Creative With Cancer
MANILA: You can be creative with cancer. It's the how, and the how much. History says it should be much . As to the how, it should be how nice! This is a creative writer thinking. 2015: On 22 May, daughter Lila came up with the news on Facebook that her mother, former Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani, had colon cancer, stage 4 (Inday Espina Varona, ABS-CBNNews, news.abs-cbn.com ). Image above is from Raul Ibañez, Manila and Beyond, blogspot.com ); I posterized it. "She remains strong, as always, and is currently receiving several treatments," Lila said. 2016: On 26 January, on Facebook, very early today, Tuesday, I read Lila's post on her mother writing; Lila's note says: Delighted that Mom has begun writing her memoirs in earnest! The draft is irreverent, erudite and in parts terribly funny. What a gargantuan life she's led! I'm doing the editing, with Vince occasionally looking over to provide historical insight...