Last September, my grandma went to be with Jesus. This feels like déjà vu because Nanay (my maternal grandma) passed away last year. This year, it was my paternal grandma, Lola (that’s Tagalog for grandma). She wasn’t very religious or spiritual, though she accepted Jesus a few times in her life and went to both […]
My 2021 OneWord & Turning 36
Let’s be perfectly honest. 2020 was a whole year of nope. There’s a global pandemic that’s still ongoing. California fires that came close to where I’m at. Racial and political unrest. My dad had two heart attacks. My grandma went to heaven. It still catches me off-guard, especially when I do something that I think […]
Remembering Nanay
My OneWord for this year is Story. Ha! I laugh because there’s nothing else I could do. I’ve rewritten this blog post so many times and it never felt right. Nothing about this year feels right. 2020 isn’t the story I wanted. 2020 isn’t the story any of us wanted, but it’s one we can’t […]
My One Thought On Turning 35
I turned 35. It feels like a milestone and I should have all these thoughts and feelings, but I really only had one: I’m not where I thought I’d be by now. I’ve had this thought before at different milestones in my life and I’m used to it. That feels like it’s both a good […]
New Year, New One Word
The last year has been interesting for my writing. Although I’ve been very quiet – practically nonexistent – here on the blog, I’ve been writing a lot for the ministry. Every month, I write children’s ministry curriculum and it has taken a lot of my time. I really didn’t like that and I could improve […]
The Year of Brave: Diabetes, Pyelonephritis, and Ovarian Cyst (My 2018 Recap)
Brave was my One Word for 2018 and honestly, I felt like Amy Adams in Justice League where Lois Lane told Clark Kent, “I wasn’t brave. You would’ve been disappointed in me.” Last year, brave didn’t look like what I thought it would…what I wanted it to look like. I wanted brave new worlds and […]
CHANGES to my 23andMe Ancestry DNA Report
23and Me added 13 new populations to their database. As a result, my Ancestry DNA Report was changed and updated! There are quite a few changes that I want to share with you below. You can see the old and new Ancestry DNA breakdown below. If you want to find out your Ancestry DNA […]
