Welcome to Lotus Rainier
Seeking the Truth
I am not looking for a perfect world, not even a zero-mistake election process. But when you have results, ahead of closing the polls overseas, in a magical 2 hours' time, after 50% of the precincts are still tabulating, there's a stinky rat smelling up the process....
Your Will Be Done
God, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Mama Mary, more than 4 million of us, volunteers, online supporters, campaign supporters worldwide, we all did what we could to stand up for truth, values of incorruptible, God-centered, good governance, and bayanihan spirit of...
She’s one of a Kind
I am a Catholic who voted according to my conscience, informed by my values on truth, social justice, equality and most of all fairness. For over several decades we saw the Philippines suffer injustices from corruption, indiscriminate killings, conscious indifference...
Leaders of Great Vision
May 2, 2022 Our Second Exodus into the Light Our first exodus from the dark decades of Marcos' dictatorship mobilized millions to show up in EDSA in Feb. 1986. It was an anti dictatorship movement from 1972 to 1986, until vestiges of propped up dictatorship by...
Light of Tomorrow
April 20, 2022 Mobilizing as Thousand Candles of Lights Even Nature cooperates. A most beautiful sunset backgrounds Leni Gerona Robredo's rally in Bataan. Folks came out in the thousands. It is no different in a small province like Siquijor, or a much bigger one like...
Upholding the Common Good
April 6, 2022 #kakampinkwednesdays Movement for the Common Good Fired Up: Love is a Miracle - Never Give Up Casual lunches amongst friends become sharing stories about the goodness of the "Kapwang Filipino," the inner authentic selves full of goodness, solidarity,...
Warm hearts of solidarity and pakikipagkapwa
Threats of red are the warm, pink hearts of volunteers, ignited into Solidarity and Pakikipagkapwa, by the red blood in them, mirroring God's goodness. They are fired up by their love of Inang Bayan: to create public murals, beautifully made sculpture of Maria Leonor,...
Visions For Tomorrow
Skypaint: Take Your Visions For Tomorrow I was camping in Pismo Beach reading the 100 poems for Leni. I used my fingers to guide me which poem to read and it landed on page 50-51. It spoke to me: "Don't look at the writing on the wall: That's just penny-ante...
Two Minute Hug
Pismo beach's 2 minute hug An orange-brown monarch flew by as my husband created two verses for his poem, to describe his sensitive heart. I laughed out so loud, I believe the entire expanse of the camping site heard us. Beautiful day to lounge around under the...