When someone we love dies, a part of us dies with the person. Our heart won’t be able to recover that fast. Even the smallest and simplest things can become hurtful and can make us sensitive. It could get overwhelming…
I had three major heartbreaks. 1. My biological father left us when I was four. 2. My biological mother left me when I was five, came back when I was eleven and denied the fact that she was my mother…
Some people seem to believe that the world lacks love because people refuse to give it. That may be true but I believe people find it hard to give love simply because they have trouble receiving it. Lo and behold,…
“Oh wow, did you cut your hair?” “Who do you hang out with these days?” “Do you even go out?” Meeting up with a few friends I haven’t seen in a while, these were the kinds of questions I was…
Serving the less fortunate is not attractive for many. I was stricken by this reality. It’s sad to think that others look at them that way or dare not to look at them at all. I remember two years ago,…
The operative term is fall. Not jump, not walk, not run, not crawl, but fall. It denotes plummeting from a height, incurring wounds and bruises. They say actions speak louder than words. But words sometimes overwhelm actions. Remember that…
I have always believed in the idea of being so full of love that it just overflows. Having a whole vat of happiness inside me would make it impossible not to share it with everyone, so it would seem smart…
Love happens and then love ends. When love has to leave, you cannot just stand its way. As they say, there’s no stopping the inevitable. Surviving the days after love is already gone is like taking a difficult exam you…
Stop telling me “you’re beautiful.” I’m more than that. Women are the most beautiful creatures ever imagined. Every TV ad and every billboard says so. Everything that you can see on the monitor says so. Women…
Do what you always love and do it honestly. This was a line I heard from a song by the Angels and Airwaves while heading home from work. Pondering about it, a lot of ideas and memories came…
With the fast pace of modern living, it is easy to be overwhelmed and to feel lost in life. The pressure of complying with our society’s standards takes the joy out of living and can make one feel burned out.…
I stared at my blood-tinged vomit and said to myself, “I have to end this or else I’m going to die.” A decade ago, I felt fat and ugly. I saw no beauty whenever I looked at my reflection.…