By Yay Padua-Olmedo t's fascinating that with Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels, folks from all over the globe are able to seamlessly connect wherever and whenever they please. That wasn't so in my heyday. That was when we wrote...

By Yay Padua-Olmedo Once in a while, I get to be a lipat-bahay (house transfer) wannabe-expert. This senior happens to have been in the hustle-bustle of two lipatans while my son's family moved―first from a rented flat to a house of their own in one U.S. state; then,...

By Yay Padua-Olmedo Senior folks' daily lives may easily flat-line especially if all their kids have left home; worse, if they choose to live overseas. Empty-nesters. That’s what my husband and I have been these recent years. Jack's extended employment after reaching...

by Yay Padua-Olmedo When God created man, He must have spent more time on the woman’s heart, stretching it, making it as deep as a well for the heart-arresting issues she would need to contend with later. The yawning gap between a man and a  woman becomes really...