Our collective actions will help reduce rising temperatures, strong typhoons, floods, food shortages, wildfires, and pandemics. It is not really the environment that needs saving, it’s us. I was hesitant to write about the environment. It felt hypocritical because I am an environmental offender in many ways. Among my offenses are running a neighborhood retail store and a small woodworking business.

The richest family in the Philippines is Chinese. Out of the ten richest in the Philippines in 2020 by Forbes, seven are Chinese or have Chinese descent; they are the Sy siblings, Lance Gokongwei and siblings, Andrew Tan, Lucio Tan, Ramon Ang, Tony Tan Caktiong, and the Co couple Lucio…

I am good at finding income-generating opportunities. Within the past three years, I started a neighborhood retail store, created an online shop in Shopee, sold more than 1 thousand items through the Facebook marketplace, and joined affiliate programs. Yet I have little to show for it. This year I decided…

This is my 12th year as a mother. I still have a long way to go, but I’ve come this far with a grateful heart and a hopeful spirit. Parenting is a learning process. For the past seasons and the present, these nuggets of wisdom I learned from books, mentors…

Crippling scarcity, cruel, rough, treacherous land,  still, she thrives and blooms.

Only God completely knows what’s in your heart.

Love so great and deep, betrayed, suffered, crucified,   died and rose again!

This month marks my second year of owning and managing a neighborhood retail store of household staples; commonly known as Sari-sari Store. By God’s grace, we did not only survive, but we are thriving. Our product inventory quadrupled since we first started. It’s still a small business but it has…

Today I did something brave, I looked at my 2023 goals. Bad news, my 2023 goals still look farfetched. Good news, I still have nine months left in 2023. I still have a chance, it’s a long shot I’m going to take. How about you? Have you set goals this…