A Mom and More

Do you talk to your dead relatives when you visit them in the cemetery on All Saints’ Day? My mom does as if our dear departed hear her. All Saints’ Day has been one of the occasions when my mom expects all of us to be together to remember the dead in the family: my [...]

Shopping is a great de-stresser and getting good finds at a fraction of their real value is a big bonus. For me and my daughter Aei, going to second hand shops has an extra benefit — it is a good bonding time for us since we are both thrifty (or rather, we have a small [...]

Have you ever had a callus – the thickened, toughened, hardened area of skin, oftentimes in hands and feet, formed by repeated pressure and friction? Some people develop calluses on their fingers when they play string instruments; others on their feet when dancing bare foot; some on their thumbs for too much video gaming and [...]

I do not recall liking dinosaurs when I was a kid. I knew from science lessons that dinosaur (dino) fossils have been excavated and preserved in museums; that these fossils proved that dinosaurs existed long before man — either contradicting the book of Genesis (which taught us that the world, living creatures and man were [...]

Today’s scripture reading and homily about Jesus as The Good Shepherd brought to my mind various images of what a “good shepherd” meant during various times of my life: 1. My first school – St. Domitilla’s School, now St. Bridget’s School, where I studied from Kindergarten through Grade 6. The school was a short 5-minute [...]