garden of my life

I have had taken a lot of shots lately and though I don’t have that talent to take great pictures, I have a few personal favorite from my file.

One of those is the picture of my son as shown:

My son at Lipata Port

This was taken in Lipata Port, Surigao City at daybreak while we are waiting for the ferry that would took us to Liloan on our way back to Manila. It was such a beautiful morning it could made you reflect and be awed by God’s great creations. HIS work of art is simply perfect!

Just got back from a family vacation and we sure have had fun bonding. But before we went to our little trips, we paid a vist for to our Lady of Manaoag as our way of giving thanks for all the blessings;

a visit to our Lady of Manaoag

It’s sure fun to visit old familiar places:

and new ones too;

in Disneyland- a childhood dream came true

But most of all, it’s nice to be back home, sweet home.

But then again, I agree with the saying that home is where the heart is. And for my family, our home right now is here,

in our little place - TOGETHER.

How was your holidays? Sure, most of you were so busy then and have had a wonderful Christmas/new year celebration with your loved ones/family. Ours though was not grand. In fact, on Christmas eve I did not prepare anything at all except for the buko salad which I made a day earlier. Why? because my son requested me to just bought a bucket meal from KFC as our noche buena. And since I was still then under the spell of Christmas blues, and was not in the mood for cooking, I agreed. Yes, for the past three Christmases that hubby is away due to work, our celebration for the holidays is not that so elaborate. And though I know that the focus of the celebration is not us but the LORD, I can not help but be emotional on Christmas eve. Celebrating Christmas apart from our loved ones is no fun. Indeed, the sacrifices we have to endure to fulfill our simple dreams…

As for the new year, I got to prepare the foods that my son requested . I also bought a black forest cake as our dessert . And to keep the tradition, I bought 12 kinds of fruits for prosperity here are some; I made some effort to keep the ‘atmosphere’ festive for my son, to start the year right. It was good that hubby was at their main office so we were able to chat an hour before we bid 2008 goodbye. Somehow, it made the three of us happy as we able to talk and greet each other on new year’s eve. Thanks God for He made it possible.

So that was it, our simple celebration. And with a GRATEFUL and HOPEFUL hearts, my family WELCOME 2009.

I was busy but having fun for the past few days. My sister is having her vacation and opted to spend days with us. We did some “sisters’ act” so to speak, and I was just too happy to be of help to her somehow. My sis is such a giving and kind person. I pray that our Heavenly Father would bless her more and more, always.

Speaking of buziness, last weekend we went to Tagaytay to attend the Sunday massat our Lady of Lourdes Church ( I took this pic after the mass) and had lunch at my fave resto, overlooking Taal Volcano . After which, we visited our eldest brother who had just arrived from his vacation in the US of A (Anne, salamat sa padala mo sa papa mo ha?). We had fun by just being together, sharing thoughts on just about everything.

To my sis, thank you for everything, for your love and kind gestures. Thank you sa pasalubong too…I will pray for your happiness, good health and prosperity. Stay happy and lovely . You’re such an inspiration to me. I love you sis and all my siblings. God bless us all.

Feels like drifting lately… doing my daily chores with not much enthusiasm. I’m missing hub though we get to talk almost everyday. But being miles apart is just hard. There are concerns that I wish I could tell him now, but too afraid that it will just complicate things. He is missing home too and having some difficult adjustments in his work, so adding burdens on him is out of the question. Got no choice but to bear it alone and hope I can handle the situation fairly well.

In times like this, I need to remind myself that God is good. I just have to keep my faith and for sure His LOVE will keep me going.