Grandma’s Poem

( This poem was written by my mother-in-law Dr. Lydia Lalunio. It is written in my native language, Tagalog) Meme na Bunso Meme na bunso Sa iyong kuna Pagod si Nanay Sa pagbabantay Di alintana Pagod, puyat niya Lakas hinuhugot Sa Poong Maykapal. Sa buong magdamag Ay gising si Nanay Sa daing ni Bunso Puso’y…

The Meaning of Life

Wow! Such big words! It’s not as profound as you might think. Nowadays, with everything that is going on in the world, around us, and in our own lives, we have to be able to find meaning in our day to day routine. In fact, just being able to go about our day has meaning…

Setbacks…

For lack of a better title for this post, I wrote “Setbacks…” as in the plural form. We brought Isaac to the emergency room on April 2, Sunday, the day of his party and just a day before his birthday. We got admitted and had to stay until Thursday of that week. It was the…