Aunt Lib

Yesterday Mama called me to let me know that Aunt Lib, Daddy’s older sister was taken to hospice, was not conscious, and was not expected to last the night. The news hit me with a the blow of something soft yet heavy. This news is not shocking, as she has been ill for three years.
She [...]

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Today Being Earth Day…

Today being Earth Day, I thought I’d share a cosmic experience I had in the lush springtime of 1985. I was sitting in the backyard of our place in Cambridge, baby Mercy was on a blanket. Then I heard it. All Creation Singing. I heard the hum growing the grass, and growing the tree that [...]

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My Exciting Life

It seems that many eons have passed since the last posting, because so many things have happened, and life is extremely busy. The kids finally got well in time to go to Boston for Kiko’s birthday. Off we went yesterday, the homeschooled batch in one van sailing down the network of highways that feed [...]

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Fourteen Years

Fourteen years today since Daddy died. He died on Easter Sunday from pancreatic cancer. Thus endowing Easter and pancreatic cancer with an extra “sit-up-and-take-notice” feeling. I’ve written about his death previously in this blog. Today I had a few moments where I felt I should be somber, but I was not. Instead it occurred to [...]

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New England Easter Pinoy Style

Holy Saturday found us in the van crammed to the ceiling with kids, suitcases, various Ipods all playing different music, a laptop, and our dog. We spent Easter in New Hampshire with Bud’s parents.
I was sitting at the dining room table on Holy Thursday without a thought about Easter dinner and my Filipino sense of [...]

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