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I only wish it had been gentler

There is a particular kind of loneliness that does not come from being physically alone, but from living a life...

“I’m hungry.” These were my first words on the first morning after my first full eight-hour sleep in 10 months....

“My ‘multo’ is not a person, it’s …” This phrase may have stormed your newsfeed some time last year. We’d...

Never again will I fail my country like this. I often pinpoint 2022 as the year I began to care...

For years I had believed that one’s brilliance and relentless hard work, and maybe just a few drops of good...

This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on May 2, 2006. Dear Doc, You’ve probably had enough of...

Every day, I feel like all that is left within me is to grieve and mourn. It is hard to...

This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 31, 2001. To be a priest-that was my childhood...

For the longest time, I believed I was immune to regret. I held a steadfast belief that regardless of my...

This is a story told a hundred times in many different ways.