Her father spoils her with ideas. He encourages her to climb high, reach for the heavens. But who is there to catch her when she falls? Me. Who has to explain to her that not as many doors are open as...
I am frightened, yet I cannot help my mouth from saying these things. It has always been this way with me. My thinking and my mouth have been the matter of many arguments with my mother. He
I am not afraid of ghosts. My mother said they can’t hurt you. Only the living can.
I did not attend her anniversary gathering. I knew it would not bring her back. I didn’t want to remember anymore. It was too painful. The
I do not care. My baby, my baby, oh, Janna. Ako na lang sana. People gasped at her last words and made the sign of the cross. It was very bad luck, what she said, to wish that it had been she who had...
I had decided the best way to breach our distance was to forget the past and start new.
Be glad that you have your health. Do not always be so concerned with money, my father said.
I have been her greatest foe, and she my biggest protector. Her heart is so pure, like a child’s. She gives without thinking. She longs to have beautiful things, I see it in her eyes, but she always t...
I know one thing. If you let your personal hate interfere, you will bury your cause. We
I look him straight in the eyes. I know I should not do this, but it has always been this way with me. Once I feel fear, I can stand it for only so long before I become angry.
I must wait, bide my time. There will be an opportunity. I need only keep my eyes open. Back
I prayed in my heart for a real father, since the one I had been given was a failure to me. That was my deepest wish, and my deepest sorrow.
I tell you now, better to spit it all out, cry a hundred days over this matter, an entire year, than ruin your life over it. You must acknowledge it now, so that it has no power over you. I do not ass...
I thought to myself how lucky, how lucky that I jumped at my only chance when I could. Sure, I did not love him, but I was loved. I had everything Corazón had wanted. I had beaten her at every round,...
You should rejoice in what you do have.
Isabelle has hungry eyes. She is never happy with her situation. I tell her, ‘Think about others worse off than you. At least you have a family, at least there is a roof over your head.’ And do you kn...
It must be all or nothing. We cannot approach the situation halfway. After
Mama does not like to make too many waves in the ocean. She told us it is important to be good to one another, especially now. She said the time has come when we must each lean on the other, so it is...
My aunts did not share in the housework, but they contributed greatly to all of the village gossip. They had fake faces, showing Mama kindness and calling her ate, big sister, but once they were alone...
My heart aches for my people. I don’t understand why God gives more power to some and less to others.
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