Chain praise

Loreen Sarmiento 06/23/2018

I have deaf-mute friends. They have sharpened my skill in sign language. Though all I hear from them are guttural sounds, I feel their love. Even when all I see are their hands signing what they want…

Don’t vote

Loreen Sarmiento 05/13/2018

Another local election is coming up. Never mind if you still hear money being offered here and there to buy votes. Never mind if we think that vote-buying is a disease that will continue to plague our…

Dry and thirsty

Loreen Sarmiento 04/21/2018

Humidifiers add moisture to the air to prevent dryness that can cause irritation in many parts of the body. They can also ease some of the symptoms caused by the flu or common cold. Moisturizers moisten skin…

Seen-zoned

Loreen Sarmiento 02/24/2018

My niece was stressed. She didn’t know how to make the water dispenser work. She was staying at my condo, but the water dispenser belongs to my brother who was out on vacation. Why didn’t she send…

Lights Up!

Loreen Sarmiento 02/17/2018

One night, my siblings and I were having a video call. We were spread out – Australia, Toledo Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Mactan Cebu and Cebu City. Noticeable was my sister’s room. It was dark. We told…

Lego lessons

Loreen Sarmiento 01/13/2018

Kids love building with Lego. Who does not? I guess even adults look up to these building blocks as very educational. After Lego made a hit worldwide, other companies came up with their own set of stackable,…

Stab in the back

Loreen Sarmiento 10/14/2017

Wikipedia says that “the stab-in-the-back myth was the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I on the battlefield but was instead betrayed by the…

Pains

Loreen Sarmiento 04/22/2017

I am back to my therapy sessions. It’s been four years since I’ve been to therapists to rehabilitate strained nerves in my neck and upper back area partly due to cervical spine defects as well as improper…

Broken

11/27/2016

My flight to Manila was delayed. And I just sat there with that nagging feeling of annoyance. Seems like delayed flights are getting to be the normal situation instead of the exception. My mind was mentally calculating…

Pepsi-s

Loreen Sarmiento 10/22/2016

  It’s my favorite soda. But no, I’m not going to talk about why I like to drink it. Fr. Alfonso “Alsed” Sedurifa of the Augustinian Order gave me the acronym PEPSI. I met him last week…

Seconds

Loreen Sarmiento 09/24/2016

“The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.  You see, in the final analysis, it…

Desiderata

Loreen Sarmiento 07/31/2016

Animals or insects are not designed in the image of God. We are. We were gifted with a will to choose between right and wrong. We have a conscience, the animals don’t. We can talk and feel.…

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