WAY TO GO! (Where Ninang?)

WAY TO GO! How fast we get to our destination depends on how well we take directions. Easy? Nope! On my way to answer an emergency medical call, I was detoured to another direction due to a marathon around the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) complex early Sunday morning. I thought the new route … Continue reading WAY TO GO! (Where Ninang?)

MORE!

MORE! We don't have enough. We can't be content with enough. Enough is not enough. We need more. Spouses separate. Friendship ends. A child leaves home. Trainees quit. A person takes his life. An employee steals. Lovers elope. A mother curses. Unforgiveness. Enough!!! They need more. More effort to show appreciation. More patience. More understanding. … Continue reading MORE!

The Path of Lesser Resistance (Least Ninang!)

The Path of Lesser Resistance (Least Ninang!) Who doesn't want life to be easy? But life wasn't meant to be easy. In fairy tales, in blockbuster movies, in biographies of famous personalities, in the Bible itself, difficulties are essential to life and living well. But people would most often do what is easy. And get … Continue reading The Path of Lesser Resistance (Least Ninang!)

WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO? (Can they find their way home Ninang?)

WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO? (Can they find their way home Ninang?) I have never broken up with any guy except my husband. Then of course we made up; broke up, made up, broke up, made up (how many times Ninang?? "I don't know how many times exactly!")...broke up weeks before the wedding, made up … Continue reading WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO? (Can they find their way home Ninang?)

DISPARATE HOUSEWIVES

DISPARATE HOUSEWIVES "Will you be willing to give up your practice for family?" I remember Eric asking me. I'm not sure if it was during the time he was courting me (hmmm.. was that a test?), or after committing to a "boyfriend-girlfriend" relationship. I said "yes" without hesitation, with a condition of course, "if you … Continue reading DISPARATE HOUSEWIVES

THE PERFECT ONE (there is Ninang? πŸ€”)

THE PERFECT ONE (there is Ninang? πŸ€”) "I can't be perfect mommy!" I suddenly felt pity more than anger or frustration for my child who did not do as I instructed. I did not expect that my "why did you's" and "why didn't you's" would be received as instruction for perfection. That it will be … Continue reading THE PERFECT ONE (there is Ninang? πŸ€”)