IT'S THE SMALL THINGS There has been an unexplained and abrupt silence in this space since January, and I heavily apologize for that. My last piece was a welcome to the new year and ended with the desire to share my goals and set my intentions for the new year (as I always do) but alas, that never...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS “And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — Eliot And that is exactly where I start this piece from. The holiday frenzy and pandemonium very much took me over the last week of December, explaining my absence from this place last week....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Twenty twenty-three. What a year. It tried. It tested. But, it also triumphed. If I were to summarize what it has been to me, I would need to borrow the words of Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Suffice to say, all is well that ends...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on the twelfth of December – the feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe. While I have always been aware about our Lady, and know a few devout devotees to her, I was never awakened to her presence and power until I lived the last two and a half years in Mexico....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is the second of week of December – Christmas is truly here again! Though to be honest it sounds quite redundant saying that given that we Filipinos have been celebrating since September came around. I write this on a long haul flight en route back to Manila from a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS This coming Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. Although this is largely an American tradition – a very major one at that – it is a holiday, and celebration of sorts that I have come to really grow to love. While the reason to celebrate has evolved from pilgrims...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS The end of October always proves to be quite eventful. With Halloween and holidays leading up to All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day to start November. This year was a bit more given the barangay elections which I was luckily able to participate in. I am a firm believer...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS On the month of October, we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM). It is a month that screams all things pink, and rightfully so, it pays tribute to some of the strongest women warriors this world will ever come to know. Pink gives life, and pink brings awareness to a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Some events that have transpired this past week has gotten me thinking about the cycle of life, and human nature in general. As with everything, at some point, all things must come to an end – whether it is life in and of itself, or the memories, events and chapters that...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last Sunday, Sept. 24 was National Daughter’s Day. To be brutally honest, I had no idea such day existed until this year. All thanks to social media, and the awareness it brings to such celebrations. As a daughter, it got me thinking about what exactly the day meant. More...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Dear twenty-one-year-old self, You are legal now. In every corner of the world. This definitely gives you some notion of extra freedom and power. But, if there is...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS A week into turning 33, I have well had a few days to reflect on what I think this coming year will bring about, and what it will eventually come to mean to my life. Of course, these are simply conjectures and hypotheses based on the now. If there is anything the past...
