My Sister, the Aldub Fan
My sister, the eldest in the family, became eligible for twenty per cent discount across the board just last May. If you get my drift. Sh...Read More
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Cody, the Black Labrador who Saved my Brother-in-Law’s Life
Cody, the black Labrador who saved my brother-in-law's life. My sister and her family had just moved to a new home, and I was curiou...Read More
Getting Clarified on the LA Tenorio Familial Connection
Image credit: http://www.interaksyon.com . Visiting the wake of an uncle in Nasugbu last Monday, I found myself in the company of a cous...Read More
A Loose Concept of Time
There are just people who, shall we say, have a loose concept of time. One of my sisters, as things are, just happens to be one of those. ...Read More
A 12-Year Old Shares Story of Struggle with Cancer
Last month, I was with a friend who honoured me by telling me of the difficult time his family went through as one of his children struggled...Read More
Duke: An Azkal Shepherd With a Strange Dog-sinality
When I was a teenage boy, our family used to own a mongrel named Duke. I honestly do not recall who gave the dog to us; or why he got to be...Read More
Sometimes Dad Knows Best
You have to understand how my Mom ruled the household: she was the archetypal Reina Emperatriz, capital letters intended. She was born ...Read More
The Saddest Story: When a Pregnant Woman Meets her Husband's Pregnant Mistress
We used to have a lavandera who would come in every once in a while to do the family’s laundry. She was this dark, skinny Ilongga who had...Read More
Telling the Departed to go to the White Light
Like most everyone else today, I had the television on from early in the morning to mid-afternoon following the funeral ceremonies for the ...Read More
Trips to the Market With Mom
Every other Saturday when I was a young kid, my Mom would take me along on a sortie to the Batangas City market where the fish – or so she ...Read More
Spook Stories: Sometimes There is a Logical Explanation
Those of you who have been to the Dallas area of the Base know that many of the houses in that section of the military property are – or w...Read More
Explosion of Colors on a Bed of Daisies
This may come as a complete and utter surprise to even the people I consider my close friends and associates these days, but the truth of ...Read More
The Sheer Anguish of Grieving Without A Body
Last year, I wrote this lengthy piece about the manner in which my Mom passed away. I think Dad deserves a bit of a mention as well; belate...Read More
Japs: Distrust of the Japanese Because of World War II
Just between us – and the pox on you if you breathe a word to anyone – I was born 14 years after World War II ended in the Pacific. Despi...Read More
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