My year 2021 had two defining moments — One was finishing my Master of Divinity at the International Graduate School of Leadership and the other was getting diagnosed with leukemia. These two moments in my life transformed me immensely in so many ways and yesterday was its culmination.
What a faith journey it has been! From the time I was diagnosed with leukemia and the other complications that come with it to this day that I am free from all of the challenging and hard treatments.
It’s been a while since I last shared an update about my health. But here I am, alive, well, and cancer free by God’s grace alone. But the past months have been challenging. Especially hard […]
What an honor to write a devotional for the 40th anniversary devotional book of my beloved alma mater, the International Graduate School of Leadership.
There are no words that I can say. But only tears in my heart. It has been a few days of silently crying to the Lord. And what always brings me back into His presence […]
Dear God,
Love is in the air or should I say love is all over Facebook! Today is Valentine’s day and the whole world is celebrating love. Most of the people are showing and expressing their love to the people closest to their hearts. Isn’t it a good day?
“Val, your life is put on hold.” This may be a statement that a lot of us have been struggling with. When the pandemic hit us last 2020, our lives were put on hold. Our […]
“Hi! Congrats! Your bone marrow is clear!” – Dr. Lopez These words seem unreal when I first heard them. I was stunned. I couldn’t believe it. My bone marrow is clear, and I can have […]
While I had my last dose of chemo for the first cycle, today is a frightening day again, yet an exciting one. Frightening, because I will have multiple laboratory tests and my attending physician, Dr. […]
It’s exactly a month since I felt my first symptoms from my Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and my 21st day at St. Lukes Medical Center Global City. Time surely flies so quickly. I am now in […]
