Biblical precepts on parenthood
Only people my age remember Lem-O-Lime. It came in an emerald green bottle and I loved to hear it fizzle as I poured it into a tall glass of ice. I loved it so much I wanted to drink Lem-O-Lime every day.   Once my mother made calamansi juice and poured it into a tall glass… Continue reading Lem-O-Lime
On Monday, September 10, 2012, as I sat at breakfast at 5:30 am and the kids were preparing to leave for school, I wrote the excuse letters they would have to submit to their teachers. They were absent on Friday because on Thursday, September 6, 2012Â Â the thunderstorm that came between 4-5:30 pm was reminiscent… Continue reading Mothering
When the RH Bill was taken from the archives and once more put on the calendar of Congress for deliberation, I distinctly remember how a group of Bible Baptists went on television and shared a stage at the Luneta with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to voice their opposition to the RH Bill.… Continue reading Is contraception the same as abortion? More on the RH Bill
I spent the afternoon with my mother on Sunday, September 2, 2012. She is 74 years old. At age 65, she developed asthma. At age 69, she had a severe asthma attack while in the car. She had a cardiopulmonary episode consequent to the asthma attack and she was dead on arrival at the Mandaluyong… Continue reading Mama said…
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, the Philippine Daily Inquirer contained a new story  about the Catholics Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for the Ateneo to investigate its resident professors who have circulated a statement of support for the controversial Reproductive Health Bill which is now on its second reading in Congress. The CBCP urged… Continue reading Positively Medieval: Heresy and the RH Bill