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Generational stories, those between parents and children, tech, nostalgia
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To the first man I loved and lost
For over a decade, I have always felt like I have been shouting my Father’s Day messages to the wind.…
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Scared to become like my mother
I love my mom, but I can’t be a mother like her. My mother is not like others. She never…
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Grief’s wake-up call
“We forgot to visit Tatay,” my aunt exclaims as we drive past The Heritage Park, where my grandfather’s remains rest.…
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Custodian of my family’s dreams
I was five years old when my grandmother first told me to become a lawyer. At that age, the word…
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When love outlasts the lens
I grew up in a house where pictures were kept in frames, or at the very least, moments were sealed…
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Growing up in a broken family
Growing up in a broken family was weird. One gets the feeling that we don’t really have a place to…
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More than just a chart
It was my first day of hospital pharmacy practice exposure as an intern in a local public hospital. The air…
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The silence we hate
I’ve noticed a universally accepted attitude incorporated in our everyday lives: silence must be avoided at all costs. I’ve been…
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Activism from the comfort of home
In many ways, my generation is the first to be born and raised in the digital age. Unlike millennials who…
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