Sep 9, 2025 | Culture, Faith, Featured
I awoke to the rhythmic murmurs of my mother praying. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Hail Mary,...
Jun 17, 2025 | Culture, Featured
Whenever I travel to a new city, I always try to visit a museum, a bookstore, and a great local restaurant. Even at home, I visit our local museums and First Friday gallery nights when I can. I daydream of working among works of art, and even considered returning to...
Mar 4, 2025 | Culture, Featured
My Argentine mother-in-law stopped me in the hallway to give me a drying rack and a package of new sponges. We had been staying with her and my father-in-law for about a week as we waited to move into our new house. As move-in day approached, the gifted pile of items...
Mar 30, 2024 | Culture, Featured
You planted in me a love for the ocean, but a life so far from its shores. Maybe the love originates from a thread deeper than you, one that reaches back to our ancestors whose home on the islands was all they knew. How did we get so far away from them? Or them from...
Dec 11, 2023 | Culture, Faith, Featured
In the summer of 2023, an unexpected change occurred. My son, who a few years earlier would barely brush his teeth or comb his hair, suddenly discovered himself in the mirror. Almost overnight, he decided that how he looked mattered. He started to try different...
Sep 26, 2023 | Culture, Featured
The threads connecting nature and culture are sewn deeply into my life experience. My childhood summer vacations to the Philippines often coincided with the rainy season. Instead of considering it a hardship, we’d treasure the rain that refreshed us and gave us relief...
