Last Friday, the strongest storm to hit land swept into the middle of my country, the Philippines.  My heart is heavy with sadness for what my countrymen in the Visayas region have and are still going through.  The rest of our nation who were spared from this disaster are working together to bring the goods (food, water, medicine, temporary ( Read more... )

... since my last post ( Read more... )

Happy new year to all!

Personally, 2011 has been filled with a lot of ups and downs for me.  December has been especially difficult for my family with the passing of my paternal grandmother.  I am hoping 2012 will be a much better year.

This is something that is sooo heartbreaking.  We all must find a way, even if it is just a prayer, to help those in dire need in Africa.

http://news.yahoo.com/tortured-choice-famine-child-lives-170128855.html

May God bless the victims, survivors and their families.

http://news.yahoo.com/seventeen-dead-norway-bomb-gun-attack-004126088.html

I'll be honest and say that I'm primarily writing this because many of the LJ communities I belong to are culling members and the first ones to go are accounts like mine . . . empty journals.  Unfortunately, I am not much of a writer.  Haven't kept a journal in my life - except for that time in school when we were REQUIRED to keep one ( Read more... )