a bib for mom

on our way home my brother drop me at the basilica shrine. carrying with me are moms nursing pillow and her pink towel. i pray to ina as i walk my way through her holy image. there were few pilgrims who are still kneeling. as me and loidet approached the altar i see a nun changing her dress. she wasn't even finished with her dress when i get to touch ina and her crown wasn't there but she smells that good. 

i grow up believing that touching even the tassel of her dress will make everything ok. wiping off the towel in her holy image i told the nun that my mom is sick and we just got off from the hospital. it was loidets turn when she handed this precious thing to us. a part of her dress my family able to touched last monday when we get to visit her. 

i feel strange, we went straight to my mother and put them on her. i promise to take care of it ina. thank you sister. thank you jesus and ina. thank you everybody for your well wishes and love. our lola de is recovering now. its good to be home and i know that she will be fine soon and i always believe in that.

happy birthday nanay pining

My nanay pining will turn 56 tomorrow. and yes she is that strong and jolly. today we went to church and pray to ina and give thanks to all the blessings nanay pining had received the year round.

Nanay Pining or Josephina is mom's sister in law. Her husband was mom's eldest brother but died when we were little and mom lived with them since childhood. Nanay pining is blessed with 5 children whom had already have their own family and that little boy is one of her grandchildren.

lao and i grew up with her love. she take care of us when we were little and look over in our family until now. she makes sure that everyone is ok and give advice when we needed one. she has her own house beside our home and i thank god that she lives a few steps away from us because she is always there when we needed help specially now that mom needs supervision with her current health condition. nanay pining used to cook good food. i love her ginisa, her paksiw and everything she cooks.  she is a disciplinarian like that and i thank her for that because we all grew up responsible and god loving child.  

she may have a lot of grandchild now but she never failed to love our family. she always finds time for us. lao and i used to eat in her house in times when we dont like our own food. we even used her bathroom when its late to make it on time. she loves flowers and she takes care of her garden everyday. she is beautiful and smells fifth avenue her perfume. nanay is strong and she is much stronger than my mom. and lao and i love her very much.

happy birthday nanay pining! i always pray to god to always give you a good health and that you may live more to be with us. dont get sick nanay. and always stay strong. our family loves you very much.  dinner will be prepared in your home without you knowing and tomorrow on your big day we will have a feast. padangat mi ikang maray nay! thank you for taking care of my me, tars, lao and mom.

btw nanay pining really loves lauriat, soda and chicken.

happy father's day daddy

family doesnt mean youre in the same bloodline. it doesnt mean that you all live in a house either. for me family is where you find love and peace and respect. i consider myself lucky to have love by this two people i have learned to love and respect. i always wanted to be with them. i dont know what kind of force strikes me that i always yearn to hear their voice and get to skype everyday. 

mommy isit and daddy ben and i went to church today in naga city. we celebrate father's day and we had a lot of fun together. we had an epic lunch at chef doi in magsaysay. it was bloody hot outside and considering their age i am happy that we all make it through. 

we went to pechelitos resort in magarao to check the place and we find it pretty cool. i love that mommy is happy too. 

mommy and daddy learned how to use viber and skype. and i love that they even try facebook. they love to learn new and exciting things. they know how to make selfie too. 

we wished on the wishing well and get to explore the resort. it was really a great day and we all had fun. for me mom and dad are super hero. 

sunday is special and its our favorite day. they travel from iriga and me from calabanga to naga and meet at the basilica, our favorite church. i love that we share the same interest in our spiritual lives. and i guess mommy had memorized all the prayers in her bag. they live simple and care too much.

in all those years of being together and getting always to your home even when we are not in your bloodline i thank you for giving us unconditional love. for treating us good. for giving us the love a real grandparents. thank you mommy and daddy for always praying for us. i have come to age and because i have always love getting close to you ii realiazed that i only wanted to live with good people, people who are good to me, good for me and good for my soul. thank you mom and dad for giving me a family. for loving me, lao and mom as your own. 

having you for the last fourteen years makes me feel that i had a real grandparents and to me you are really mine. there are those time i wonder how are you doing, have you eaten or are you sick. i have learned about the reality of getting old from you. i love the times you tell stories and advice on how you make it through this life.  i also love watching tv and share comments too.

take care mom and dad. thank you for always giving me home and for taking me home.

a blessings to you from my family

i thank god for giving me and my family good health and enough blessings to spare and share with this year. thank you for keeping us safe and happy too. although we bid our last goodbye to our dear ones but still they remain in our hearts forever. all of our needs are instantly supplied. we are joyful and grateful for all of the blessings we give and received.

we've been through places we dreamed of going. we get to enjoy and love the company we are with. had laugh the loudiest and cried laughing while we witnessed all the sunrise and sunsets. words like we love you and we miss you are somewhat overused. and we mean everything what we have said and done. we get to visit, kissed and hugs a lot of our love ones. health issues had been resolved through soda and beer cuts and chicken cuts and a lot of running and biking and walking was done religiously.

thank you jesus for giving us people to love with. you always blessed the friendship we started to build to grow much stronger and live our life the fullest.

all sundays and holiday of obligations in the church was observed and i bet we never missed any of it. thank you jesus that lao, me and mom and all the people we have learned to respect and love make it through this 2016. we always keep our faith and trust in you. please continue to love and protect us in the years to come. we love you very much. wishing everyone the best of everything this 2017. happy new year from our family to yours.

i am glad that you come and visit me!

i did have some bones and lungs when i made it through quiapo last january. i was too happy when i get to witness and join myself together with the sea of people shouting viva senior in that busy street. it was my very first time to glimpse the holy image and get to quiapo too and luckily i get out alive and well. today who would have thought that the holy image i long to see will pass through our home right in time when i am against the world and my heart is grieving and my soul so weary and need some comforting. i am happy that the holy image had come and visit me. i pray that you continously grant me a good heart and clear mind and let me always keep my faith in you. viva nuestro padre jesus nazareno!

saturday seaside biking with kimmy and jessiel

into the mangroves of cagsao!