Category: #Author’s Life
-
A New Year’s Food for Thought
People make New Year’s Resolutions every year on New Year’s Day. However, very few people can stick with their New Year’s resolutions. This year, take a different approach, take the pressure off, and learn how to improve your life by simply doing less. Making New Year’s Resolutions seems like a great idea as the New…
-
Must I Move On?
On the occasion of Matthew Morgan’s 2nd death anniversary, I dedicate the poem below: I quietly grieve In silence, In darkness I found myself in tears. Like Montmorency Falls Unwavering, it flows It heaves a sigh for years. I’m missing you. Wanting to hear your voice Reciting limerick To make me laugh with joy. Missing…
-
QUEEN ELIZABETH ROSE and A Tip Towards A Healthy You.
Queen Elizabeth was the first grandiflora rose, introduced in 1954, representing the best characteristics of its parent hybrid tea and floribunda rose. Winner of the AARS Award in 1955, the American Rose Society Gold Medal in 1960, Queen Elizabeth still ranks in the top 10 in popularity over the past 50 years. A classic rose,…
-
What are your goals for 2021?
I am grateful 2020 is over, gone and done. The New Year comes with an opportunity to reinvent, refresh, renew, and brings us better luck. It’s up to each of us to make plans for a better YOU. 2020 was a very stressful year for the whole country. We lost loved ones, the economy started…
-
How do You Deal with Grief?
Did you ever lose a loved one? I lost two within six months of each other – my mother in November 2019 and my husband in May 2020. My mother’s passing in the Philippines was devastating to me. I could not attend her funeral because my husband was nearing death himself. I could not leave…
-
The Dogwood Tree and its Legend
One of the most beautiful sights that grace the landscape during spring is the dogwood tree. The dogwood tree is one of my favorite trees. Photo Credit: https://www.fast-growing-trees.com To many gardeners, dogwoods are the most beautiful of all flowering trees. These delightful trees often begin to blossom when they are only 4 to 6 feet…
-
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
In a few hours, 2019 will be gone. Over and past. The New Year and a New Decade will be here. With it comes an opportunity to reinvent, refresh and renew. It’s up to each of us to make plans for a better YOU. Have you had a stressful year in 2019? You’re not alone.…
-
A Grateful Daughter’s Tribute To Her Mom – Love and Remembrance
My mom, Fausta (Pacing) Rosales, lovingly called Lola by her grandchildren, passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. She was 96 years old, a month shy of her 97th birthday on Dec. 16. She was the last among her nine siblings to pass on. I thank you Mom for all the years you loved and…
-
Has Anyone Mistaken You For a Famous Person?
I received an email from someone asking for donation regarding the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC on Monday, May 27, 2019 of which he will be the Marshal. My husband being a WWII veteran I sent in a donation in his honor and also because of who sent me the email which brings…
-
The Last Rose of Summer
Fall is definitely in the air but as long as the weather stays mild, the roses will keep on blooming. I cleaned up the garden this weekend, pulling out all the bedraggled annuals and planted the rest of my spring bulbs. I saw some roses are still blooming but they are smaller than the spring…
SCLMRose
Writer's Musings 