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(Photograph by Charisse Paculanang)
People have finally moved on in our neighborhood after the flood!! Broken furniture and appliances have been replaced; backyards have been cleaned; walls have been repainted; clothes and linens have been washed and dried; cars have been fixed; and most lives are almost back to normal!! And so [...]

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We cannot lift another unless we’re on higher ground.
As a human being, I sometimes find myself at the bottom of the pit and unable to write uplifting messages for this blog site. But there is one faithful reader among you who just won’t allow me to wallow in my mire of misery for a long [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
There was a story told of a girl being bitten by a rattlesnake on the ankle and her friends chasing the snake first before remembering to get back to her to extract the poison from her leg. Unfortunately, her friends took too much time to avenge the infliction that the girl’s leg [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
It was raining hard yesterday as we drove up to my favorite bridge that shows a view of the temple from its summit. I always take the inner lane of that bridge to give me a bird’s eye view of the Lord’s house when I reach its peak. I was hoping to [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
A motorcycle rider lost control of his bike and skidded in front of our car as we drove along the highway last night. I stepped on the brakes just in time to avoid running over him, but that essential act—that he later claimed saved his life—caused the car behind us to hit [...]

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Have you ever prayed for something for so long that you almost gave up on the thought of ever receiving it? And just when you were about to abandon all expectations of ever obtaining what you’ve petitioned for, you unexpectedly get it!!

Well, it happened to me many times before and it happened again most [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)

I sat speechless the other day as I listened to someone talk about her thoughts on ending her life due to something that other people would consider a great blessing. Just a few days prior to that incident, someone I knew grieved tremendously for the loss of the very blessing that this [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
Happy Mother’s Day!!! I hope that all the moms out there were pampered by their children the way I was today. Motherhood is such a noble calling and I’m grateful that I was given a chance to be a mom of two wonderful children here on earth! It’s one of [...]

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(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
 
My son came home one day with bruises all over his arms and knees. When I asked where he got the bruises from, he chuckled and said he was trying to chase the fastest boy in sixth grade, but failed to catch him. I asked if anybody saw him kiss the pavement. [...]

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