A little over 2 years ago I posted a story (The unexpected company) of these 2 young girls named Arnie & Irish who were at our gate asking for our recyclable plastic bottles. My kids not only gave them the plastic bottles, they also fed those kids. We even brought those kids to the dentist. So […]
I Should Be Immune to it by Now
There are times when I reflect back to my Catholic School training and Catechism Class, Sister Mary Parvel told up about this guy in the Bible named “Job” and the crap that befell him, and yet he never wavered as he stuck to the plan and all ended up well. Or as well as it […]
Why you should not move to the Philippines
There is a fellow named Travis Kraft who has a very active YouTube Channel, mostly based on videos about the Philippines. I enjoy many of Travis’ videos and he has a video about just about any subject that you might think of involving the Philippines. Lots of interesting stuff. Recently, I saw a video that […]
Money in the Philippines
A while back, I knew a fellow who had just moved to the Philippines. Everything went very well for him regarding his move, but he had a few little funny incidents about adjusting to life here. I think that is true for all of us who move here. We have to sort of “learn the […]
A personal note!
I’m writing and sharing about our personal life story of Bob and myself. It’s almost time for our 24th year wedding anniversary. I was just pondering what to write this week, and it hits me while getting something in Bob’s wallet. He wants me to check on something for him and I had to get his […]
The Last Mango in Dinalupihan
The title for this week is from a song by Jimmy Buffett, but I understand the last mango part even if the song said Paris. We once had two majestic mango trees in our front yard when we purchased the land in the 90’s. I left instructions that our driveway and gate was be put […]