May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through.
To all my visitors, may you have a Blessed Christmas. May the warmth and love of family and friends that make the holiday season so memorable. May peace be your… Read more »
Category Archives: Recovery Tips
No Christmas Tree?
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. -W…. Read more »
Thanksgiving day reminds me of the word “gratitude”
Thanksgiving day being the most celebrated holiday in the states reminds me of the word “gratitude”. A few years ago, I was planning to bake Pumpkin Pie because I remembered… Read more »
In honor of “Byahilo” Eric Dormido (Jan. 24, 1979-Oct. 5, 2018)
First published at BYAHILO’S ERIC DORMIDO DIES AT 39 by Tonyo Cruz Eric Dormido, more popularly known as Byahilo, passed away today October 5, 2018. He was 39. His sister… Read more »
Always Young and Wild (Not)
If there is anything my daughters (especially my eldest girl) cannot imagine is a young and wild me. True, I was once young (still young), a 105 pound slim and… Read more »
Positive energy, anyone?
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.– Wayne Dyer It’s so easy to notice what’s wrong. It takes practice to… Read more »
Do You Believe in Giving Second Chances?
Second chances? Do you believe that someone who has caused you so much pain deserves a second chance? Do you believe that YOU deserve a second chance? More than 10… Read more »
Easter Sunday reminds me of my beloved son’s thoughts of eternal life
I wrote this many years ago but I want to share this story again because Easter Sunday is very special. “If I die, Mama, will I be alive again?” Luijoe… Read more »
A 20-minute loving-kindness practice to help us extend compassion
“May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you feel safe. May you live your life with ease.” I am not a very religious person but I believe in… Read more »
How does one cope with the Holiday Blues?
There is nothing abnormal about having the “holiday blues,” which are more like a mood than any sort of lasting condition. Depression, anxiety, and other psychological symptoms are associated with… Read more »
10 reasons I am thankful for today and everyday of my life #WhatImThankfulFor
My three siblings in the US once sent me a Thanksgiving prayer citing our parents for the gifts we continue to receive even after their deaths. There will be one… Read more »
Daily affirmations through the years with Louise Hay
Beautiful and meaningful affirmations uplift my day. Losing my beloved Luijoe, my precious child brought me into such deep sadness and negativity that all I could think was of dying…. Read more »
Unspeakable grief : The death of a child #JusticeForKian
The most unspeakable grief is losing a child, a death of a child… and what more to allegations that Kian Loyd Delos Santos “died amid allegations that he was framed… Read more »