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Trip Highlights
Here are the highlights to my ten day trip to the Philippines. First, we arrived in Manila where the traffic is like no other! The rules there are interpreted as just a matter of suggestion. Even crossing the street in some places seem like you’re playing with Life & Death. In Manila, we were able to…
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Dad’s Side
My nephew with cerebral palsy passed away yesterday. I was able to meet him just a few days before. When I first saw him I thought I was looking at an infant, and I was shocked to learn he was three years old. I am thankful for the brief time I had with him. I…
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Pasalubong
I have been preparing for a trip to my Mother Country, and have been thinking a lot of the people who made me who I am. How many lives have crossed to have me? They have crossed the seas and into mountains. My dad’s father came from a ship in China. Down my mother’s line…
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Daddy Lolo
I knew him as Daddy Lolo. He was my protector. He was my world. When I was a few years old we he would carry me on his back as he wandered about the streets. He would take me into the bars, and all eyes would fall on him. Everyone knew who he was. “Do…