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June 2018. 4 years in the Philippines. 1 year (hopefully) 'till graduation. Grace carried me here, and by grace I will carry on 🙏🇺🇸🇵🇭 -------------------------------------- #fightthegoodfight #gracealone #FilAm #thirdculturekid #Godsplan

#godsplan #fightthegoodfight #filam #thirdculturekid #gracealone

I've heard the story more times than I can keep track of: how you would cry every Mother's Day for eight long years with the longing to have children, how you finally got on your knees and surrendered, and how we were finally conceived and brought into this world through an unexpected miracle. I know you never get tired of telling people how you became a mother, because you never tire of talking about God's love, favor, and faithfulness; and your journey to motherhood was definitely brimming with it. Mommy, I am continually amazed by your childlike faith and how in turn, God's favor is continually upon you wherever you go. It's easy to just say thank you for everything, but more specifically I thank you for showing me with your life and how you raised me that nothing is impossible when you keep your faith, even if it's just as small as a mustard seed. Happy Mother's Day, Mommy ❤🌻I miss you & I'll see you soon! 😘 --------------------------------------------------- #MothersDay #annualmothersdayspeech #loveyourmama

#mothersday #annualmothersdayspeech #loveyourmama

?¿?¿Something has changed within me, something is not the same ?¿?¿ ----------------- 📷: @bevsiehills14 --- #cousinsbonding #pinsansislove #defyinggravity #upsidedown #rightsideup (at Upside Down House Museum)

#cousinsbonding #rightsideup #pinsansislove #defyinggravity #upsidedown

"despite knowing they won't be here for long they still choose to live their brightest lives" -"sunflowers" by rupi kaur -------------------- Lessons from a sunflower: 🌻 I want to live like the sunflower. My family & I had remarkable fun admiring the beauty of this vast sunflower field. While taking pictures, we noticed we had to angle our photos so that the sunflowers were facing toward the camera, since all the flowers faced in only one direction. I learned that the sunflower not only gets its name because it literally looks like the sun, but everything about the flower's existence worships the sun--it faces upward and grows in whatever direction the sun shines, and continues to follow toward wherever the sun revolves. Wow! Like, imagine if we lived like the sunflower-- constantly and zealously following our Creator in awe of His radiance. The more we look to Him, the more we reflect His light and shine, just as bright and beautiful as the sunflower! There's a great reminder from a simple flower 😊🌻 ----------------- #sunflower #favoriteflower #lifelessons #Godscreation #rupikaur (at Mariano's Blooming Agri-Tourism Park)

#sunflower #rupikaur #lifelessons #favoriteflower #godscreation

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Silliman University

Dumaguete City

Negros Oriental, Philippines

One of the premier universities in Visayas. The first Protestant university in Asia.

untitled letter to a first love

This is one of my favorite photos of us. Do you remember this? We sat next to each other on the way to the Brea-Olinda competition in February 2013. I remember we snapped this photo together when we realized we were both about to go to our first competition. That was a magical night because we won first place.

I like this photo because it was taken during a "first". And, you were my first.

First love. First heartbreak.

It's been four years, almost. Four years since I left. Four years since I was close enough to smell that familiar scent off your shirt. Four years since I could feel your presence. Four years since I felt your warmth embrace me everytime we greeted each other.

And it's been two years since you last told me you loved me. Two years since we decided to let go. Two years since I left, but that time it was my feelings I left behind. Two years since my heart broke, not because either of us stopped loving, but because we stopped fighting for it.

Sometimes I'd rewind moments in my head and wonder if I could have said something different so that we'd keep trying; I'd wish that I wasn't so cynical and afraid during those times. But I know now that there's nothing I could have said or done to make it work. I just know that there are people God puts in your life to teach you lessons, and sometimes they aren't meant to stay.

You were my first love. Meeting you signified a point in my life where I learned to love in different ways. I know it was real, even in times when I doubt. I know it was real because it was the first time I felt foolish while loving. And now, I'd like to think that I'm older and wiser, but I still feel foolish for being the first one to open up after so long. I don't know if this is okay. I honestly don't even know what I want to accomplish while writing this. I think, at this point I really don't know what I mean to you anymore; I heard you moved on, and I'm truly happy for you. I hope she is pointing you to Christ-likeness, and I hope she loves you better than I ever could. As for me and what you mean to me, well...

You were my first love. And maybe that's all you were meant to be.

However, they say you never forget your first love. I'm starting to think they were right.

I wish you all the best, love. It sounds like I'm saying goodbye. I'm not. We will meet again, someday.

#personal #me #adolescent #first love

I'm a weak one for nostalgia. I revel in the feeling of longing for what was, the feeling of triumph for getting to what is, and the feeling of wonder for what is coming. I love looking through old photos and videos, scrolling through old Facebook posts and messages, and flipping through old notebooks. I'm not sure what kind of person that makes me. I guess, I'm overly-sentimental. But I think that allowing yourself to miss a person, a place, or a particular season in life is quite necessary to valuing life as a whole. Moments of nostalgia allow me to take a step back and see how God has worked in every season of my life and molded me through experiences. Too often we feel stuck in our present sufferings and joys that we forget that there is so, so, so, much more . . . {personal journal entry, 2016} #thoughts (at Silliman University)

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Happy International Sloth Day, Tumblr!!!

October 20th is, indeed, Sloth Day. This might be the greatest day ever to be a day, so LONG POST ALERT, because I have a LOT of bonuses for you. Hope you can crawl through them all before you die, because you, my friend, are slow AF.

Here’s the poo dance. Fast-motion version {obviously}: