Nov 30, 2021 | Faith, Peacemaker
Last year around this time, I had COVID-19. Thankfully, I did not require hospitalization, but for a week my body burned with high fevers and froze with chills. I experienced weakness, lethargy, and shortness of breath. I lost my sense of taste and smell. Sleep seemed...
Nov 24, 2021 | Peacemaker
Thanksgiving Day is the only day of the year that my mom shared her sacred kitchen with my dad. One of my favorite memories is waking up to the smell of turkey roasting in the oven, and the sound of the radio as people called into the Turkey Hotline. Weeks before the...
Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Even though I’m half-Filipina and the Philippines is a nation made up of over 7,000 islands, I was born and raised in Indiana, a landlocked state that is 629 miles from the nearest ocean. During the pandemic, on a rare night out in the suburbs of Indianapolis, I...
