express my words of sympathy to grieving friends and families…