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Letting your words breathe life to others…
Abused. That is the feeling you get when someone dishes an unsolicited piece of advice no matter how well-meaning they seem. I was on the phone recently with someone and in one of the hurried discussions, I said something about … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, Church, counseling
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The gift that was Eloise…
Ten days before the first death anniversary of our Black Labrador, Sgt Beans, we had another painful loss. Our very sweet and gentle and cuddly, Eloise (white Jack Russell Terrier) had to be put to sleep because of severe atlanto … Continue reading
Posted in dog care, dog medicine, dogs, dying
Tagged Eloise, Jack Russell Terrier, love for a dog
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Ushering the new year…
I am typing this on a borrowed white Mac.. this machine certainly feel nice. Sitting under a very shady Talisay tree on a beach in Playa, Calatagan with the tide slowly ebbing out. The deep blue color of the sea … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, boyish dream, emotional searching
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From where I sat and from where I stood…
It is almost a month now that my mom has been confined at the hospital. An aggressive bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused the pneumonia that gave her the acute respiratory failure status. 2 weeks at the medical intensive care unit … Continue reading
Posted in reflection
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Self-medicating and hurling at church…
I had to undergo a root canal recently. It was life-changing… But before I was able to sit down at the dentist’s clinic.. I had a harrowing hurling experience caused by the intense pain of the tooth that was giving … Continue reading
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Walking past the hospital corridors….
October 10 I prepare one of my government IDs and surrender it to the guards. They use their camera mounted on top of their flat-screen computer monitor and take a snapshot of my ID and then mark my arm with … Continue reading
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Spartacus
It was very saddening to hear of the passing away of Andy Whitfield. His powerful yet vulnerable portrayal of SPARTACUS was something that was rare to see. When a friend allowed me to watch his whole SPARTACUS SEASON 1, I … Continue reading
Requiescat in pace – Rozano Villacanas
I did not want to be late. Not this time. I missed my flight from Palawan and had to buy another ticket home with another airline simply because I mis-read the time indicated as I was too engrossed with the … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, Church, death
Tagged Binalbagan Negros Occidental, Rozano Villacanas
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Tears on the flattened patch of orange colored flowers in bloom….
I requested Vincent ( he and Christian picked me up from the gasoline station near the highway) to stop for awhile so I could take some pictures of the side of the road. There was nothing out of the ordinary … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, challenges, death
Tagged death, motorcycle accident, road accident, Rozano Villacanas
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SOS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS http://www.firstaero.org/images/Media_Story_Images/Leavitt_Rescue_1979.jpg The universality of this distress signal using the morse code is still very much evident today. While the SOS signal has been replaced by Global Maritime Distress System, the term SOS (which for mnemonics sake have been spelled out … Continue reading