What to do when your child is sick...

Nothing agitates more for a parent than to find their child sick. Even the slightest fever would make a parent very worrisome and afraid for the well-being of their sick kids. When my first child was born I had no idea of how my world would turn around every time he got sick. There are many questions I want answered and I wish I could trade places with my sick child. Fever in children is oftentimes a manifestation...

Of fatherhood and imperfection...

Fatherhood is a very strange and alienating chapter in a man’s life. There are sacrifices to be faced and principles to be challenged in order to fulfill one’s noble duty of caring for the progenies whose future lies on one’s hands. When I was young I used to see my dad as god. I’ve learned to distinguish what’s right from wrong based from his actions and admonitions. There are instances however when...

There’s no God in the realm of the physical sens...

I have come upon this article on Yahoo news regarding Stephen Hawking’s view about the afterlife. When asked of whether he feared death, his response was nay; he believed that there is no heaven or afterlife—that such is just a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. While I admire his great intellect, I cannot find myself sharing his view. Though I have found some enlightenment on the great arms of...