Unshelved?
For the first time, my work had been accepted into an anthology!!!!!!!!!! “In Certain Seasons,” a joint effort between CCP Intertextual Division and Philippine Pen, features literary pieces written by mothers during Covid-19. My piece “Shelved” is both short story and essay on the struggles of a mother working-from-home due to the virus while she […]
Safety Wish
The last few weeks, maybe months, I’d been questioning reality and wondering if all the past events in my life really happened. Since the lockdown started, my husband and I had been working from home. The kid’s daycare closed, and even after it reopened, we decided not to enroll him until we feel more comfortable. […]
The Foot Mole
I had been planning on posting at least once a month on here. Then, the new job started. Shortly after, the pandemic started. Here and there, plans have been going down the drain. All travel plans this year have pretty much gone down the drain. We were supposed to drive up to Canada and spend […]
A book for those of us who are Completely Fine
!!! Spoiler Alert: This post reviews Gail Honeyman’s novel Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine and contains spoilers to the book! Read at your own risk!!! I drive a total of two hours each day to go to work and come back home. What better way to spend the time than to alternate between head-banging to […]
The Library Page
The “Gap Year” In 2018, I gave up a role in a corporate setting to care for a small child and pursue writing. I knew that making a living as a writer would be tough; I just didn’t know how tough, and a year later, I had to swallow my pride and reboot my search […]