Wintering in a Second Spring

Who would have thought that I would discover the gifts of "Wintering" at the beginning of my second spring. When I left Manila in late March, I had a few health issues that were bothering me and I knew that this trip would be one that would focus on healing. True enough. A couple of…

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Grief and Gratefulness

Yesterday, January 22nd would have been my dad’s 91st birthday. I marked the day quietly, thinking of him and choosing to remember only the happy times we had. Dad around 1976 at the grounds of the American Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio Dad lived to the “ripe old age of 49.” I only had him in…

How Not to Fall by AmyTan

“Free Falling” by Alessandro Piras Last year, after fracturing my right wrist in a freak accident, one of my writing mentors sent me this practical and well written piece by the writer Amy Tan. I like to read it from time to time to remind myself about the many ways we need to take extra…