Letter from My Angel

Originally posted on Empty Nest Together:
The chapel was filled with the deafening silence of the families, friends and colleagues from what would have been their wedding guests list.. This black,cruel hand of poker played by the Universe was loaded against them from the start. They did not have a chance in hell! But how…

Thank You – Thanks

I tried to join others in celebrating January as National Thank You Month.  Feature photo is from Mark Zettler.    Everyday, I set my mind to express gratitude and express appreciation.   I said a gratitude prayer everyday.  I gave a Thank You comment on Facebook.    All these Thank Yous have given me a positive outlook,…

State of Mind -Weekly Photo Challenge

I feel troubled.    There have been so many challenges this week. It has been difficult to breathe and even write about it.   I feel hopeless.  I feel drained.   How I feel though is not the state of my mind.  My mind is on the goodness of the Lord and His faithfulness.  Today,…

Weekly Photo Challenge: A Cloudy Season

   Photo of myself.  Taken by my son Miguel at 2016 Art Fair Philippines at the Link car park. Makati City.     I am looking at Fair Isle by Martha Atienza. ( I phone 6.   Adjusted the exposure a little and cropped for emphasis.) I guess you could say it’s a cloudy season:…

Self-Care: Watching TV {Guest Post by Cara Strickland}

We all need some form of passive recreation. For me like this writer I like watching television shows. It is a break to separate productive time from resting time. It’s like a gate before sleep and restoration. For others it is self care, one of the things we do to maintain the ability to care…

Wine Crawl: What Singles Should Do The Day Before Valentine’s Day

   13 February 2016.  Saturday. 4 pm If you are single like me, you wonder what you do with yourself on a couples event like Valentine s Day.  My recommendation is to go out with your friends the day before and start drinking late afternoon.   Joining a wine crawl is probably the best pre…

Liturgical Love (or, In Defense of Greeting Cards)

Happy Valentine s Day! If you ever receive a Valentine this year, remember that it took more time and thought to pick it out than a sticker on Facebook or Viber. Greeting cards do more than greet. They send positive feelings and affection to receiptients who are sensitive and warm enough to receive them. Here…

WPC Life And Art

Life Imitates Art“>Life imitates art.   Or rather life and art and art and life.  I have found things in life with a little artistic impression stamped on.    I ended up finding how things in my life can be updated with a little artistic perspective /filter.    I passed by this place on the…

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Gift of Time

   Photo taken on iPhone 6. Camera 360 filter. Sketch One time piece is from my father who wore it everyday.  When I wear it, I feel time is on my side.   Another piece, a brilliant lawyer gifted me from his first paycheck.  It reminds me of happier times.   One wristwatch I bought…

Making LOGL ‘s 100 List of 2016

I wish I could say I thought about this but actually I read it as part of @michelleweber ‘s Blogging 101 course.   She asked us to look for other blogs we might like.  My reader fell upon Berdadisini s 100 list.   I envied this blogger s experience of crossing off more than 50 percent…

Hindsight: High School

Photo is from the St. Scholastica’s College website .    It is called St. Gertrude but we all called it the High School Quadrangle. It’s my high school reunion tomorrow.    I am looking forward to it.   I have made arrangements to see some of my friends, bosom buddies and acquaintances.   I reserved place at the private function…