She was standing two feet away from me. As the escalator was going up, I turned my head to the right and noticed. The lady, around 50-ish, does not have a left hand. All she had was a smooth stump that ended her wrist. I tried hard not to look. But my curiosity got the better [...]
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After spending more than 12 hours cleaning, sorting through clothes, books, CDs, cosmetics (to keep, give or throw away?) yesterday, I hit the bed at the unholy hour of 1 am today with muscles throbbing and with so little strength left that all I managed to utter as a prayer was, “Lord, I am so [...]
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It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince).
Just a few nights ago, a friend and I chatted about how we’ve both come to this point in our lives when [...]
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We’ve finally laid our Lola’s body in her final resting place at Manila Memorial Park several hours ago. The past few days have been busy for me and the rest of the family—talking to insurance and funeral home people, entertaining guests, making sure we have enough food to serve, among many other things. Now the [...]
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