Last Sunday, I was back at our place. Your memories I thought I've already buried deep in my head resurfaced all too suddenly. The scars of our excruciating ending sting a bit. Surprisingly, a part of me still clearly remembers that day. It was also a Sunday. I looked quite different. I still had my long, disturbing, black hair and still wore braces...

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I was always in a rush to graduate but now that the long haul has finally reached its end, I can only hope to have the past four years back and cherished every moment of it a lot more. I truly wish I could go back. But, time is up for me; and although college appeared and felt like it was quick and...

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I turned 21 three weeks ago. Wow, that's over two decades of a well-lived and painstakingly rewarding timeline here on earth. Also marks the end of my carefree and exciting youth, and the beginning of a much more exhilarating phase— the prime time, as I'd like to believe, where huge dreams can finally and slowly taste a bit of reality. 21, however, makes...

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Here is what two decades worth of constant learning and growing and healing have made me— hopeful and optimistic and brave. Although sometimes troubled and weary, I take pride with my patient and gallant heart that is struggling to listen more, to love truly, and to live fully each waking day. I battled all those young years of my life with grace and...

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Caleruega was silent and serene, for starters. It was teeming with multitude hues of greens and picturesque views my naked eyes could possibly sight. Sunshine was always abundant; and although I expected it to be sunny and breezy, the heat of March was still bearable to pull-off an outfit that required my soiled and thick denim jacket. The silence was oddly good for...

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I have all these thoughts kept in the little compartments of my brain, all of it naturally bleeding in my heart. But words are missing. Stuck somewhere. Nowhere. Seemingly buried deep down elsewhere. Truth is, I don't write much anymore and I incredibly miss the adrenaline rush only words can give. I wish I could write more. Better. It is my heart that...

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(image via Pinterest) Today, you are on your own. It's going to be just you and it's going to be just fine. I hope you wake up glowing and blooming; able to see light and search it even in places dark and hard to find; and able to spread smiles and sunshine in hallways you pass by. I hope your morning be filled...

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