TweetI often wonder how he would look like today. The young man as he often called himself even at 6 years old, is supposed to be an incoming college freshman, the last of my children to be in school. Would he have been taller than my husband? Would he have the same gleaming smile? Will he still throw me kisses and give me a...
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Tweet“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ?” I can easily relate to one of the last words of a dying Christ. Who has not, at some dark hour, cried out to the heavens in anguish and pain and wondered if indeed we have been cursed and abandoned by God ? Image taken from Luijoe’s prayer book The image of a dying...
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TweetIf there is one commandment in the Gospel that challenges me is “Love one another, as I have loved you.” We can come to Holy Thursday prepared by our reflection on how difficult it is to love some people, either because we recoil at their “smelly-ness” or because we find them unattractive or unable to...
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Tweet We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe. — Venerable John Henry Newman I am not ashamed to admit that I am not a devout Catholic. You can say, a Cafeteria Catholic. Ah, I can just imagine my dear departed dad worried about my eternal salvation. Is that what you call it? I...
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TweetIf I wrote a note to God I’d say please help us find our way End all the bitterness, put some tenderness in our hearts Youtube Video Link of Charice’s Note To God or view a clearer and larger video at the oprah.com media player. Take note: Charice’s first international debut single, “Note To...
read moreTweetMeditation gives you an opportunity to come to know your invisible self. It allows you to empty yourself of the endless hyperactivity of your mind, and to attain calmness. It teaches you to be peaceful, to remove stress, to receive answers where confusion previously reigned. Wayne Dyer It’s been two years since we moved...
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Tweet Every Good Friday was just like any other day for me. The streets are empty. Everything is still. At 3:00 PM, I’d bow my head in prayer and reflect on Jesus’ death. That is before the death of my son. I never knew what it felt to be the mother of Jesus, losing a son until of course, I lost my precious son 8 years...
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Tweet The blue rosary in the photo belongs to Luijoe. A month before he died, he placed it lovingly on the rear view mirror of my car so mama, you will always be protected. Little did he know that he would be in heaven a month later, watching over me and the rest of the family. The Holy Rosary played an important part in my...
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TweetYesterday, I caught up with Loida Nicolas Lewis at her condo somewhere in Makati just before her flight to New York. I have heard so much about her as an industrialist and philanthropist. It was my task to interview her for a University of the Philippines’ (UP) centennial book project to be launched next year for the...
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TweetAs I was reading my daughter’s blog entry where she said that “ The only thing we should strive for, she said, is calm. “, I immediately thought of serenity. The following day, I asked “did you mean serenity?” And she said “I think so”. I explained that most human beings search for...
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Tweet“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” (John11:25,25) I have so much faith in the above biblical passage. Most bereaved families derive comfort from that verse with the hope of reuniting with their loved...
read moreTweetYou will have to surf through the comments in Yuga’s entry Blogging is a privilege, not a right to understand why this blogger by the name of Blogie of (ittalks.robilloblog.com) starts to judge my spirituality because of a “sarcastic” comment I supposedly made. It’s funny that I am...
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TweetGod is subtle , but he is not malicious- Albert Einstein In the course of my grief recovery and encounter with other recovery groups, I learned that recovery is an intensely spiritual process that prods us to grow in our understanding of [tag]God[/tag] . My understanding of God is based on my Catholic upbringing (now verging on...
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TweetAlmost 7 years ago, my adorable son sat beside me while I worked on my computer. With both hands planted firmly on my cheeks, he asked, “Where is Heaven? Are the clouds heaven?” Unsure of the answer, I mustered to say something based on what I learned from my Grade school [tag]Religion[/tag] subject… “I’m not...
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TweetIf you studied at a Catholic School during the sixties, the nuns required you to scrawl “All for Jesus” on the top page of your notebook or pad paper. As a little girl, I had no inkling what “All for [tag]Jesus[/tag]” meant. Nuns during those days threw those beady mean eyed looks if you didn’t...
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TweetWhen I was new in my grief, many well meaning friends and relatives advised me this and that. I don’t know who among them suggested the “Healing of the Family Tree” and gave me a prayer. Each night, I was to say this prayer hoping in the belief that the curse of family deaths would end . (My 2 brothers, and a...
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TweetWhile on my way to Kay Warren’s Women Talk seminar, I pondered over her topic “How to be Joyful No Matter What“. Kay Warren is a two-time cancer survivor, a homemaker, and a pastor’s wife (the wife of Rick Warren, author of Purpose Driven life). Her favorite passage of Scripture is John 6:1-14 . In...
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TweetMy husband and I attended the third session of the Biblical Portrait of Marriage. The topic for the night was : Helper- The Role of the Wife. Helper means as in the one who assists, encourages and supports her husband. Not katulong (the literal translation of helper in Tagalog) To our amazement, there were 2 biblical...
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This is about me ( a Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son.
Recovery is a work in progress.... read more?
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Bullying in Philippine Schools
A hug is a handshake from the heart
A letter to my daughters. Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough
Being romantic in Batanes : A time to celebrate the beauty, gift, and the blessing of enduring love.
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