longing
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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…
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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…
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Revelations + Destinations
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…
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Four-cornered love
There is a certain chokehold only “balikbayan” boxes have on me—a grip that starts the moment Mama calls and says,…
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