My son Ty turned 3 today. Not only that, today marked the 1st year death anniversary of my mother. And hey, today also marked the 1st year since we came home to the Philippines to start life anew. Today, a day so important to me and my...

I am busy with the preparation for my mothers’s 1st year death anniversary. Being the only person her in the country with the exception of my father– who is otherwise preoccupied, I am expected to do the logistics and what not. Aside from the task of preparing for the anniversary, my son is celebrating his 3rd birthday on my Mom’s anniversary too. Think about hitting two birds with one stone… The finale of my mom’s...

My father has just lost my mother almost a year ago. She finally succumbed to a lifelong problem of heart ailment. Weeks ago, a cousin from another town came to visit me and told me they had seen my father holding hands with a young girl… I was shocked but managed to curb my reaction and laughed it off. I completely forgot about the story until my brother came around on my birthday and informed me we have something important to...

32. Older. Definitely wiser. Happy Birthday to Me… Powered by Zoundry Raven

I have a pending claims dispute with my local bank, Banco de Oro.  It all started when the cashier at Makro swiped my debit card THRICE after their POS machine said “comm error” on its teeny screen.  I got tired of the “error messages” so I told the cashier to cancel the debit card payment and I decided to withdraw some cash using the same card at the ATM located in the store.  After withdrawing and looking at the...

…You may suffer bereavement, but life does not stop. It goes on… Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), Indian Film Director, Deliverance. It would be my brother’s 6th year death anniversary on the 25th. It has been awhile since I have thought of him, but death has been discussed recently and unlike some people I have become comfortable discussing death with my children. Joemen, my brother died at the age of 42. He died from myocardial...