I thought I would take a little break from my usual fare and talk a little about how I am doing in the Philippines. Since I arrived seven years ago, life has been a series of ups-and-downs. I guess part of me thought changing my hemisphere would cure my mental illness, but that is not how it works, is it? The Philippines has changed me for the better, but the work I’ve done on my recovery I would have had to do no matter where I was in the world. I was talking to my wife, and we agreed that the first three years of our marriage were a battle. Not having the kind of courtship that a regular rel ..read more