Winter beautiful 

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Dear Winter ,

I’m probably one of the very very few who absolutely loves you. 

Sure, you can be terribly harsh and hard. Even sans the snow, the bitter wind makes us feel so numb that we sometimes don’t notice some fluid is already dripping down our feels-like-nonexistent-nose. Trees and plants look so bare and dried up most would think it’s gone and died up. 

But whenever I look at these seemingly dried up plants and bare trees, I see so much promise. And I smile because I know below the ground and within those trunks and branches, there’s life that’s throbbing and  preparing a beautiful surprise that’s called Spring. And whenever I look up at the brilliantly blue sky, the breathtaking sunrise and brilliant sunsets, I exclaim with a big smile on my face and a grateful heart to God, “Ah, Winter! I’m glad you’re here.”  

sandcastles

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Dear Kid who made this sandcastle,

You and your friends have been in my thoughts the whole day. From now, you will always be in my prayers. I pray you and your friends get the education you need, the passion to achieve more, the heart to do good, the wisdom to choose good over evil, angels to guide and help you in your way for a better and more fulfilling life. I claim to God that my prayers will be answered in His perfect time and that you and your friends are in Good Hands. Indeed, it’ll be a Happy New Year for you and your friends! 🙂  

 

life with a toddler: sporty yet stylishly feminine

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Yui was helping me hang the clean clothes in her locker when she spotted one summer dress and asked for it. I gave it to her and went about my other chores. A couple or so minutes later, she rushed back to me with a big smile and exclaimed, “Mommy, pretty dress!”. She managed to work out the buttons and put the dress on on top of her clothes and just kept the buttons unhooked as they were at the back (I couldn’t manage back buttons myself either). 

She then asked that we play catch ball. She was so passionate with it that I had to ask for time out a number of times to catch my breath. And during those times that I was holding my chest, catching my breath, she did pirouettes and laughed as her skirt twirled and swirled around her, saying “pretty dress, pretty dress”. She also skipped and hopped around in between pirouettes. So sporty yet so girlish and stylishly feminine and kikay. 

Seeing the happiness on her face and hearing her beautiful laughter, my heart too is suffused with joy and thankfulness to God for giving us this happiness in the form of Yui. And with the happiness is the conscious thought that she’ll be growing up so fast; in that before we know it, time may come that she’ll be one of those students wearing their school uniforms on a Sunday because of some school activity. The thought pinched Mom’s heart a bit. 

But really, it is a reminder yet again to treasure the now and maximize the time we have with the baby Yui.