Ever since the deadline for submission of certificates of candidacy for the presidency, I have seen so much on my newsfeed that is either out and out propaganda, black propaganda and misleading links and posts regarding the candidates. I have seen much discourtesy and highly emotional posts regarding some candidates. I suppose I already expect this… Continue reading Frankly, I am appalled.
Last week we heard a grumbling and grinding of machinery in the distance. My children who were preparing for their prelim exams simply put their earphones on to muffle the noise. We thought it was just a cement mixer hired by the neighbor who was renovating his house. Later in the day when it ceased,… Continue reading Corruption in abstract and in concrete
I remember when I gave birth for the first time. My boy got very sick soon after he was born. By the time he had fully recovered, I found out I was pregnant with my second child. I had fully intended on going back to work a year after giving birth. Oh, well, I was… Continue reading Choosing family
I didn’t think I’d make it this far. I didn’t think my kids or I would survive long enough for them to enter university. “Oh, to grace how great a debtor, daily I’m constrained to be,” so the old hymn goes. At breakfast, hubby said to my daughter, ” You should probably bring Band-Aids just… Continue reading Feeling old…. Two kids off to university
We were having dinner one night and discussing recent events at a Bible Baptist Church in Metro Manila when one of my children asked, “But, doesn’t “theocracy” mean “the rule of God?” Don’t we believe in the rule of God? Don’t we believe that God rules?” Of course, we do! We believe that God rules… Continue reading The THEOCRACY I do not believe in