Meet the other members of our family… Kylee and Lady playing in Luijoe’s memorial table: Lady came into our family in the year 2002 while Kylee was bought at the pet shop in February 1999. Kylee, our [tag]Siamese cat[/tag] is 7 years old ( that would be in human years). He has outlived our 6 year old son. ...
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How do you say it? She died of [tag]suicide[/tag]. “Died of suicide” or “died by suicide” are accurate, emotionally- neutral ways to explain a child’s death. The Compassionate Friends, a support organization for families who have experienced the death of a child, took this historic step to modernize...
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The following article was an interview of the co-founders of The Compassionate Friends Philippines by The Sunday Inquirer Magazine SURVIVORS’ TALESBut What Do You Call Someone Who Lost A Child? First posted 08:30am (Mla time) Jan 08, 2006By Joy RojasInquirer Editor’s Note: Published on page Q3 of the...
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Woe me, the hazards of an eload or auto load business or for cash transactions for that matter. I have a small SMART Eload and Globe Auto Load Max business in the village. It doesn’t really yield significant profits since one only gets 14% profit. But hey, 14% of anything is still something. You can’t even get 14% a...
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According to this article, on Childhood obesity problem: “Global fattening” poses an equal threat to global warming, according to [tag]obesity[/tag] specialists. Overeating has resulted in 20,000 children suffering from so called “adult onset” or type-2 [tag]diabetes[/tag], not previously seen in children,...
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I woke up in tears this morning. I dreamt that I was kissing and embracing my son, Luijoe. In my dream, he smiled and smirked as I smacked him on the lips and cheeks. Waves of happiness filled me. Joy lifted my heart. I felt like a white balloon, floating in bliss. Then “POP POP” I woke up and of course realized...
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March 7 is our 28th year anniversary. We ‘ve always celebrated it ever since we became steadies on March 7, 1978, way back during our carefree college days. I know steadies is such an obsolete word. What do kids call it these days? And so 28 years ago, we looked like this: So young and head over heels in love Taken...
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At the gym this morning, I read this:Revisting the First Pinoy Blogger Yes , that’s my daughter. Her original journal site in 1996 is still around. She called it an online journal because the word blog was coined only in 1998. In fact a distinction between a journal vs weblog was made during the early 2000. Online diaries...
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I enjoyed my daily workout this afternoon. Since my daughter was with me, I just stayed for an hour and a half. I like to take my time in the gym if I am on my own. (methinks I have too much time on my hands. ) Later at home, hubby showed me the February 20 Newsweek edition on, “Exercise and Aging- How to Stay Fit...
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Wowowee will be aired again but there were lessons learned from the ULTRA tragedy. For one: Now there will be separate entrances for senior citizens and children, who should be accompanied by adults. A blood pressure check is also mandatory for studio contestants, according to Cory Vidanes, ABS-CBN vice president for entertainment....
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It’s about time we take your Eye Angiogram to determine if there are any bleeding of the blood vessels, my opthalmologist told me. That had me worried at first. I usually know when I have elevated blood sugar whenever my eyes feel heavy. When this happens, I exercise at my stationary bicycle to burn off some excess sugar in...
read moreAjay’s Being an 80s child & why [tag]today’s youth[/tag] never had it so good brings back sweet memories of my youth. Hence, I’ve come up with my own version of the [tag]70′s child[/tag]. (yes I am that old. High School in 1970 and college in 1974). We didn’t have [tag]Playstations[/tag],...
read moreMy grief journey culled from edited 2006-2010 blog entries are now converted to an ebook format and "Print on demand". Read story behind the ebook.
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This is about me ( a Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son.
Recovery is a work in progress.... read more?
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