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Life lessons from Candy Crush

A self-confessed Candy Crush addict shares the life lessons you will learn from this most downloaded app, and how you might become a better person because of it. Read more

What's the perfect age to start a family?

Is it better to start a family young? A mother shares her thoughts (and her calculation) on the ideal age to start a family. Read more

No words

How does one speak without words? Find out in this snippet of a young man's life with autism and learn how love speaks even in the most challenging circumstance. Read more

The box

He would send her cards and letters on February 14 of each year. There were 31 of them now: one for each year of their friendship, their relationship, and their marriage. Read more

Beginnings

Does faith come to a person easily, or does one has to learn it the hard way? In Her Words, resident columnist Jennifer Cuaycong shares, In those days and nights when all I could do was pour my heart's grief in a long litany of tears, I finally learned to trust in someone other than myself. I had to be broken to be healed. Read more

Virtual hilarity

Some blogs go by the computer principle, "garbage in, garbage out." In Her Words, a freelance writer shares her observations on some Filipino bloggers who use blogs as their gold ticket to parties and freebies. Read more

Family portraits

The holidays are not always a season of joy and good cheer; for some, it can be a stressful time as well. Read more

Less than neighborly

Get to know the people in your neighborhood. Read more

The jeep creeps

A commuter's rants about her pasahero blues. Read more

21

As she celebrates her 21st wedding anniversary, HerWord columnist Pinky Cuaycong thanks her husband, Anthony, for his unwavering belief in their relationship, and for always reminding her that a "happily ever after" does exist. Read more

Eyes of the world

How do you deal with people who don't understand autism? In her comeback article, HerWord columnist Pinky Cuaycong writes an open letter to those who may need to know a thing or two about dealing with autism in public. Read more

Embracing solitude

On her 26th birthday, HerWord guest writer Valerie Valerio decided to pack her bags and took the train bound to the mountain city of Nikko. There, she discovers that while being alone can get lonely, it can also be liberating and inspiring. Read more

The 34-year old single senior citizen

Welcome to the somewhat tragic, somewhat peculiar, somewhat crazy but totally hilarious world of Witchella: The 34-year old single senior citizen. Read more

Yaya horror story

Help wanted! One frustrated mom vents her yaya troubles through this Her Words entry. Read more

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