her first birthday in heaven

How should I starting writing this? I didn’t even post anything on Facebook. I guess not posting anything is a hard habit to break especially writing something as dramatic as, maybe, this. As you can guess with this blog post title, today is Lola Ampie’s 79th birthday. Her first in heaven, our first without her.Continue

at thirty three

at work, in a hotel, and in a do it your own laundromat. hello, thirty three.

treinta y uno

Narinig ako ng nanay kong sumagot na bente-otso na ako nung may magtanong ng edad ko kahapon. Ang nanay kong mahadera sumabat agad tapos ipinagsigawang, “Hoy! Mahigit trenta ka na!” Makasopla naman si Mother Earth ng edad, akala mo walang bukas. Hahahaha. Hindi na lang ako sakyan sa pangarap kong endless loop of 28. DatiContinue

there’s nothing big with the big three-o

When I was in my mid-twenties, I was very conscious with my age. Like any other young adult, every passing year then makes me feel literally old. I embraced the idea that age is just a number in my late twenties but I still fret whenever I think about turning 30. I turned thirty aContinue