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When Righteous Anger Meets Filipino Fatigue: Confronting Corruption with Faith
Fatigue is human. But faith calls us to more: to vigilance, to prayer, to action. For if even Jesus refused resignation, so must we. For the faithful, not being watchful is not an option.
Flood, Filtered: How My Mother Kept the Waters Clear
In the Philippines, we learn to sense a storm before it arrives. We know the difference between amihan and habagat, between the dry gust that lingers and the southwest monsoon that soaks everything in its path. We are fluent in…
Mentors Series: The Women Who Shaped My Writing
The Mentors Series remembers the women who’ve shaped how I see Art, Writing, Faith, Editing, and Translation. These are biographical fragments—from conversations, visits, and stories—that found their way into my own journey. I am hardly able to capture the full scope of their extraordinary lives, but at Page-a-Writer.com, I hope to inspire confidence and courage in telling these stories.
Healing on the Page: Writing as a Tool for Counselors, Trauma Guides, and Story-Bearers
If you write from the heart of your healing work, if you document stories to remember, recover, and witness, you are a caregiver with a pen. The page becomes your companion. Real-life accounts from doctors, therapists, pastors, chaplains, and survivor guides listed below also offer companionship:
When a Child Doesn’t Fit the Page: ADHD, Filipino Parenting, and the Stories We Must Learn to Write
I’m seeing it — this child who has ADHD: he can’t sit still during Sunday school group prayers, forgets his pens and notebooks, talks to himself or to his imaginary friend (in this case, a spider called spidey), and gets…
Filipino Children’s Play On Page
This is why Filipino children’s play on page matters. Writing about our games is an act of resistance against forgetting. It’s how we offer a slice of our childhoods to the next generation. Not as a museum piece, but as a living memory they can borrow from
How to Begin the Memoir When Memories Have no Beginning, Middle, and End
In aspiring to begin a memoir, we hesitate because our memories feel messy—more like static images than full stories. But what if those fragments are actually the best place to start? How do memories lacking in clear structure serve as…
10 Deep Questions to Fuel Your Writing Memoir Challenge
Dear fellow storyteller, Are you ready to capture the wisdom, chaos, beauty, and grit of your lived experience? Writing a memoir isn’t just an act of remembering; it’s a bold confrontation with the self. Below are ten thought-provoking questions to…
Writing a Flash Personal: True-to-Life in One Hundred Words
What Is a Flash Personal? A flash personal is a brief, distilled reflection—a snapshot of truth, memory, or emotion. Think of it as a micro-memoir: raw, evocative, and deeply personal. Written in one hundred words, no more, no less, each piece captures a moment of introspection…