Healing in Progress
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Living With the Unseen Battle: Loving My Son’s Twin Brother
In the movie Venom, Eddie Brock is an ordinary man who one day becomes host to an alien creature called a symbiote. From that moment forward, they share a single body. Eddie is himself most of the time — thinking his own thoughts, making his own choices — but Venom lives inside him. The alien… Read more
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THE THIRD TIME: Reckoning with Rage, Relapse, and the Quiet Weight of Being Loved
This is the third time I have entered the rehabilitation center. I thought I was done. I thought I had finally made it out. After eight long months inside these walls, I walked out those doors — and for two weeks, I breathed free air. Two weeks. That was all I got before everything fell… Read more
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The Healing Strokes: Finding Solace in Calligraphy During a Mother’s Darkest Moments
Madalas kong titigan ang aking koleksyon ng mga panulat. Doon ko napagtantong napakarami na pala ng aking nagastos—hindi lamang pera, kundi mga piraso ng aking sarili. Ang mga papel at panulat na ito ang naging tahimik na saksi sa aking mga luha, sa bawat gabing isinulat ko ang sakit na hindi ko masambit. Dito unti-unting… Read more
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The Empty Seat: The Slice of Mother’s Journey Through Tears and Hope
Tinitigan ko siya nang may luha sa aking mga mata. Siya ang aking anak. Isang marka ang nabuo sa aking kamay—maitim, pangit, at hindi mabubura. Isang sugat ng kawalang-galang. Hanggang ngayon, minsan ko pa rin itong hinahaplos, binabalikan ang sandaling unang itinaas niya ang kanyang kamay laban sa akin. Ang unang pagkakataong ang pagmamahal ay… Read more