Why Mothers Say, “If I Die, You Will Look for Me” Growing up, many of us have heard our mothers utter the haunting phrase, “If I die, you will look for me.” (In my mothers original words in Tagalog, “Kapag namatay ako, hahanapin niyo din ako.”) It is a sentiment…
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Life has a way of speeding by, doesn’t it? One moment you’re caught up in the whirlwind of romance, and the next, you’re navigating the quiet rhythms of married life. For me, marriage wasn’t about grand gestures or dramatic declarations; it was about finding comfort in each other’s presence, like…
I said I don’t want to get married, but I did. I said I don’t want to bear a child, but I did. I’m now married. I now have a baby. Both are significant milestones. These may be different from my ideas, but I am glad that I realized that…
Mesmerized (spellbind) is the word I would often associate when listening to CJ Kaamiño. It was at the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP) stage when I first witnessed barefooted CJ Kaamiño with her 2 other friends sang their hearts out to the beat of “Kayamanan ng Mindanao”.…