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This too shall pass
I’ve waited long enough to write.
So much so that I pray this moment has not yet passed its expiration date.
Back in May, a spate of work trips saw me flying back to Manila every so often. It was the height of election season, and I was plunged straight into the impassioned swirl of campaigning and heated support for each one’s candidate of choice. ( Read more... ) -
For all to see
What is it about the crucial moments that make us decide to rise up and fight? Are we spurred on by the challenge? On the other hand, what makes us crumble and fall short? Do the weight of expectation and the real or imagined scrutiny of those who watch become too heavy to bear?
In the wake of the Easter weekend, there was one character, aside from ( Read more... ) -
Be careful what you wish for
That's one of mom's favorite lines. A piece of cautionary advice, a last word during late-night kitchen table conversations. In essence, full of motherly warning, but somehow still leaving you to your own devices.
I wonder then what she wished for, as a 21 year old standing at the beginning of a now 32-year marriage.
Could she have imagined ( Read more... )
