A mother who lost a child often cry out over insensitive remarks. I have heard it countless of times. Consider this conversation from a mother who though a well meaning friends was insensitive. Don’t they know? Of course these wonderful, concerned, well-meaning friends don’t know. They can only guess how I feel. They...
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Think of one bear as one smile, one hug – one young life given joy and love this Christmas. Two thousand years ago, a child was (and is) the reason why we celebrate the most important holiday of the year.” Cathy Babao How can one even begin to comprehend the loss of lives now reaching 1400 dead and missing in Northern...
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(Disclaimer: This entry tackles grief education. I do not pass judgement on whether the circumstances are true or not or on the motives of Mo Twister for telling this story.) There is video of Mo Twister that is going viral on the internet. The video claims ex-girlfriend Rhian Ramos “got rid of our baby” in Singapore...
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ~ Desmond Tutu I can’t believe it’s been two years since that gruesome Ampatuan Massacre hit me like a bolt of lightning. Shock, dismay and utter disbelief. Outrageous! I condemned the brutality through social media and a blog...
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Watching Yue Yuem , the injured child on the street is too painful..and all those people seemed just heartless to me. The greatest tragedy aside from the first van hitting the child is how 18 bystanders just walked past by. The synopsis: Synopsis: October 13th afternoon around 5:30, a car accident occurred at the Guangfo Hardware...
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Steve Jobs leaves an estimated $8.3 billion, which he thought nothing of. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.” Steve Jobs who is only 2 years older than me “died peacefully today...
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I would say to those who mourn…look upon each day that comes as a challenge, as a test of courage. The pain will come in waves, some days worse than others, for no apparent reason. Accept the pain. Do not suppress it. Never attempt to hide grief.–Daphne du Maurier Anna Sereno holds a portrait of her son Arthuro Angelo...
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A follower on twitter once appealed to me for help because he wanted to kill himself. Whether it was a joke or not , I replied back if he wanted to talk. This did not sit well for one or two twitter followers who thought I should not have replied to that person in public. See, I try to help anyone I can in Twitter whether it is...
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What could have possessed Anders Behring Breivik to kill innocent children? So many young children killed in Norway by just one person. Children, gone too soon. Unbelievable. Unimaginable. All children of someone who is now in pain. What is happening to the world? Most of the bodies were found on Utoya island, where young people...
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“Over futile odds…and laughed at by the gods. And now the final frame. Love is a losing game” – Amy Winehouse, 2007. Photo via mashable.com Amy Winehouse is best known for her 2006 breakthrough album, Back to Black, the singer was known for her deep voice and brazen lyrics. Winehouse was 27. The troubled...
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They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~Joseph Campbell US Memorial Day often reminds me of weekend visits to my sisters in San Francisco...
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To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. ~Thomas Campbell, “Hallowed Ground” Via Carlos Conde. Original Photo by Alan Robles. Chit is a batch before me in UP Diliman. I never knew her but word gets around in the campus when one is quite active. Learning of her death through Twitter , it took some time for me...
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