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A Letter to Daddy
“Although I have trekked this path of forgiveness a million times, I can confidently say that I have forgiven and I want to ask forgiveness,too, daddy for all the heartaches that I have caused you and mommy.” by Rhea C. Hernando Dear Daddy, This will be the first and last time that I will write…
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A Vow of Love and Friendship
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Yellow.” It is not lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche As fate would have it, the course of my love life suddenly went off on a tangent and collided with your journey’s curve at a precise time. That…
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How I Made It to The FilAm’s “A Collection of Memorable Personal Essays for 2014”
Photo: “A Drop of Trust” by Dupz Escatron Ravelo by Mayette Timblaco Geraldino Cristina DC Pastor, the founding editor of The FilAm – a magazine for Filipino Americans in New York, has been instrumental in rekindling my love for writing. I still don’t know what convinced her that I could write. I didn’t tell anyone of my…
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Of Life and Loving
Photo:”Life as a Dew Drop” by Dupz Escatron Ravelo. By Gay Tibay-Corbeta Why do we tend to deny the things that are just burning inside our core? They are an integral part of who we are as a person. They are what make us humans. It is regrettable, for instance, that we deny the feelings that…
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A Student’s Christmas Gift to Her AP Statistics Teacher
The student wrote the essay in October, as part of her application to the Stanford University Summer College (Residential-Domestic) program. The prompt was: ‘Write a 500 – 700 word essay on the best advice you have received.’ My Stanford University Essay on “The Best Advice I Have Received” by Lissette Barretto Dr. Marietta Geraldino, my Algebra 2 and AP…
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