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Why selective amnesia is my superpower
It was my fourth pregnancy. My water had broken and I was at the hospital, experiencing the first pangs of labor. I was in pain. My back hurt. My belly hurt. Everything hurt. In a moment of unexpected clarity, I shouted: “What was I thinking? What was I thinking?!” I had suddenly remembered the bloody,…
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The unexpected joys of traveling with grown-up children
Confession: I didn’t like going on vacations all that much when my children were younger. Yeah, sure, we were making core memories, but do those moments have to be so damn exhausting?! Mwahahaha I’m a single parent, which meant I had to do the work of two persons to make those core memories happen. But…
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Why volunteer work is good for you
A recent work trip found me passing through the town of Aborlan in Palawan. I have very fond memories of Aborlan. It was at Aborlan that I had my first taste of marang. It was also at Aborlan that I started smiling once again. It was July 2019. My father had passed away a few…
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My exciting introduction to EDSA Carousel
I confess. I didn’t know anything about the EDSA Bus Carousel before my inexplicable urge to try riding it. Because I went to college up north, I grew up traversing EDSA. On Mondays, Dad would speed through the highway from Makati, managing to get me to Katipunan in less than an hour. When I started…
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How to pose in a swimsuit in your fifties if you’re not Paulina Porizkova
Of course, there is only one Paulina Porizkova but this doesn’t mean the rest of us have to look all sloppy either. Picking the right swimsuit is half the battle. The fifty-year-old body is not like the forty-year-old’s. We’ve got some mileage on us, and we should be proud of it whether it’s because we’ve…
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