October 22, 2016 How “Acting As if” helped me in my recovery A year ago, my daughter shared me an article “Self help: try positive action, not positive thinking” The self-help industry is mired in ideas…
May 11, 2016 The myth of closure So if someone says to us, by word or by action, “You should be over that by now,” we can recall the words from…
May 10, 2015 I am a mother of three children. Thank you for remembering my son. I love the thought that my son is still alive in someone’s memory outside of my family. Today , being Mother’s day, I received…
December 16, 2014 Holiday Blues- Sad, Lonely and Depressed Tis the season to be jolly…fa-la-la-la-la. Right, it may be a season to be jolly for some of us but there are a few…
October 13, 2014 After a loss, life moves on…to a new normal A mother who lost a child often cry out over insensitive remarks. I have heard it countless of times. Consider this conversation from a…
January 22, 2014 The Butterfly in my life Don’t you think this is a lovely butterfly? Whenever a butterfly flutters about in the garden, I smile with the thought that Luijoe is…
January 18, 2014 Have you had a good cry lately? “If someone cries in front of me, I consider it a gift.” , a friend told me one Saturday afternoon. Every third Saturday of…
November 1, 2013 The meaning of flowers In every meeting of The Compassionate Friends, we provide positive ways for grief management. We believe that the only way to truly relieve the…
April 7, 2013 Words and ways to comfort the bereaved Don’t judge me unless you have looked through my eyes, experienced what i have, and cried as many tears as me. Until then back-off,…
March 17, 2013 Suicide and Mental Illness Myths in the Philippines I started this blog so I could spread the word that the Philippines has The Compassionate Friends , a grief support group for families…
