What Ramon Valera said of Elvira Manahan, Chona Kasten, Imelda Cojuangco, Baby Fores–and my mom
Your mantra for the week: “I am blessed beyond all expectations.”
January 15, 2017
Your mantra for the week: “I am blessed beyond all expectations.”
Remember Chona Kasten, dahlings? For the high society people who knew her, as well as those who have the faintest idea who she was, let me tell you about “La Divina: The Life and Style of Chona Recto-Kasten,” a coffee-table book on the life and times of the late fashion icon, written by her only daughter Techie Ysmael-Bilbao, edited by Jose Mari Ugarte, and published by National Book Store/Anvil.
This happened when I was still a seventh grader at St. Theresa’s College—in short, it was eons ago, but so long after the dinosaurs had disappeared from the face of the earth.
YOUR mantra for the week: “My new choices create a new life.”
ONE thing struck me this morning. I haven’t deleted from my phone contact list the numbers of some friends who have died, some of them quite a long time ago.
Three decades ago, I predicted that if the Catholic Church wouldn’t make changes in many of its beliefs, by 2032 its institution would become irrelevant.
I was asked recently whether I believe in God, and my emphatic answer was yes, because in my heart of hearts I have accepted that everything that exists in the universe, visible or not, is God. All religions accept that God is everywhere and, therefore, to my mind, everywhere is God.
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