This story for the young and not-so-young was inspired by the writer’s grandmother, Jessie Coe Lichauco, who is waging a campaign to give children back their own identity (See sidebar). It is […]
Are You A Baby Goat? Or Why Children Are Not Kids
A Foreign Face, A Filipina Heart
If it was curiosity and a sense of adventure that brought my 99-year old grandmother, Jessie Lichauco to the Philippines 80 years ago, it was love that made her story. Click here […]
Jessie Lichauco at 98: ‘I am dancing with my memories’
When someone asked the “birthday girl” to dance, her fair skin almost blushed and a dreamy look came over her gray-green eyes. She said, “thank you, but I am dancing with my […]
Safe Haven
“Home is when you find a moment that you don’t want to leave.” These words spoken by my grandmother, Jessie Lichauco, echo in my mind as I greet the familiar glass-encased lion […]
SUNSHINE LICHAUCO DE LEON 