April 2, 2021 How my son reminded me about the comfort of St. John the Beloved When a child dies, it’s not the natural order of things. For many years, I struggled to find the meaning of my son’s death….
March 28, 2021 Being a 70s child & why today’s youth never had it so good “Being an 80s child & why today’s youth never had it so good” brings back sweet memories of my youth. Hence, I’ve come up…
March 7, 2021 Our Love Story: 43 years with my college sweetheart Listen to this podcast I wrote this 13 years ago, but I thought I’d update it again because today is our couple anniversary. I…
February 14, 2021 Always Valentine’s Day , says my ex-boyfriend Two Valentine’s Day from the two most important guys in my life (next to my dad) strike me as the most memorable. The first…
February 4, 2021 Cute things kids say I am such a sucker for keeping a memory box of my children’s art work , writings, anecdotes or their milestones since they were…
December 19, 2020 Kasadya Ning Takna-a: Classic Filipino Christmas Carol Update: Last February , 2018 the City of Cebu honored the composer, Vicente Rubi for his Contribution to Music. Ludivina Rubi Najarro, his lone…
September 21, 2020 A Teen During the Martial Law Era 48 years ago, I was in high school but I was already aware that the dictator Marcos tried to muzzle the press. I was…
May 23, 2019 How to Smile (for photos) Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~Mother Teresa With the advent…
July 11, 2018 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…
January 27, 2018 Getting out of my comfort zone “We are so accustomed to the comforts of “I cannot”, “I do not want to” and “it is too difficult” that we forget to…
