Mel and the New Normal

Was very much saddened to read on my Facebook feed that Delamar, a known radio DJ here in the Philippines, lost her baby girl today. It always breaks my heart to read or hear of other people's loss of their children, no matter the reason. I couldn't find the exact reason Baby Eva passed away, all I know is she was about 3 weeks old and was premature. J and I happened to be listening to RX when her co-hosts announced that Del gave birth, and we had no idea there were any problems. It brings me back to our first few days after Kat left us. May God (and her baby) watch over their family in this time of grief, where sadness seems unending and infinite.

It's been 2 months, but I remember visiting Coron like it was just yesterday! As I mentioned in my previous post, I wasn't a big fan of traveling around the Philippines for a long time. I've only been to Boracay once, while others my age have been there so many times. It has more to do with being parents at a young age, I think -- we were so eager to see other countries after not traveling for such a long time. Partially also because the cost of traveling locally was almost the same as the cost of traveling abroad. The cost of the hotels and the food were practically the same!  I booked Coron several times through Cebu Pacific's piso fair, but because of work, we never pushed through. As I mentioned in my previous post about Shore to Shore , even this trip almost didn't push thru either. I am so glad, though, that it did. We arrived late afternoon at Coron, and by the time we reached our hotel the sun had set. So what we saw were just the streets leading