From Reuben Tribe, our church’s small group ’s name was changed to Kalye Gamaliel. based on the new curriculum.  In the Bible, Gamaliel was...

“Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whol...

It took months and hundreds of postponements before this meet-up came through. And when it did, it was magical.  If only two more (Ms. Yay a...

It has become my norm to dine out alone to escape the dust and the grating sounds in our home. Since June, when the renovation of our 48-yea...

Beautiful is such a common word that we use it each time we see something that refreshes the eyes. But I am using it here in the context of ...

Tomorrow, it will be December. Today, an important part of my life ends; I say goodbye quietly to November.  Dylan Thomas wrote, “Rage, rage...

This post is more than two years too late. Photos popped up on my screen and all along I thought had already documented that amazing surpris...

“Can you tell me all about the blog leavesofgrace.blogspot.com ?” I asked AI.  AI: “It has been in existence since November 24, 2006. The bl...

To audio enthusiasts, this term refers to a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction through the use of multiple...

In My Humble (and Honest) Opinion, acronyms do not speed up communication among those who do not understand them. On the contrary, they hind...

I have—a few times—in the company of BFFs. This paradise is in the middle of nowhere, somewhere out there.  But it’s close enough to everywh...

Ours is a very small family: Three sons.  Only son #2 is married and added two to our small number: a daughter-in-love and one grandson. But...

Bullying as a form of childhood aggression is as old as the hills. However, with technology (the Net, social media, and smartphones), it has...

In our Kakabsat (siblings) group chat, we crack jokes, upload memes, celebrate birthdays and other special events, make announcements, but ...

Today, more than ever, teachers need to be creative in the classroom to constantly engage our students. Our foe, called digital distraction,...

Up until January this year (2025), I was a mall rat and a shop habitue. I had been a willing victim of the word  “SALE.”  I’d be so proud an...

World Teachers' Day was celebrated worldwide on 5 October. But since I only teach for two hours on Mondays, I wasn’t in school that day....

 “I hate my name!” exclaimed a five-year-old boy when I asked him to write it down on a piece of paper. “Okay, but I need to know how you sp...

Longlong has been a long-time friend and used to be a peer in the workplace for years. An excellent art director, he rendered the layout and...

That’s basically what many teachers in grade school say about their students. That’s also the result of a PSA (Philippine Statistics Authori...

That phrase is the chorus of the hymn "Find Us Faithful," written in 1987 by Jon Mohr, with music arranged by Steve Green. It’s pr...

That blog title should really be.”When Seniors Attempt, Strive, Try, Struggle, Venture, Undertake, and Exert Remaining Effort to Dance.” Bu...

We have an expression in Filipino that gloats over another person’s misfortune, “ Buti nga sa yo ” (literal translation: serves you right). ...

First, the good news.   The huge, noisy crowd before the pandemic at the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) is back! I could hardly navig...

Try opening one of your closets. (If you are a male reading this, I mean your wife’s closet.) What do you see?   My aunt, a frugal Ilocana, ...

The Manila Internatonal Book Fair (MIBF) is in full swing. It's the third day, and if I don't go to the happiest place on earth, I w...

I used to hear this conversation (argument) between my sons and their father.  Whenever Tony gave street children food or treated them to sn...