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As the year draws to a close and the holidays come to a head, we offer you a quiet moment, a time to contemplate and think about all of this. So much has happened this year, but at the end of it all our thoughts always lead back to one: family, the one we’re born into and the one we choose. Whether it’s your personal belief or something society has instilled in you, these relationships are the essentials. They are what matter most—which is why it sucks when things are so bad. Consider all the family (melo)dramas that played out this year. How can so much anger exist in those bound by blood and experience? In Forvm, one seasoned writer-editor lays out a story about family, the people we can’t live, can’t live without. In Relationship, we share another issue that always gets a raise: singlehood. Compound that with being away from family. Exacerbate that with belonging to a Filipino family that dotes on togetherness, especially during the holidays. Before you think we’re serving you a heaping of the blues, remember that Food, especially good food shared with people who you like spending time with, is always a balm for all the aches. This time we have Hapag, a celebration of all that is right in Filipino culture. So let’s all eat, drink and be merry. Forgive or forget, but most importantly, let go.