Hey BF-ers and friends…
It’s been a minute. Well actually, it’s been 577 days since I wrote a formal BOSFilipinos update where I gave us a couple months to “get back to normal.” LOL4EVERANDEVER While BF hasn’t been fully functional during the pandemic, I will say we’ve been keeping the lights on over the past year and a half. Hyacinth was doing/editing Word Wednesday videos, Katie’s been getting the monthly podcasts up, and I’ve done community member profiles on social media, along with reppin’ BF on external panels (BTW - Hyacinth and Katie both got blog posts coming up this month!). But some of what I love about this community has been missing… the in-person interactions. Our last restaurant pop-up was January 2020, our last meetup was February 2020, and our last big potluck was December 2019. I didn’t feel safe doing events last year. And to be completely honest - I was in a bit of a funk that took lots of therapy, self-care, and work on myself to climb out of + seeing my mom after a year and a half (I still haven’t been able to see my brothers). Then even after I got vaccinated this past Spring… I still felt an uneasiness about gathering large groups together. And let’s face it, the BOSFilipinos crew has never been one for “small” - from the size of our dishes, to how loud and joyful and affectionate we all are.
All this to say: we really miss y’all. I am daydreaming and planning all we’ll get to do together next Spring. Please continue to tag us and tell us your stories. Please continue to ask for help when you need it. Email is usually best: info@bosfilipinos.org but it may take a minute to get back to you… as a wee reminder we’re completely volunteer-run and all have day gigs and ::gestures wildly:: life to deal with. But feel free to pester us like a tita asking, “When will you get married?”.
Love, rainbows, and turon,
Trish