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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Adelle Chua

Breaking patterns, starting over

“Ending violence also means enabling survivors to begin anew.”   IT’S always easy to comment on certain issues from the outside. Such is the folly...

Side hustlin’

“In praise of the ‘abogading’” COTABATO CITY – I’m trying to learn the administrative nuances of the newly created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao,...

Week of the Big Day

“Ultimately the greatest reward is yet another blank page.”   People have grand, great, generic dreams. Examples would be to attend a good school, have...

The girl with the typewriter

“What would we say to our younger versions?” At age 17, at the home I shared with my grandmother and uncle, I grinned in front...

Cleaning to death

“It’s realistic, practical, kind, and considerate.” Holidays afford us time to rest and be with our loved ones, but also time to reckon with our...

Shifting the shame

“In court, she told him: ‘So many times, I said to myself – how lucky am I to have you at my side!’” A grandmother...

Come as you are

“Halloween is just another excuse to eat and be together.” The kids, who are all adults, and I are advancing our Halloween party this year....

Busy much?

“We don’t need to stop, but pausing could save us.” Last Thursday was Mental Health Day, a global effort to raise awareness of mental health...

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