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A Series of Answered Prayers

It was on the fourth post-partum day that I stared at our newborn baby boy and was just overcome with emotion. It dawned on me that the tiny human in the bassinet was a series of answered prayers rolled into one. How apt that the first onesie we ever bought for him had the words, "I'm proof that God answers…read more
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A Fair Advantage Against Violence

Many of us have read articles and seen the statistics on cases of violence against women in the country and all over the world. In 2018, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime came out with the “Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related Killing of Women and Girls”. It stated that in 2017 alone, about 87,000 women were murdered around the…read more
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Powerful In Surrender

Powerful. That was the title of the song we flowed to at my last yoga class. Out of the blue, the studio director singled me out and asked, “In one word, tell us what makes you feel powerful.” (Hala revaleda ang show.) That caught me by surprise so I didn’t quite know what to say. I thought about it for…read more
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All Scrubbed Out

I guess it’s only fitting that I dedicate my first entry to explaining the blog’s title. No, this isn’t a blog about cleaning. Let’s just clear that one up first. Seven years ago, I set out to accomplish my dream of becoming a kick-ass surgeon. I knew I had my work cut out for me, with having to juggle residency…read more