Single Brown Mom

Someone asked me this several weeks ago: How do you stay strong when a child is sick? How do you stay strong when you're worried about a child's condition?
I don't remember anymore what I said then, but I thought about it this morning while on the way home....

Pain has been a guest in my home for a few weeks now.
The visits were few and far apart in the beginning. Pain would stay for an hour or two. And then, without my noticing, it started staying overnight. I would wake up and find it in my bed, wondering how it got into the house. I didn't remember handing...

My paternal uncle died more than a week ago. He had been in the hospital for more than four months, and we had all been prepared for his dying. When the life force ebbed from him, it did not come unexpectedly.
I had not seen my uncle in many years. I first met him when I was 18, when my father had come to Manila to work. Before that meeting, I barely knew the relatives on my father's side. My parents had their reasons for keeping us away, and I respect that...

My life, as I've known it for the last 11 months, is changing tomorrow.
Tomorrow, I am going back to working full time in an office. I am very excited about it! I'm excited to be working in an office again. I'm excited to be dressing up for work. And I'm excited to an employee again who gets paid twice a month....