Saved Festival 2011

Since I started my life as a married woman, being alone in my faith was a reality I knew I would face. It would be my challenge and it is probably my biggest frustration to date. As much as I love my husband, more so do I love my God. But making God real in the life of this family is like waiting for a bus to get going and no one seems to be coming along for the ride.

Last weekend was a weekend of worry. God knows I worry so much and impatient at the same time. So when Ana and April invited me to the Saved Festival 2011 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, it was exactly what I needed.

The moment I walked in, I was surrounded by my own kind and the energy was electrifying. My hair was standing on ends. You knew the Spirit was strong and the fire of the Lord burns intensely in the hearts of so many. To see all those young people, God's army is alive and strong. What a time to live in!

Fully recharged and free to sing my heart out. God be glorified!

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Called to understand

Romans 14:13
"Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister."

Living by God’s right standards, living to be a peacemaker, and living to be a source of joy in our relationships are what kingdom life is all about. And, when we live like this, our lives please God and bless others
- from Our Daily Bread


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Home

Home is definitely where the heart is. Sometimes I wish I never left. But I have to get used to this reality. My life is now a constant back and forth motion between two loves.


Coming home with Dani is an outer body experience is some points. Seeing Dani on the same bed I grew up and slept in, dreaming of my Prince and the children I would have with him. What a happy ending!


Dad is looking a bit haggard. Im worried. His eyes are dark and he looks tired. Lord God, give him your strength to go with His courage.


Its times like these that I will treaure and remember for all my life.


My dad is turning 62 tomorrow. I'm glaf he can be here for Dani. You can see it in his eyes. So much gentleness, love and awe. If I could freeze it all and keep it close always.


I love being home.



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Remembering...

Its the first time I'm actually in Iloilo for this time of year. Can't remember when I was actually here for All Soul's Day.

First time in Tanza Chinese Cemetery. Lots of incense. Lots of smoke. Its a learning process. Started out at 9am.

Headed for Garden of the Ascension but apparently the family are running late so we ended up heading to Forest Lake.

It amazes me how intricate the cemeteries are here!

Seeing family at Christ the King was wonderful. Not to mention a good portion of David's spareribs. Still as good as I remember them! 😍 Unfortunately, it shocked me it was P80 now! Hhwwaat?!

Hot, smokey, sticky, itchy... It was a good day. 😊

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Thank you, Steve Jobs

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."

~ Steve Jobs

With my Iphone, Ipad and Macbook by my side, thank you, Steve, for making life easier and beyond our expectations. You will truly be missed but will always be remembered.

She is for you, Father God.

Sept 3, 2011 (Saturday) at 10:30am

We dedicated Danielle Beatrice to the Lord, as it was in His Word. Praying that God will be her strength when she is down, her triumph in her accomplishments, her might when she is weak and her heart's foremost and utmost desire all the days of her life.

I offer her up to you, Lord. What I have in abundance comes from you. She is Your ultimate gift in my life. Thank you, Lord God.

On friends and growing up

Call me sentimental. Call me sensitive. But one thing I have that I will always be proud of is loyalty. And it gets to me how some people take it so lightly. Like many others, my weakness is I give too much when the oer parties barely reciprocate. i was never one to judge or count but I do have my limits.

And herr I am at a crossroad. Saying goodbye to around 2 decades of friendship. i depart without any regrets. I gave what I could to the bestbof my abilities. It just has become clear that maybe I did expect a lot and I let my emotions take the best of me.

I am grateful with the fact that at the demise of some friendships, real friends were around me all along. So I am not alone. As I reflect on it further, I really won't loose anythgin since I didn't really gain anything to begin with.

How can I even begin to think of complaining? I got be the best treasure of all.

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Raindrops and the like

Certainly has changed a lot here. Where do I start?

From 1pm-6pm I have my daughter, Dani with me in our room while the nanny gets her much needed sleep. Some days Dani is as timid as a butterfly, some days she's more like a banshee. Its a lotta love with a bit of pain! My arm, back and leg muscles are killing me at the moment. Aaahhh... Motherhood.

Quite stormy these past weeks but I welcome it. Relieves the stress and gives light to more serene moments and thoughts.

Mommy... I guess it will hit me even more when she finally says it.

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Bookworm alert

My brother finally hooked me up with a kindle application on my ipad and finally had some time yesterday to browse on some reading. Came upon this book and was intrigued by the reviews and synopsis. Remembering, that I was at most a "Sweet Dreams" kinda girl way back when. Always kept my reading materials wholesome. Funny that I actually realized, I'm 31, married with a child and my choices of ooks, especially in the fiction genre more or less hasn't evolved accordingly.

Loved this book, Faiking It! Yes, its somehow as you interpret the title to be so but it takes it into another level entirely. Concepts on love, intimacy, self confidence, opening yourself up to a better you, lives unexplored... Their conversations are fascinatingly refreshing! It ends in a way that does neatky tie things tigether but still have that voice squeaking inside you, secretly wanting more. That somehow a sequel would be done.

I give this book two thumbs up!

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So this is how it feels

9 months of being pregnant, it was just me and the planet I felt I was carrying around with me in my tummy. A few kicks and here and there were just like the intro. Kinda telling you that something special was brewing but nothing beats the feeling of seeing your baby for the very first time.

After a very twisting process of delivering, there she was. For months I often wondered what she would look like. Then I see her and I see so much of her father in her.

Motherhood didn't sink in immediately but as soon as I saw and held her, the thought that she was yours was like a realization unlike any other. Nothing can describe it and I cant believe how other mothers can relay the feeling so nonchalantly. This moment literally rocked my whole world! In something so small life can have new meaning and direction.

Can anything else top this feeling? Hmmm... I'll get back to you on that.


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