Category Archives: Home

Failing Senses and Heavenly Scents

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

I am increasingly becoming hard of hearing Many sounds and conversations I do not hear Am I being attuned to heavenly sounds Because the end is drawing near? My eyesight seems to be fading too I have to squint to … Continue reading →

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Where Is Home?

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

A room is a still a room, even when there’s nothin’ there but gloom But a room is not a house and a house is not a home When the two of us are far apart And one of us … Continue reading →

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Early Morning At Home

Posted on April 25, 2019 by

My first sunrise back home. Still jet-lagged, I was up at the break of dawn and caught the sun as it was rising from the East. Home. Home? Where is home? In recent years, I have been shuttling back and … Continue reading →

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I’m Coming Home

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

Nothing evokes as much peace and joy for me as the thought of coming home. Home is a place where I can be myself, where I can put down my masks and scratch where it itches. Home is where I … Continue reading →

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The Empty Manger

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

It is Christmas eve and it is all quiet in the house. Anabelle and I are spending Christmas all by ourselves for the first time since 1975 when we spent our first Christmas together as a married couple. Since then, … Continue reading →

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Caring For The Elderly

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

Alzheimer’s disease is a dreadful condition for those afflicted. Imagine slowly losing your memory and mental faculties day by day. Ulianin, is how we used to call them in Filipino. A distorted version of Benjamin Button, where as one ages … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. ~ Luke 19:1-10 I have always loved to … Continue reading →

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What I Learned From Martin

Posted on March 20, 2016 by

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made … Continue reading →

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Remembering Ima Once Again

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. John 5:8-9 Today is the birthday of Ima. I remember her healing hands and her seemingly endless store of … Continue reading →

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A Place We Call Home

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new … Continue reading →

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