As we look forward to a New Year with fresh hope for better things,
we also remember those when smiles were easily, completely and truly given.
[When fg and I were newly-married, he told me of the lanterns of Pampanga. But it wasn’t until I saw these giant lanterns that December of 1962 that I was truly impressed. In fact, from then on, we made it a point to watch the Lantern Competition every Christmas Eve. At one time fg’s brother, Coya Pepe, […]
Our first Christmas ‘together’, December, 1961. Did we watch the Lantern Parade on UP Campus? What I remember is that we met your sister, Ate Pie, and we ate at Max’s. So much food was left, so you had it wrapped and gave it to me. I was going home to Batangas the next day, and […]
A lovely Marks and Spencer’s hat or two.
What I would not give to watch as my gift is opened on Christmas morning, much as in times long past…
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a […]
Love comes, love goes,
but a sudden feeling never lets me be
somehow, I know,
quite a part of me isn’t changed since you’ve been gone
like a sturdy tree that’s seen a thousand seasons
I’ve to shed my leaves in winter
and grow them back in spring
to welcome life again
to welcome you
so goes, my life
still believe in […]
Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything […]