Love. Motherhood. Borrow. Life Lessons
BET YAP LAZATIN
I wore a white dress that day
I cried and wailed
I did not want to let her go
I found myself the day after
Alone and afraid, confused
Wondering where to go from there
What to do
How...
The Last Quarter of Our Life – The Questions, Fears, Blessings and Gifts of...
JO FAUSTINO-PANLILIO
It is our family vacation, but today, I decided to walk alone by the beach and look into the sea. It is a good day and lovely to stop and watch the sun rising....
Why Girl Scouting Brings Out the Best in Girls
NINA LIM-YUSON*
Were you once a Girl Scout, or a Boy Scout, for that matter? If you did experience Scouting in your life, what stands out? Was it the camping experience, perhaps? Was it a...
Wastelands
*ELISABETH ELLIOT
There are dry, fruitless, lonely places in each of our lives, where we seem to travel alone, sometimes feeling as though we must surely have lost the way. What am I doing here?...
2022, A Year of Healing
BERNADETTE F. CUEVAS
The Christmas Day homily of Fr. Kali Pietre Llamado at the Manila Cathedral talked about the difference in Christmas of 2022. He said we usually think of "a" Christmas as a time...
The Continuance of Legacy
ERNIE MAIPID, JR
The quiet in the car, going home from Christmas eve mass, joyfully broke when seven-year-old Aria, our granddaughter, thoughtfully greeted, 'Merry Christmas to all in this car!' To which, our grandson Andres...
True Hope & Joy of Christmas
CHRISTINE GONZALEZ
IT goes without saying that the last twenty two months of covid-19 lockdown has been very difficult and tumultuous one, so much so that we might be tempted to regard the usual Christmas...
Serving Through Storytelling
ARMI CONSUNJI-GENATO
The work of GAWAD KALINGA (GK) revolves around solutions to eradicating poverty, at the core of which is building a culture of caring and sharing, where those who have more are called upon...
Talents, c/o Stewardship
FORTUNATO DE LA PEÑA, multi-awarded professor of the University of the Philippines College of Engineering for 43 years and seconded to the Philippine government to serve intermittently under four Administrations, is Secretary of the...
Nothing Happens by Chance
PIA NAZARENO-ACEVEDO
My name is Pia Nazareno-Acevedo, I am 47 years old. I have been married for 22 years to Jim Acevedo. We have three sons, Marco (21), Paolo (18), and Joshua (10). I am...