Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~Gene Perret Our friends, the beautiful couple Alma and Mario Miclat share the… Read More »The wedding vows
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ” My children are not with me right now. That’s okay because… Read More »Mother’s day greetings from a distance
In the corner of my room, lies a chest full of photo albums. Feeling sentimental over the celebration of our 26th wedding anniversary on the… Read More »Pampers Salutes Moms this Mother’s Day
26 years married today! Last year, my husband and I celebrated our silver wedding anniversary at the height of the miting de avance of presidential… Read More »Every wedding is a royal wedding
No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family,… Read More »Journey of a blessed family
““Always remember this: ‘A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses’.” John Lennon Any wedding makes me feel so… Read More »Sealed with a royal kiss..
We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred…If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other? – Mother Teresa
As countries across the globe observe the Day of the Unborn Child today (it is Day of Unborn in Manila) , I will be celebrating the 25th birthday of Lauren , my eldest daughter. I don’t understand why the Catholic church here in the Philippines calls it the “Day of the Unborn” which pretty much sounds like some creepy horror movie like the “Undead”.
Those against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill say they are pro-life and label RH advocates like me as “evil” or pro-abortion.
Well, hear ye.
I am pro-life.
I am for the Reproductive Health Bill.
I am pro-life because I believe that all births should be planned and wanted by their parents.
I am pro-life because I don’t believe in abortion except for special cases e.g. mother dying of high blood pressure
I am pro-life because I believe women do not have to die during childbirth.
Read More »On the Day of the Unborn, my daughter’s 25th birthday
As my boyfriend placed the engagement ring on my finger, my eyes just sparkled with excitement. Nothing could stop us from getting married. We were madly, deeply and truly in love for seven years. What did I know about marriage? I saw my own parents fight, laugh, tease and get back together. It’ll be a breeze for us, I thought.
Looking back at our 25 years of marriage and 7 years of steady relationship, I never imagined the challenges, the tears, the drama that befell us. The children just kept us together. On one of those dreary days, I thought , “how can we grow old together?” Would we become one of those old grumpy couples that don’t speak to each other in restaurants or one of those adorable elderly couples that everyone aspires to be?
Sappy as it sounds, it must have been love that pulled us back again or was it our little angel watching over us? With the kids at college and more time for ourselves to bicker or romance (take your pick), the quality of time spent made us rediscover ourselves as a couple and as an individual. For me, that meant, slimming down, trying to be fashionably smart, embarking on new ventures and becoming a healthy person inside and out. Having dramatic changes might have moved my husband to do the same.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Robert Frost Yes, it is Valentine’s day, another ordinary day for my husband and myself. Just… Read More »The art of love… is largely the art of persistence.
Who would have thought my beautiful and smart sister, Myrna would now be appointed vice-mayor of her city in California ? (She won a seat in the council last November 2010. The mayor and vice mayor are appointed by fellow council members)
Did it even occur to our family that she’d dabble with politics?
Nuh-uh. If you asked me who among my siblings would have made it to politics, Myrna would be the last in my list.
Back in our college days in the state university, she was the least politically inclined among the siblings. Myrna with her frail, petite features seemed too fragile to fight it out in street rallies. Lorna, my eldest sister was an activist, cut short when my dad threatened to bring her back home to Cebu. It was the same predicament with me too. I then chose to be active in campus politics, being safe from arrests. Ruben. my brother was a photographer for the Collegian and was even brought to jail for taking shots of a police tearing down a poster. The youngest sister though not as politically inclined was a leader in her college organizations.
Read More »Meet my sister, the new vice-mayor