Category: 50 weeks
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Week 7: Ending the Year with a Bang!
I was nervous as I wrapped my hands around its hard touch. I adjusted my fingers over the grip, and I was ready to pull the sensitive trigger. The power of its release surprised me, and I had to take a step back. For the first time in my life…I…
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Week 6: Making Lumpia
Lita’s delicate nimble hands make quick work of the task laid before us – rolling lumpia. Lita is my mom, otherwise known to my kids and their friends as Nana Lita. I consider her the lumpia queen, and she is teaching me how to make lumpia, the Philippines’ egg roll.…
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Week 5: Shelter for the Night
“Sorry, there’s no room for you tonight.” What, there’s no room at the shelter, where am I supposed to go? At first, I don’t know what to say to the woman handling check-in at the San Diego Rescue Mission’s (“SDRM”) Nueva Vida Haven Emergency Shelter for Women and Children. Then…
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Week 4: A Jump of Faith
Our connected bodies rush into the freezing air and are sent hurling down, down towards the cold, hard earth below. For what seemed like an eternity, we are free falling and I can feel the wind push against my face. Kind of like when you have a fan blowing and…
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Week 3: A Reading
What to do, what to do? It’s Thanksgiving weekend, family is in town, and I did not plan a Week 3 activity. Hookah lounge – no. Blingo – no. Shooting range – no. Frankly, I really wasn’t in the mood. I was feeling a little bummed about certain personal situations…
On the Road to 60 