Diwa Daily

  • Welcome home, Fleur the Cat 馃惐馃悷

    Welcome home, Ocean of Oshire Cattery and now our darling “Fleur Delacour”. 馃尮 Yesterday (10/18/2023) we drove to the airport and picked up baby Fleur. She’s a beautiful 5-month old British Shorthair that won us over in less than 24 hours! I’m in awe of her beauty, her confidence, and her acceptance of our attention…

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  • Meet Fleur the Cat

    Never in a million years would the younger me had thought of bringing a cat into my life. It’s hectic enough already. But, what can I say? I love living on the edge and taking on more challenges. 馃檭 But here she is: “Fleur”, a 5-month old blue lilac British Shorthair. She’s one of four…

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  • Pain management for Rejection

    Last night, I was at S&R lining up at the cash register. I was standing for about 20 minutes just to order dinner. I opened Instagram, switched to Windy’s account, and saw a post from a previous client. They’ve switched to a Manila-based R+ trainer and shared how they’re making lots of progress. Instead of…

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  • The Daily Pagerie has shut down

    I remember the joy and excitement I felt after putting the finishing touches to The Daily Pagerie website. It’s bittersweet because I’ve always wanted to have an online shop. I loved the idea of waking up each morning to sell stationery, school supplies, secondhand books, and other items to folks who loved the same things…

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  • Project Declutter

    I can’t count the number of times I’ve used these two words on initiatives to empty out the junk in my life. 馃棏 I feel I’m going to be decluttering for the rest of my existence. It’s really how excessive or “accidental” we can be with the things we buy. For example, I’ve books 3…

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  • Road to my dream home

    Waking up each day to cracks on the walls, shadows in every corner, and negative space you don’t know what to do with was taking its toll on me. I would stare at the broken tiles on the kitchen counter and wish I could just break the entire thing down with a mallet. I’d sit…

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  • Diwa Daily’s stripped and cleaned up

    It looks like another year went by in silence. So much has happened, but I didn’t (emphasis on the intention) take the time to write about it. Yet, it’s funny how the subtle cues could rekindle the spark and lead me back here. New look who dis? I was going working through my inbox when…

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  • Back to the writing desk

    No matter how often I change courses with this space, it continues to remind me that this isn’t for passions or thematic thought vomits. This isn’t the place to market or promote, to shout out or recommend. Hell, Stef. What’s going on here? I keep returning to my blog wondering if this is really the…

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  • Another wave to break through

    Life threw a couple of really nasty curve balls over the weekend, leaving me crying, throwing tantrums, and just feeling absolutely down to the ground. It took many days before I can finally start filling this space again. But knowing that I’ve made myself promise to write more, I thought it best to break things…

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  • Hello, I’m here.

    Hey, there. Journal, virtual space stamped with my mark鈥攄iwa. How heartwarming yet melancholic this feeling of re-entering what was once an intimate and frequented space. I’ve been silent, and have chosen silence, since Ama’s passing and the arrival of our two new furry family members. Time, physical energy, mental strength were not on my side…

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