Category: Personal Reflections

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan I was 17 when my mother left for the U. S.so we can have a better life. On the day of her [Read More…]

Dear Callie and Yohan, Let me tell you the story of my childhood. Two Barbie dolls and a clay pot set, these were the only [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan I love my children, my 5-year-old Callie and my 2-year-old Yohan. I adore them and I love telling the world about them [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan Living in South Korea during this pandemic is such a blessing for my family. Though there are still hundreds of cases reported [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan Just like every beautiful story I have read and watched, there are plot twists that make it seem like darkness overcomes the [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan HE IS RISEN. These three words changed my life. When I was young, I would remember celebrating Holy Week in Sorsogon, Philippines. [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan “Jesus, please let the coronavirus go away.” My five-year-old daughter, Callie, utters this every night before going to bed ever since the [Read More…]

by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan In 2014, I wrote my first article for Hawaii Filipino Chronicle entitled ‘Love is Worth It.’ My husband John Marc and I [Read More…]