Category: love
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Confessions of a Coffee Kinda Gal
I want you in a way that I sometimes want coffee. I don’t always crave for the taste of coffee. Sometimes, I like juice. I just like the sour taste and how it tingles my taste buds. But in those times, especially in my mornings, I choose coffee. Coffee relaxes me. It gives me the…
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Confessions of a Girl in Love
everybody raves about how great being in love is. they mystify moments, memories, instances when time would stop and heartbeats skip. love is really a splendid thing. but not all the time. sometimes, love is also hard. love demands dying to self for. it requires choosing the other person than choosing yourself. and when one…
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How To Be Socially Responsible
Being socially responsible is part of the mission-vision of my local church. Coming from a social science background and considering it as a career field at one point, nothing has resonated to me more. It is a pressing truth; we, as God’s people, need to be more socially responsible. Before writing this piece, I asked…
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When You Feel Like Giving Up
Context: 1 Kings 19 “What are you doing here, Danielle?” It’s nearing late in the afternoon and she’s laying on the bed. From memory, the details are blurry. But one thing is indeed memorable: she’s had it and she’s giving up. “What are you doing here, Danielle?” The lyrics during worship resonates with her. Because…
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Past to Present: A Personal Parallel on Academics & Love
I was halfway done with my classes on a Saturday when I felt uneasy. There was something about the professor’s relaying of academic requirements that told me this overall journey wasn’t gonna be easy. I felt the weight of future loads like everything was due tomorrow and I fret about the direction of the next…
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To Love Again?
It’s 1 in the morning and I’m scrolling through social media. A friend request on Facebook pops up. It was a familiar name. Naturally, I had to check my messages to check. Curiosity had its way and from the same guy, there it was: “Hi, pwede bang makipagkaibigan?” This was the second time in one…
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An Open Letter to the One I Can’t Have
“A writer can only really write when she is sad.” This was only just a saying, until it wasn’t. As I process the things that happened between us, the emotions I’ve felt, words managed to flow right out of me like it was all premeditated. I am sad, not because this heartbreak caused permanent separation…
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For the Christian Too Tired Of Being Christ-Like
Date Originally Posted: 02/09/18 “Even when I have no song, I’ll praise you.” Such the line has managed to captivate my attention. You see, for a person who sings a lot, one can truly attest to the influence of music in my life. When I’m happy, I sing. When I’m weary, I sing. When my…
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Dear Liberals, I’m Not Mad At You
Date Originally Posted: 07/06/18 “I chose to be liberal because I feel so attacked by the conservatives, Like it’s either I’m against them or for them—there is no third option. I ask them to reason, and after pushing God down my throat, they accuse me of treason. I can never feel accepted when with them,…
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Dear Follower Of Christ, Your Knowledge Should Not Condemn You Any Longer
Date Originally Posted: 03/06/18 Ever since I was a child, intuitions were a big thing. The feeling that it was going to rain later on a day prevented me from going home soaking wet that afternoon. The sensation that mom won’t get mad if I spend the spare change for a scoop of the most…