from its conceptualization, changes in my personal life took place because of newfilipina.com aka bagongpinay. one cannot run such a site without digging down deep what it means to be Filipina in this world, what it means to be born to the culture, the big extended families, the colonized history. i met many people on similar journeys. my life opened up.

and life changes take place, big ones and small ones—geography, mid-life, transitions, growing children, awakenings, discoveries…

and then in 2006 the site disappeared due to technical issues…

but things happen for a reason…

during the almost two years that i stepped away from doing newfilipina.com, i went through a series of family crises, personal rediscovery, creative outlfow and then experienced bringing together, at homes and coffee shops, women’s circles, regardless of race, nationality, religion. from my most recent paths, i realize now that newfilipina.com has been an intrinsic part of a larger dismantling of civilization’s imperialist beliefs of heirarchy and privilege that bring about injustice in society and crippling expectations in our personal lives—regardless of categories—-nation, religion, culture, education, class and gender.

in this journey, too, woven into an experience of dis-believing, was the rediscovery of that which excites , enlivens , inspires and replenishes one’s love for Life, everything in it, and all it has to offer.