Life
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Reading the Bible in one year again
It’s that time of the year again to commit to reading the Bible in one year. 🎉 I used to read the Bible in one year every year (which I wrote about here) until a significant life transition reorganized how I spent my days, which in turn encouraged me to focus on reading and rereading Read more
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The cat boss is finally home
We booked a pet transport service to help us bring Novo from Manila to Davao. It took 17 days for Novo to finally arrive home due to various reasons, including delays in airline booking confirmation, expiration of pet transport documents, and offloading. The whole ordeal must have stressed him out, since he lost weight. But Read more
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Diving deeper
I had a dream I had a dream, and in it, my husband said we should find a pearl. But then, after some contemplation, he said, “Why not let’s look for an oyster, and perhaps we’d find more pearls than we could ever have than just by looking for THAT ONE PEARL.” We thought about Read more
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On being part of a family (and why you can’t opt out of caring)
There was a night when I thought about what family actually meant. It wasn’t about obligation; it was about showing up to lift a member when they are struggling without waiting for them to cry for help. Being in a family means you are willing to carry a load that’s not even yours to carry Read more
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Name it, claim it
When the “name it and claim it” sermon ended, I felt that familiar knot in my stomach again. Something about speaking prosperity into existence felt eerily familiar—like something I’d seen before, but wrapped in different packaging. When I was young, my sister and I watched The Secret when it aired on cable TV. It was Read more
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Late-night musings #31
I was trying to remember the quote that tells about how forgetting the past condemns one to repeat it. After an online search, the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy was correct to say that the quote is often inaccurately quoted, just like I did. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” The Read more
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Programmed to be chronically sleep deprived
In my sleep-deprived moments, I struggle to think deeply and clearly. There’s a thin cloud that warps my thoughts and keeps me from recalling things I want to remember during conversations or at work. At times, a colleague would say something, and I would ask them to repeat it a couple of times before I Read more
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