Month: December 2020

  • People cope with loss and change in different ways. Some would stay in bed. Some would go on journeys for self-discovery. I’d normally binge on my favorite food 🍗, watch a bunch of anime shows online, or shop online 🛍️ with absolutely no restraint. Nope. I agreed to go with the most unideal, impractical, and…

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  • Rather than keeping the memorial’s introduction and my eulogy behind lock and key, I want to share my Ama with the world. Ama, wherever you may be, I hope these words make you happy: Introduction Last Sunday, September 13th, we sisters reunited in fear and in courage to face one of our greatest fears—Ama, our…

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  • I’ve been afraid—afraid to sit down and face this blank space; afraid to write about the past three months; afraid of my incapability to talk about what’s wedged deep within my heart. Each time I’m on this page of Diwa Daily, I divert to a written page on my journal, a tab on my browser,…

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