Blogging Through the Seasons

I spent my childhood at Philippine Union College where my mother was in the faculty and was concurrently, food service director. We lived on campus in one of the faculty homes. The event of the year at that time was the annual play usually presented by academy...

I planted two grapefruit trees recently. Well, not the grown trees, but two seeds that promise to be trees. Little green shoots have pushed through the husk of the seed. Now what will happen? I could dig them up on a weekly basis to monitor their progress, but that...

My family has some really awesome family traditions. For example, every Saturday after church our family goes hiking. Another tradition that we have as a family is coming together for a family member’s birthday. We always make sure that person feels really...

When I was younger, my family took photos with Santa every year. It was a whole production – matching Christmas outfits for me and my siblings, big smiles, and sometimes big tears. These photos were a family tradition. To this day, we decorate our home every...

This Christmas season, I think of my grandmother, whom we called Nani, a Hindi word for grandma. Despite her disabilities, she made sure to create lasting Christmas memories by coming to our house to make traditional Indian gujias, a kind of pastry with a sweet...

My earliest Christmas memory goes back to when I was four years old. We were in our 600 square-foot apartment, and had a Christmas tree covered in blue, red, green, and yellow bulbs. We had our outdoor balcony draped in warm yellow lights and had a low-budget nativity...