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According to LCCian NM Valenzuela (author of Serendipity, Destiny… Continue

A long time ago, when I was twenty seven years younger and more certain that the world was made for me to conquer or to save, a two day climb up a mountain was a severe test of body and spirit. A silver wedding anniversary and 7 children later, I've decided that my life is not about conquering or saving the world but about being there for the neighbor who needs me. This greatly reduced view should make my life's directions a lot easier to follow. Unfortunately this is not so, hence the need for… Continue

Three Days Til Easter 2004

The big mountain climbing challenge of my mid-life began at 12:45 p.m., Holy Thursday, after briefing, prayer, and group pictures near the old hospital in Patag (Patag is short for "Patag-awayan" or battlefield). Except for Josephine, the kids quickly disappeared with the lead pack as we made the initial ascent, an unpromising but tiring hot trudge through roads and paths leading past vacation houses of people we knew. Slower Josephine complained about the heat and t… Continue

What does it mean, "Always"?
Usually? Most of the time?
As a rule? A lot?
Frequently? Often?

Not always "always."
Not always "forever."
Not always "all the time."
Not always "everytime.
Not always.

Yet still as children "Always" meant
Impetuous promise, sacred pledge,
That two would be forever friends.
No matter what the years,
The circumstances that would tear
Two hearts apart
And leave them lonely
In two different worlds,
The bond would not be broken.
Ever.
Always.

But yet, where are the fr… Continue