IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Christmas is a week away, and we are very well into the heart of celebrating the Yuletide season. As the Christmas carols play more frequently, we find ourselves singing along more merrily. After all, that is what the Christmas spirit never fails to do – at...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I can almost bet that as you read the title of this piece you broke out into tune. And I felt no other title could be more apt given that another (pandemic) year has just passed us by. I remember at this same time last year, though we tried our very best to keep...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque As the days go on, and as new variants spring out again just when we thought we had things under control, the more convinced I am that we have to accept that the world we live in today (and in the days to come) will be a “new normal.” I was so resistant to that...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque As I get older, Thanksgiving has increasingly become more meaningful to me. I do not know if it is because of the American influence in all my years of studying there, or finding myself on this side of the world these days, but it seems to be a holiday with...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque The holidaze are here again. Undoubtedly, our days have become faster paced. As the COVID-19 cases have thankfully dropped, and restrictions eased, more people have been out and about resuming their lives with some semblance of normalcy – with safety precautions...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I was blessed enough to have the opportunity to hear first Friday mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe this month, and pay her a visit once again. It was not even planned – a friend asked me the day before if I had wanted to go with her, and after...
ITS THE SMALL THING As creatures of the 21st century and as Hollywood has glamorized the grind, I feel like we were all pre-disposed to believe that rest is overrated, and hustling is the way to go. Admittedly, I used to be one of those people. Pre-pandemic, I was someone who would freak out if my...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS This weekend is Halloween weekend. If not for the pandemic restrictions, we would all be preparing for eager and happy children trick or treating outside our homes – a much anticipated tradition we have adapted into our culture. Growing up, I always associated Halloween...
ITS THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Lately, my social media feed has been filled with many things political. Whether it be colors, outright promoting a candidate, satire, memes, you name it. And then, there are comments from followers, people, and friends. I admittedly only glance upon them, not...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS This past week, the color pink made waves, leaps and bounds in the political world, as well as on social media where my entire feed seemed to be painted pink – between breast cancer awareness month and political preferences. But I choose to keep this space apolitical (for...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Ever since my mom’s ordeal with breast cancer in 2014, October has become a blessed month for me. For starters, it is a month that celebrates a lot of Feast Days – Saint Therese on the first, Guardian Angels on the second, and our Lady of the Holy Rosary on...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque Beneficence is defined as an act of kindness or charity. A good deed, if you will, with a strong essence of doing good for others. This has entirely encapsulated the very core of my partnership with a good friend of mine, Macky Fäh over the last six years. A...
