grief
Lessons on grief from Día de los Muertos
October 26, 2026Grief is a difficult emotion to process. It’s not something you can fully move on from; it often lingers within and shows up in waves. There is no expiration date to grief. I lost my father to cancer 12 years ago. I had celebrated my 15th birthday less than a month before his passing. I still remember the awareness that had cemented itself within every corner of my body as I walked to the bakery to purchase my own birthday cake; my mom was busy taking care of my dad. But it would be more accurate to say that she…
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Grieving the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy
June 16, 2025Lapu-Lapu Day — a day to celebrate resistance — traces its roots to when Datu Lapu-Lapu defeated Spanish colonial rule during the 1521 Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Since 2023, Vancouver has held a festival honouring Lapu-Lapu, which serves…
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Running out of time
June 7, 2023It’s been over a year since I left my home country, and since then I’ve only seen my parents in-person two times. This past week I had the fortune of having my parents visit me here, in this new city…
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When homesickness feels a lot like grief
June 6, 2022I learned what it meant to be homesick when I was nine. My family and I packed up everything we owned, said heavy goodbyes to family and friends, and boarded a plane from Manila. Our destination was Vancouver where we…
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How to deal with loss
June 1, 2015We’ve all lost someone close to us. The reality of loss is that it is an uncontrollable force. Death is a hurricane that tears people and their surroundings apart, disorienting the course of their life. As devastating as it is,…
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