Message from a Grateful Son
CECILIA "BOCHIE" & RICO TAPALES SANTIAGO
My son, Rico's message on my 80th birthday deeply moved me, and I can't stop thanking God for his...
A Rainbow After the Rain (Part 1)*
CONCHITA G. BIGORNIA
"Sometimes things don't make sense until the end of the story."
I came across this post from one of Malee's nieces while I...
Embracing Personal Clarity Moment to Moment
PIA NAZARENO-ACEVEDO
I used to say tomorrow isn't promised, but today, I say… later is not promised. We are invited to be present and live...
Heavenly Salvation From Fire*
CATHY CHENG BONDOC
A decade ago, one mother managed to stay tranquil amid a literal firestorm, realizing family and faith matter most in times of...
God’s Caring Presence
ERNIE MAIPID, JR.
For two decades now, Gawad Kalinga (GK) has sought to help the underprivileged in their struggle with poverty by building caring and...
Let the Children Come…as We Hear their Silent Cries
ARTURO L. ZUÑIGA
In 2011, the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED) created a tutorial program called CORNERSTONE that reached out to the children in...
Living Each Day as if it Were the Last
BERNIE CUEVAS
Living each day as if it were the last
This phrase is certainly not an original line. Many have written reflections on this topic...
The Late Bloomer’s World of Make-Believe and Reality Collide
DOLLY DE LEON
As the youngest of 4 children in a middle-class Catholic family, where a doting and loving father was working mostly and a...
Loving the Poor Out of Poverty (‘Walang Imposible, kung Walang Iwanan’)
ERNIE E. MAIPID, JR
It has been close to 27 years, and Gawad Kalinga (GK), a community-based development program for the underprivileged, is still faithfully...