Tweet“It’s not about the music, but about being yourself!” – Lady Gaga
Celebrating love, life and experience in the midst of protest against Lady Gaga concert.
“Tonight is all about togetherness. In our differences, we are all the same.”- Lady Gaga
I half-expected her to show up in a semi-naked attire or...
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TweetYou can’t wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug. ~Author Unknown
HUG [huhg] – verb : to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace
A friend who I have not seen for over 30 years suddenly gave me a full-on hug, unselfconsciously without much thought and took my breath away. I...
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Tweet “Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor.” Henry David Thoreau
To my dear daughters,
It is...
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TweetView my Batanes photo gallery.
Each wedding anniversary that my husband and I face every year deserves to be celebrated in any memorable way.
Every celebration symbolizes our annual renewal of our vows to each other —
“to have and to hold
from this day forward;
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in...
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TweetUpdated: Includes curated tweets during a discussion last April 21, 2012
“I tell people —You don’t want to talk to your child about your kids’ sex education. Well therefore, your child will learn sex through billboards, through internet, through magazine, through exploitative media outlets. Good luck. I talk to my...
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TweetDo not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato
I had known all along that my two girls are unique in their own right. In the traditional way of schooling, my...
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Tweet“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Summer afternoon…oh the summer afternoon. I...
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TweetApril 20, 2012- I first wrote about sex education in the Philippines in July 21, 2006. This blog post shows how interested online readers are on sex education. Read the comments
News Update (March 11, 2008)- Bishop, prolife group to challenge QC sex education ordinance in Supreme Court
What is happening to our sex education?...
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Tweet“The end result of your life here on earth will always be the sum total of the choices you made while you were here.”
I have choices. We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see.
People may feel trapped in their relationships, their jobs and their lives. They may feel locked in a controlling or caretaking...
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Good grief. What am I doing here?
If I were seated here, watching this event 12 years ago, I will not be able to recognize myself.
My grief , the loss of my son brought me to where I am today. A whole new world. A blogger that talks about “Touched by an Angel” at her blog, the aboutmyrecovery.com . A blogger that...
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Tweet Looks like a few readers are interested in the upcoming, unwritten book on “How to Please Your Mother-in-law without losing your identity“. It’s not an impossible book. Based on practical tips from successful daughter-in-laws (like myself, I would hope so) who get along with their mother-in-laws, here are...
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Tweet“If I die, Mama, will I be alive again?” Luijoe asked. My six-year-old was lying on the bed, flipping through the prayer books piled on his tummy.
It was Holy Week, a month before that fateful day of May 27, 2000.
I turned my body to face his and stroked his cheek. How could I explain the mysteries of death to a little...
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