Born to Be You

Do you know anything about nests or nest building? Surely I don’t. Where does this came from, you may ask? On my way back to the building I work at, there’s a beautifully crafted nest that caught my eyes. I’m guessing it fell off the tree and someone picked it up and put it down…

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Happy?

I’ve been in a deep rut as far as to my writing is concerned. Somehow, I created this invisible wall that is preventing me to express myself. Writing to me is showing my vulnerable side. And I truly miss that side of me. To help me get out of this rut, I bought the Ice…

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{Out of Character}

“Being unmotivated means you need deep rest from the character you’ve been playing in the world…” I read this somewhere but there was no credit to who actually said it. Have you felt unmotivated lately? Unmotivated to write, maybe take photographs. Unmotivated to let yourself love freely, forgive easily or to just simply be. What…

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That Thing Called Self-Love

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski At some point in our lives, we were told to give our all in everything. To love with all our heart. To be the best person that we can be. To always put our best foot forward. That sacrificing is the greatest…

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A Man Like No Other

Theirs was a marriage meant for the books. He was a man like no other. My father was the youngest among six children. Him and my mother were neighbors. They eloped and were married on March 3, 1963. They were blessed with five children, with twins. I always remember Daddy to be a hardworking man….

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Who Are You?

It’s 3 a.m. (3:12 to be exact). And just like as always, I try to make myself fall back to sleep by scrolling through my social media account. Sometimes it works, at other times it doesn’t. While I was scrolling, I saw this article about motherhood. That of being a stay at home mother. The…

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Follow the Crowd?

Are there any rules for blogging or expressing one’s self or writing our own stories? If there is one, I am so glad I am not aware of it. Because, you know, I don’t like to follow certain rules on how I should write or tell my stories. I like it simple. I like it…

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What Happentance?

: a circumstance especially that is due to chance: I am fifty years old. At my age, I still watch teenybopper movies like “What A Girl Wants” to some serious and hopelessly romantic movies like “The Notebook,” “Nights in Rodanthe” and “The Best of Me” just to give you an idea. You can say, I…

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It’s Not About Me

For the past weeks or was it months (at least that’s how it felt like), I have this empty feelings about my IG account. Now if you know me personally, you would know how much I love photography. But then it came to a point where all I see are people posting photos every day…

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Which Side Are You?

Has it ever occurred in your life where you asked yourself if you are on the wrong side of the fence? Just a few hours ago, I had this dream. In my dream, I was still in school. In a particular class, there were a few of us that were not chosen to be included…

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