My daughter is now 18-years old and about to go to college. Soon, she will be out in the real-world mingling with real people from all walks of life. Sometimes, I can’t help but be scared for her. Can she handle it? Is she ready for it? How will she fit in? The New Generation I want to tell her many things, but I am not prepared for how she will react. Now that she is more “matured,” it has not been easy to share with her things that I, an experienced adult, have learned in the 50+ years of my life. My point of view seems insignificant than the…
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An Ode to Ma
An Ode to Ma is for my adoptive mother, Remedios “Meding” Rivero, who took care of me since I was one year old. She raised me and loved me like her own child even when she already had four children. An Ode to Ma Who’s gone afar Above the heavens She became a star My Ma, I remember Her love and care Never ceased to show that she is always fair Amongst us, her children not four but five I am the fifth but not from her hive The one she kept to nurture and chide As I am the one who was not her child. My Mama, not mine…
