HeyJaredLooking Inward: No More FOMO
A woman in her 70's, in a hurry to write about her memories growing up in the Philippines, and growing up in general.
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To Rewrite Her Past (opens the original)
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For Itay : I know now, Itay! There are many things I cannot fully explain to myself, why I do the things I do, but now your words are slowly returning to me! Throughout my grown up years, you and Inay were always there to support me. The truth is, I was obedient to you; I did the things you thought were important for my future. You could argue that as I grew up, there were important things I forgot and failed to follow, and in many ways, I am paying for them now. But, it was part of my growing u
Alam Ko Na, Itay! (opens the original)
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it is possible we will not meet again (opens the original)
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and just like that, after more than five years, the long, patient arc of waiting came to rest beneath the trees. i tried not to look at you, and the final acts of letting go. it may be a closure for some, but i have mixed feelings about this. instead, i concentrated on the surroundings, looking up through a canopy of trees. the world felt still.i went out after i got home and the sky broke open. just before the rain and the weekend storm rolled in, i was treated to a grace note. but the morning
the other side of a dream (opens the original)
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2,091 days5 years, 8 months, 22 daysof keeping you closetoday, you return to eartha quiet poem and space for memory.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cxcL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
The Little Red Books of Manggahan (opens the original)
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This happened the year martial law was declared in the Philippines. Edsel went back briefly to his family’s house to get some of his clothes. He was in and out of that house, living then in other kasamas’* houses or in his group’s hq, wherever he could stay for the night. He had found a regular job at RII (RII, or Refrigeration Industries, Inc. was the manufacturer of Frigidaire, a brand well known in the Philippines the word refrigerator was substituted for “pridyider”), and was intent on movin
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