I thought I’d start out my post today with my very best holiday wishes to everyone. It has certainly been a year of ups and downs, with “C” words such as Calamities and Crisis taking over the Cs in Christmas and Cheer. A strong typhoon (Typhoon Bopha, locally known as Typhoon Pablo) ravaged Southern Philippines, leaving in its wake an… View Post
Lose Five Pounds In The Blink of An Eye
Can you lose five pounds stat? All I want for Christmas, among other things on my wishlist which is quite long, is to go to my Christmas party looking like I have lost five pounds. Dream on, Marie! After eating all those chocolates, cakes and other early Christmas goody gift boxes, there is no way I can get my wish…. View Post
Day of Silence
“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” On Tuesday, December 18th, there will be a blogger day of silence. We will post the button and that’s it. Please try to not post anything else that… View Post
Dear God…
My children screamed with delight at the amazing firework display this evening which capped off the Christmas cantata and Christmas cultural show at Upper Session Road in my City of Baguio . Watching my children so happy made me realize that in my other side of the world, in a place called Newtown, Connecticut, there are parents who can’t… View Post
Learning To Let Go
LEARNING TO LET GO/MAKING PEACE WITH YOURSELF The past may be holding you back. Let go, make peace, move on Something can end eventually…and unexpectedly. It may be a relationship or a job. Whatever it is, we dwell on the what-ifs, desire for an explanation and wish for a closure. Women are that way, I guess. We always want to… View Post