Just as I was typing this column the prayer for my Mom’s death anniversary has been started. See here in the Philippines in the Catholic faith if someone dies there is a 9 days prayer going when the person died. Same thing going on during the first year anniversary of the death. There is a […]
Thank you Everybody!
I just came back from the funeral of my mother. It was hard at first loosing my mom, but we are happy at the same time for her that her suffering is over. She’s been sick for a long time already. It’s hard on us, her kids watching her suffer. I’m glad that God let […]
The Journey is complete
Zosima Rodriguez Bayoy, born December 26, 1928 died on October 5, 2008 at 12:30pm in Patag, Sarangani Province on the Island of Mindanao in the Philippines. She is survived by seven children, five girls and two boys. Yes, Feyma’s mother passed away yesterday, and we were all relieved to know that her suffering had ended. […]
On the road home…
It seems that Feyma’s mother has embarked on a trip. She is on the road home. She actually started this journey several years ago, but over the past few days, it seems that she has nearly reached her destination. I am not with her and can’t see what she is seeing, but I am sure […]
Going “home”
In my time of living here in the Philippines, I have met and know a lot of ex-pats here. I know people from countries all over the world – USA, Australia, all over Europe, the Middle East, even Africa – who live here. In meeting and talking with such foreign friends, one topic that always […]