From City Lights to Starry Nights

When I was a child, I believed silence was something to be feared. It meant loneliness, absence, maybe even failure. But now, standing beneath Palawan's gray skies with the sea humming in the distance and the scent of rain still clinging to the trees, I realize silence can also be healing.

My name is Luna Amarie Torres

Marie, to almost everyone-and I came here to escape the endless weight of law school, Manila traffic, and expectations I didn't know were crushing me. I didn't expect peace to look like fog, or feel like a kiss on the forehead from my abuela.

But the truth is, I forgot how to breathe.

And here, I'm learning again.