A lot can change in a year
When I left home with two suitcases and my acceptance letter in hand, I was stepping into uncharted territory, uncertain...
Meeting the new year alone
Around me, the night glows with bursting fireworks and the laughter of families celebrating the holidays. I, on the other...
Christmas is not for everyone
Christmas is not for everyone. It is not for the incomplete. I have known this since I was 7 years...
To my virtual friends during the pandemic
Looking back, it is almost unbelievable how our friendship began—not in a bustling coffee shop, on a work platform, in...
Four-cornered love
There is a certain chokehold only “balikbayan” boxes have on me—a grip that starts the moment Mama calls and says,...