Ramblings
It's been a long time since I wrote about something deeply personal. There were times when I wanted to just write the day away, but I always stopped short of doing so because I thought,…
Tag: Chic Fortich
For My Mom – Beginnings and Endings
This is something I wrote for Gold Star back in 2009. When I wrote this, I was working for a BPO company as an assistant content writer. It was a job that allowed me to…
Chic Magnifique
My mom, the late Maria Soledad "Chic" Nery-Fortich, left this world on February 26, 2006. She was 60 years old. It's been 15 years, but I still miss her every day. Mommy was a strong,…
Why We Are Re-Staging “Reyna Elena”
I first wrote about my mom's Palanca-winning play last October 2016. In that post, I shared the story of my mom and how she wrote "Reyna Elena", a 3-act play in English for a playwriting…