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grief

More than just a chart

It was my first day of hospital pharmacy practice exposure as an intern in a local public hospital. The air...

Rolyn Ember Lagan |
grief

The silence we hate

I’ve noticed a universally accepted attitude incorporated in our everyday lives: silence must be avoided at all costs. I’ve been...

Miciel Cabalatungan |
grief

Activism from the comfort of home

In many ways, my generation is the first to be born and raised in the digital age. Unlike millennials who...

John Kobe Balod |
grief

The many faces of motherhood

At 16, I find myself living with my grandmother, not out of choice, but out of necessity. My younger sister...

Khen P Julia |

Lonely together

This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on February 21, 2006. I knew she would eventually pop the...

Ruth Gadia |
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Coming home to our true selves

When I pass by rows of houses, I get curious about the little lives they live. What do they do...

Demsen Gomez Largo |

Living the dream

This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 24, 2008. My sister Lala and my closest friends...

Ria Abes Pasimio |
grief

The girl and the cat with short souls

Before my Tatay died, I jokingly told him not to haunt me in my sleep. He laughed then, still capable...

Aya Minerva |

My finest treasure

This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 1, 2005.  All throughout my childhood years, my father...

Karissa Javier Torio |
grief

Life doesn’t pause for death

The day my father died was nothing short of ordinary. A Sunday afternoon in June, with gray skies hanging low,...

Rhea Rose Balaysoche |
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