5 years ago today

5 years ago today I found myself on my computer in between bathing and feeding my mama and after a few weeks of fooling around with a design for this blog, I made my first post on October 9, 2005, 5 years ago today! It was about “dark-skinned Filipinos” for some reason lol.

I still don’t know why I didn’t blog about our experience post-stroke. I learned and grew so much being a caregiver for my own mom. But I realized a while back studying and sharing Filipino culture provided me an escape from the day-to-day of caring for my precious mama.

In February of 2007 my mom’s pension kicked in and her family in the Philippines and I decided it was best for her to stay there so I could finish school and she could be happy.

But I still have my blog and have been visiting my mom in the Philippines every year since she left. Back home in the US, I didn’t finish school and ended up being more active in anything that dealt with the Philippines.

I guess in the end, there are two things in my life that matter most to me. My mom and my Filipino heritage. And as long as my passion is toward these two very much connected subjects in my life story, this blog will exist.

See you in January mama! I love you! (I wish she read my blog lol).