honoring my mother

THIS always gets me. Whenever my small fam and I walk around a shopping mall, everyday scenes where old people in benches …

WHENEVER I detect a hint of hesitation brought about by stress in my young son, I always assure him, in not-so-many words, …

A LONG time ago in college, during an exam, we were asked to explain what the trickle-down effect was, and along with …

SINCE the early 80s up to the present, many a time have I been in conversations with both old or retired, as …

FOR THOSE who believe they possess the proverbial green thumb, it will only be much later when you realize that there is …

OUR ONCE-SLEEPY family compound is again suddenly roused from its lazy slumber by booming karaoke in the lanai and the sound of …

THERE is this piece of gentle advice I received from a teacher and friend a long time ago for problematic people (like …

INDEED. Like a soft breeze or a lingering thought, the zeal that elegantly clothed the people’s animated demeanor during the season of …

THIS IS definitely one of my favorite stories to tell. As a little piece of trivia, it is one of the first …

A COUSIN had mentioned, rather candidly, why is it almost always only during wakes and funerals that friends and distant relations from …