A Simple Blessed Night

Christmas is a special day for us. We celebrate this not because we want to receive a gift and this is not a day to wait for Santa. Children are happy on this day but some of them they don’t know the real meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate this day. Christmas is a day when Christ was born and this day is for a family. We give love, we forgive everyone and a day that everything is alright.

Some people prepare a lot of food or a big party. They spend a lot of money for this day but if we think about it we don’t need this. this is not a day to spend a lot of money just to be happy with others. the important is we are happy, healthy and we love each others with all our heart even if we don’t have or we have a simple preparation for this day. Even if you prepare a big party, yes you are happy but if your heart is full of anger and you don’t know how to forgive then your Christmas is nothing and not complete.

Our Christmas is simple but happy. Before we celebrate we went first in the church for a mass and after this we went home. My mom prepared one food and I call my cousin and her family to eat with us. A few minutes our neighbor brought their foods in our house and we ate all together. Then some of my friends came also in our house then they also ate with us. Everyone is happy and looks like everything is alright. I know that during that time Jesus is with us he celebrate his birthday with us. Before Christmas i asked God that I want to see my family happy and everything is alright. There is no bad things happened during that time and when Christmas day come I didn’t expect that God give me this as my gift and I am very happy at that time. So during Christmas until this moment God never let me sad. He fill my heart with joy, he give me things that I never expected, and he complete all I think is incomplete. Only his spirit what I feel now is enough for me to be happy all the way. 🙂

How do Christmas surprise me? :(

Everyone now looks like they are happy this coming Christmas. Maybe some of them they celebrate Christmas with their family from abroad. For how many years passed by, this is the first time that I didn’t feel any excitement about Christmas but still I am happy to celebrate the birthday of Jesus.

In my life all I want is to see my family complete, happy and healthy same with others. Every time that I see my family happy, I am more happy than them. Every time that I have my vacation in our province I never miss to play with them. For their smile, all I can say is that “my day is complete for having them”. We are not the perfect family but because of our closeness, for us, we are the most blessed family. In our family, we help each other, we don’t like that someone gets hurt. A lot of problem that we encountered but we never give up and because of the help of our God we survive from all difficulties. Every time that there is an event or holidays like Christmas, we put up a plan to have a perfect celebration. Every Christmas my aunty from London gives charity to those who are in need. Now, since some of them are in abroad we will not celebrate some holidays with them but still we felt each others love.

How many days to go before Christmas? A family who are very close to each other and happy before is unhappy. I felt sad at that time. Feeling like no one can draw a big smile on our face. People see us that we still happy. Yes, happy in front of them but behind that smiles a tears that don’t want to flow and show our difficulties now. My daddy is not okay and he take his medication now, same with my two grandmothers, my cousin who has a complication in his kidney & having a time limit according to her wife and my aunty complication in her heart. I can’t control my tears every time that I remember them and sometimes I want to take another course which is a doctor for them but I know, there is a good and best doctor of all and he is our God. Then, now a family problem comes. Everyone of us don’t know what were going to do but we believe in God that he never leave and neglect us. For those problems that we have now, I hope that these are not the reason to have a broken family. In everyday of my life I can make someone happy but for myself, I can’t. For having those problems we still thankful in God because we know that all of these are challenge for us to become a better person.

This coming Christmas only one wish I have in my heart and that is PEACE for my family then return from miserable to peaceful. For this wish, even if how many days, months or years pass by I will still waiting this time were I can see their smile and love again for each other. I hope that this wish will come true.
In this life we don’t need a lot of money instead a faith in God

Sometimes it takes the People to Remember the Place

Last year on the month of May we went to Aparri Cagayan to attend the wedding of my cousin there. On that day, we started our travel early in the morning. It was very dark that’s why I wasn’t able to see every places that we passed by. Then, when the sun rose up we are fortunately in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Laoag is the capital of Ilocos Norte. Laoag is located between Ilocos Sur and Cagayan Valley. Patapat Viaduct is very popular in Ilocos Norte because it is elevated 31 meters over sea level and 1.3 km concrete coastal bridge connecting Maharlika Highway to the Cagayan Valley as well as Pagudpod for its beautiful beaches and because of the Kabiga Falls where  lots of traveler have their rest and picnic. When we reach Pagudpod we have our stop over there for our lunch. Since we own the car we can stop wherever we want. While we are traveling we feel the air from the sea and from the mountains that feels like we are covered by the warm fresh air. Ilocos Norte is a lowland province but located at the mountainous part of northern Luzon. After some hours we continued our travel again. When we entered in the province of Cagayan, I started to count houses made up of coconut trees. While we are on our way we saw Aetas in the farm and some are selling their fruits. When I was a child I stayed in Abulug Cagayan for more than 3 years so I am familiar of some places there.

A few hours we fortunately reach Aparri Cagayan. It was so hot and there’s nothing to do so my mama and my cousin asked me to go with them in their town  and I chat and play with them. The sun smiled on us that is why we enjoyed the time that we shared with each other. When we are in their town, I was surprise because you can buy your things there in a cheap price and since we are there we buy some sea foods for our family dinner. Aparri Cagayan is the first place where I tried to rode a boat. When we are there we stayed in the hotel where the venue of the wedding is. I enjoyed some things we have done and some places that we visited. I really enjoyed this vacation with my family even if there is no too much excitement.  But the fact is that we are not totally there to have fun but we are there to attend the wedding and to be with our family and we were happy to see them again even in a short moment. What will I miss there is the warm and friendly people. Aparri Cagayan is not that  popular here in the Philippines, but I think there is no such thing that people can give you just to remember their place rather being their selves. That is enough for me to remember them as well as their place. If ever I will go there again, it is not  for their products or anything else but because of the people in there.

pitahaya

how dragon fruit flower gets your attention..

Pitahaya is very attractive because of its refining and stunning beauty. Through its aroma people will not skip to witness its charm.

 

 

 

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