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My Blog is Reborn

Oh my God. It has been 18 years since I last posted on this blog. My new blog was deactivated in 2008 for personal reasons, and I just stopped posting here. I thought this blog  already got deleted, but it’s still alive, and maybe it is still around for a reason.

It has been nearly two decades since my last post, so a lot has changes, obviously. Let me share some random things/ updates to my previous posts:

• I was in my mid- to late 20s when I blogged on this site. I am in my mid-40s now. I just turned 46 a little over a month ago.
• I now have a Ph.D. I was struggling to finish it during the years that I blogged here.
• My dissertation is the first sociological study on women formerly on death row in the Philippines. 
• I moved back to the Philippines to do fieldwork for my dissertation, then moved back to the States to finish my Ph.D. I ended up moving to Buffalo, New York, during my last two years in the United States, then lived briefly with relatives in Bronxville, New York, after my graduation. I then moved back to the Philippines, and I have been here for the past 13 years.
• I still visit Chicago and New York whenever I can. 
• I did not enter the convent, but I am still in touch with most of the sisters. Sometimes, they tease me about becoming a sister or being a perpetual aspirant or novice.
• Sometimes, I get mistaken for a nun or ex-nun. Kaloka.
• I still do prison ministry, but not as frequently as I did when I was in my 20s and my 30s. Anyhow, I will soon be celebrating 25 years of prison ministry.
• I have branched out to aftercare ministry. Most of my alagas among the women formerly on death row and my other alagas who were once persons deprived of liberty (PDL) have been released over the past few years.
• I continued supporting my alaga at Montaña de Luz in Honduras for a time. She has since transitioned out and lives with her relatives. I am in touch with the former house parent. I wish I could go back.
• I have visited and done research at conflict and post-conflict zones in the Philippines. I learned a bit of Tausug along the way. I know some Maranao words, as well. 😊
• I also do interfaith ministry. I am friends with the Muslim community and have learned their prayers.
• I often get mistaken for a Muslim and/or Mindanawon (person from Mindanao).
• I am involved with Palestinian refugees in the Philippines. Free, free Palestine 🇵🇸
• I am the chair of my department. Lord have mercy 🙏🏻🤲🏻
• I taught theology on the side for six years and hope to do so again.
• I am a reservist with the navy 💪🫡
• I still like to travel.

found herself @ 11:13 AM