Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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Christmas after three years of COVID-19
We felt limited to gathering around with families and friends for three Christmas seasons. But this year is different. This year felt like we’re finally free, with some enjoying the liberty of optional mask-wearing while others remained cautious by wearing one. And what seemed to be endless family arguments every gathering, this year is unwrapped… Read more
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Making things work
If people in a given time and occasion find the same mind and heart, experiencing real joy is possible. If they choose to harbor disunity, dissension is right at the door. Read more
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Reuniting with loved ones
I’d like to think we all grew up with mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, either born into or chosen into or, perhaps, your own choosing. And when you’ve been apart from them for a while, seeing them again brings joy that overflows from all the memories you had with them. Sure, we can’t… Read more
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Love and hospitality
I find it difficult to be hospitable without love. Because if someone would say they can be hospitable without it, they must be play-acting. It takes love to look beyond inconveniences and sacrifices. Read more
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Holiday buzz
We feel the spirit of celebration, and everyone seems extra friendly these days. With Christmas songs playing in the background, you can’t help but lighten up your mood and surrender to the rhythm of the holidays. It becomes a good excuse to relax what’s been stiff throughout the working days, your thoughts. And like children,… Read more
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Selfish kids
After serving my niece her favorite dish, she began to put almost everything on her plate (more than what she could finish), leaving everybody else almost nothing. She is five. It seems that selfishness was the default. But she doesn’t know it. More likely, she doesn’t understand (yet) what it means to share a limited… Read more
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What day is it?
How many childish ways have we lost growing up? Perhaps, our different circumstances molded us and changed us until we became the selves we uphold today. But how fascinating can children evoke emotions we might have forgotten along the way. As my niece keeps dragging me to a calendar we mounted up on the wall… Read more
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