It’s 10:10 p.m. and I’m wide awake. What could possibly keep me up passed my regularly scheduled bedtime of 8:30 p.m.? Only one thing. A swimming pool. Tonight, I had the great joy of coaching a dozen female students from Khalifa University — although I had not anticipated joy being part of the equation. Actually,…

March 21 is Mother’s Day in the Middle East! And 11 years ago today I became a mother to David Beauregard Nicholls. It was the first day of Spring, yet it was snowing in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The doctor delivering him was born in the Philippines, just like me. After David’s lunch party today, all the…

Dears, It finally happened. The thing I dreaded most. Well, almost most. I’ve dreaded a lot more things more vehemently. But I sensed this moment would arrive even before I arrived in Abu Dhabi. The weather is heating up in the UAE, and so is NSB. Between my internal fire and the Emirates’ outside temps, I’m drenched…