Summer in the Philippines:
An Earnest Photo Dump
After over two years of not being able to, I came home to the Philippines. To say that I returned as a different person feels like a gross understatement: in those two years I had been gone, I had gotten married, closed my business, gotten pregnant, carried my child to term, gave birth, nourished my child with my own body.
Here are some photos I took from that 2-month trip. Some are from my film camera (my favorite way to document as of late), and the rest are from my phone and digital camera.
It was strange, being in my old room, strewn with artifacts of my past life, my younger self—right next to my sleeping husband, and near the window, my baby’s crib.
Grandparenting
Parenting
To sit with each other
To sit in our absence
To sit with ourselves
Togetherness I
Togetherness II
This version of myself
That version of myself
We went on road trips & quick getaways &
skateboarding sessions (of course)
Tagaytay
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Silang
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Pampanga
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Tagaytay 〰️ Silang 〰️ Pampanga 〰️
We took a quick weekend trip to El Nido. 👉🏼
Coming home was like taking a big gulp of air after holding my breath for over two years. There is, truly, no place like home.
