We Are the Elders Now
Elderhood is a graduation into deeper purpose for the adult who loses both parents.
Jackee Budesta Batanda
Waiting in the Frangipani Tree
My two sisters and I sat perched on branches in the frangipani tree and watched the neighbors. Their compound bustled with activity. Through the chain-link fence that separated the two homes we observed, entranced, as the neighbors reached for the…