My 12 y.o. asked me to pack leftover tinola and rice for school lunch and she said she shared it with her friends and they all passed around her thermos and scraped the bowl. This heals me. #Filipino
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Filipinos and Filipino Americans have enriched the very essence of America.
This Filipino American History Month and always, I hope each one of you feels pride – not only in your achievements and aspirations, but also in the dreamers and doers around you.