L for LOVE
Let me quote some lines of the essay Sapay Koma , written by Prof. Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz , Humanities professor of UP Mindanao (who is now my current instructor for AH4 / HUM1: Adventures in Poetry, Fiction and Drama) The essay won the Third Prize in the Essay Category of the prestigious Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in 2008. The full essay can be read in this link . ...Despite all the tragic relationships I had had with women, I still believed that it was worth fighting for the right of a woman to love another woman. What business did I have getting married to a very young man? And for all the wrong reasons. Must have been oxytocin overdose sponsored by the baby in my womb. Or a planetary alignment exerting mysterious forces on my consciousness. Or, gasp—Love!... ...We didn’t get any gifts, except for a framed copy of 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind… love does not keep a record of wrongs…” ... I once tried to convince my husband to just rent a gown and tuxe...