Christmas 2021. I have a thing for Christmas. As a (Filipino) pastor’s kid, I grew up in an environment where…
Behind the Scenes of a Christmas Photograph
Christmas 2020. Behind the one family photo that makes the proverbial Christmas postcard are a dozen outtakes and stories. This…
Counting the Days, and Making the Days Count
It’s the first day of November and day 231 of this lockdown. Most of you probably stopped counting the days…
Wrapping up the Past Decade in a Bow
A tad too late to the decade-ender party but as always taking my time to process it all—the decade that…
How I Want to Remember This Christmas
Christmas 2019. “Best Christmas ever!”, says my daughter mid-jump, eyes twinkling bright like the northern star. I may have said…