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A Blooming Gift
My children gave the white orchid to me, on the left, for Mother's Day 2017. It bloomed again this 2018, around Mother's day. Miracle? Green thumb? Or strong ESP? The trio of orchid blooms on the right was an anniversary gift from hubby in Jan. 2018. It stays in...
Happy Mother’s Day
I am because of who she was to me, my mother - Asuncion and because she @coriput allowed me to be her mother, at times my role model, my source of empathy and all together, these two women make me who I am. #happymothersday #iloveyouall
The White House of self-dealings and illicit affairs vs. truth and integrity
Exercise the power of God as a Christ-certified believer, the power of the Holy Spirit in you. Anonymous, 2018 On the eve of Mother’s Day, May 9 (celebrated in Latin America), I took my newly married niece and nephew-in-law to the Rose Garden Tea Room at the...
The clever capture of millennial moments in ‘As We Babble On’
Courtesy of East West Players [Disclosure: This writer is not related to the play’s director.] A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. Mahatma Gandhi Congratulations to my sistah Alison Delacruz, who directed the world premiere of...
The “red” stories of martyrs’ sacrifice of one’s life so others might live
Over 50 attendees gathered in West Covina, California for the launch of Manuel C. Lahoz’s “Of Tyrants and Martyrs: A Political Memoir.” Photo by Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz Yes, Martial Law is now over. The cruel tyrant had died. But there were other perpetrators during...
Have you found your voice? Unshackling hostile work environments
Disclosure: In my prior work life, I had the unfortunate experience of working for a decade+ in a hostile environment in Sacramento, and where I pervasively felt all the disparagement and negativity all the way to Los Angeles, where I was based, via emails, phone...
Life’s Storms Reveal Your True Friends
When I came to know her exemplary kindness, I thought she should have been the nun and I should have been in the working world. Well. you must already know that Manang Rose was an unassuming and prayerful person but also had strong values, especially kindness that...
‘The Man with the Muck-rake’: Common good requires truth and facts
In Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim Progress’ you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck-rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the...
