Where do we go from here?

WHEN I woke up on Saturday morning after less than three hours of sleep, I turned on YouTube for an inspirational song. I needed something to perk me up. What has become in the last few weeks as a nightly midnight travel from the hospital, where my cancer-stricken sister has been confined, to home was longer than usual on Friday night. When I arrived home at past 1 a.m., I still had to make a final exam questionnaire for my 9 a.m. class. (I teach at The Manila Times College.) That explains the short sleeping time and my need for a perk-up music.

Oh boy, it really woke me up. I ended up shedding tears too early in the day. The first song on my playlist hit me hard because it was exactly what I was feeling at that moment. The song was Jamie Rivera’s “Heal Our Land.” Then, the “Jubilee Song” and “God Will Make a Way” followed.