A mother's strength
by Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza
August 20, 2012
Joann Pacaña and her husband Michael had their first child Gabrielle Mikhail on Sept. 27, 2011 in Cebu City. She is fondly called Bielle. “Sometime we even call her Pedring because she was born during typhoon Pedring,” Joann quips.
It is only now that Joann could laugh about things after depression took over her life when she learned that Bielle had congenital heart disease.
