Happy Easter, Mama Diaries Fans! Mama’s Daily Schedule: 5:00am – Mama starts waking up G and E, demanding breakfast 6:00am – E gets up and prepares Mama’s breakfast (lugaw) 7:00am – Mama is still eating breakfast reluctantly and lamenting that she wants to sleep. G administers her meds. after, Mama sleeps for about 10 minutesContinue reading “Living with Alzheimer’s 13 (a series)”
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A Time for Bonding
At Short Notice Our third trip to Bicol was planned at really short notice. Joey and I had an unspoken agreement to bring our elderly mom home to Albay regularly so that she could visit her equally aging brothers and sisters. We hadn’t been very consistent with the dates but had somehow managed to makeContinue reading “A Time for Bonding”
A HERO FALLS UNEXPECTEDLY
Why does a hero have to die when things are going so well? When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the idea of democracy in the US was becoming a way of life. When Ramon Magsaysay died in a plane crash, the people of the Philippines were learning to live a corruption-free lifestyle. When Mario Okinlay wasContinue reading “A HERO FALLS UNEXPECTEDLY”
Life in the Bukids 