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Twenty Twenty Three

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It’s 2023, new year. There are lot to be thankful for from year 2022 but there were lot of challenges and trials too.

I know for me that challenges and trials are like my twin sister. It was always on my side. But hey, I’m doing my best to defy the gravity. I look and think of all the happy days and moments in my life and convincing my own self that happiness is a choice.

As I am preparing our table in between the online NYE mass we are attending, a viber post in our group chat made me stop. I thought it was a typical Happy New Year greeting, its almost 11pm last night. But she posted a hand with IV tubes in an obvious area, a hospital.

My coworker had a rough month in the middle of the year last year. But she overcome it, deep inside she’s really fighting for it, emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially. And during after being renewed again and getting back on her feet, she drop the bomb, she said she had a mild stroke a day before the New Year’s Eve. Seeing her hands with all the tubes of IV and some other medicines attached to her vein, I just felt weak and said no… this can’t be her. Not her my God ☹ but as she confirmed that she was confined in a hospital, my heart sank and I can’t help to think, God she’s so young to endure two major blows in her life and within 1 year.

I had a near death experience with covid virus last 2021 and till now the post covid aftershocks and symptoms I still experiencing is quite physically and emotionally draining till now. But with her case, I just cried before and now still cry with her and whenever I think of her situation, as I’m writing now, my heart is aching.

I want to help her emotionally knowing I must deal with my own emotion. But hers is different with what I am having right and it’s not comparable. Financially, I think this one will really stress you out when you have medical issues. I am praying I can still help if I can. I just hope and pray that this too shall pass.

God help her. I’m praying for her healing; we need Your divine intervention to stop these dreadful diseases. With Your healing hands we pray. Amen.

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You are allowed

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While browsing, I come across a friendly reminder to everyone that once in a while you are allowed. Here goes:

You don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself

You are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you

You are allowed to terminate toxic relationships.

You are allowed to be angry and selfish and unforgiving.

I think I got that all covered. I’ve been in similar situations before and I’m glad I decided on doing the right thing. I forgive but never forget. I always remember to be more cautious on people who once break my trust and you have no choice but to be with them and be around them. Because I’m allowed to never let them rule my life. And I’m glad that by doing that, I love the person I am today.

Women nowadays tend to test their long thread of patience but when it snaps, there’s no turning back.

So when you feel all the pressures in life and you thought you have nowhere to turn and you always doubt yourself and you always feel down and out and you believe that you deserve not to be happy, remember that you are allowed.

God is good all the time.

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Wish List

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I had a casual talk with my husband last night regarding on when to replace our furniture. Some of them are getting old and it started to worn out that I feel that it’s not safe for our kid anymore. Nathan keeps on jumping up and down at our sofa that you can now feel the spring on your skin when you sit down. I wonder how long will it hold to Nathan’s newly found habit. I still need another chair in our room because our child loves to sit down on the floor while watching TV and we need to teach him to sit on the chair instead.

Judging on hubby’s classy style, he said he had an idea on what to buy for our room. There’s one particular Barcelona chair that he really likes and he’s eyeing to buy it once he has my approval. And looking at it, well, I think he’s right about it. It will look good in our room. And now we have to include it in our wish list for this year. I need to keep track on our list so we will still be within our budget. But then again we have to prioritize some of Nathan’s basic needs first.

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First timer

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My hubby was notified by his department head that he will have to visit their India office by next month. We were so ecstatic by the good news because it was his first time in India and he heard so much about it from his team. And as much as he wanted to prepare for this one in a lifetime travel opportunity, we think that we still have a lot to do because his surprise is he wanted us to travel with him. Our baby Nathan shared our joy that night and he started to jump up and down from the bed.

To begin with, we start looking for the place go in India. His friend advised him to visit here so we can do what we want to do after my husband’s business trip and it will make all our travelling made easy. Hubby wanted to extend our stay so we can have all the time to enjoy the beautiful places around. We shouldn’t forget some of India travel tips being the first timer in that country. I can’t contain being overjoyed with all our plans and our first time too with our baby Nathan. I still have to prepare some documents and of course I have to save money. I can’t wait for the day to come!

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Birthday gift

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My niece will celebrate her 14^th birthday few days from now. And she requested to have a small celebration in our family home because some of her friends and classmates will be coming over. We were quite surprised hearing that from my niece since these past few years, she will only request any gadgets she wants with just a simple lunch or dinner dined out in her favourite fast food restaurant. But as my husband noticed, she’s getting older now and maturing fast and maybe she wanted to make her birthday a memorable one this year.

So my sisters and I are now busy planning for the event and we asked our brother to come over. But actually, my niece wanted to ask my brother for his cell phone that she claimed that it’s the one she fancied at the mall. Well, I already talked to my brother about that but the only problem is that he lost its charger. I said nothing to worry about since there are many cell phone chargers available in the market and we will be the one to buy it for her.

I would like to see her face light up when she open the box. That’s her big reward for making good in her studies.

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Ninja Toys

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I was sorting my husband old things from the old boxes he had since his grade school days. I was smiling entirely with all the notes, love letters and some souvenirs he had and was kept safely to that box. I never had any courage to throw some of them away, it was part of his childhood memories and instead I put them on the new box I bought last week. Some of them are his toys that Nathan is fondly playing right now and he can’t believe he was looking at them right now while his son is playing on them.

Nathan mostly enjoyed playing his Daddy’s teenage mutant ninja toys. I was a fan also when we were kids and I remember watching my brother playing with his friends. They all have the same toys and I can recall asking our Mom if she can buy me that toy. With all the new high technology games and toys, we missed having that in our house and it brings back all the memories. Upon browsing the web, there’s more information here that my hubby will surely discuss to Nathan when he’ll ask about his new toys. I bet his Daddy can answer all his queries all the time.

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Wedding Plans

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Love is in the air. Well because I’ve heard the sweetest news this first month of the year that my favourite cousin is getting married. We are urging her to settle down because she’s not getting younger anymore and they both have a stable career and we know they are deeply in love with each other. Whenever we bring out the walk in the aisle topic, she would just laugh about it and said stop bothering them. So this is really great news for the whole family and everybody is ecstatic to know the plans and preparations.

Everyone in the family is volunteering to be part of this big event and my cousin started to panic how to accommodate all. But I told her that whatever the two of them agreed on the entourage, I think they will understand. She will be the one to design her wedding dress and he wanted to have those beautiful junior bridesmaids dresses she saw online.

My aunt’s recommend looking for the best dress and checking on the weddingtonway review so they will know if the color and the dress will fit to their brides maids and if they will like it. Well, she’s right on that and this preparations will surely made our weeks and months busy.

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New Look

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Every last month of the year, my family always wanted to have something new to our family house to start a new year with what they called good vibes. But the truth is it is my sister who wanted to change her furniture and fixtures and have a new look in her living room. She even wanted to change her son’s bed to make it spacious. My nephew’s things and toys are increasing every year, he needed a lot of space to make it comfortable for him.

My father is requesting to have a leather recliner chairs since he’s been using his recliner for so many years now. My brother is kind enough to offer to buy it for our brother and his early Christmas gift. My cousin offered her wholesale furniture brokers coupons to we can have big savings if we wanted to buy more for our house. It’s very convenient for us since we all love to have new furniture and the fact that my brother will shouldered some of the expenses.

Above all these, I’m quite happy with my siblings team work to make it happen. After all, we can all do this if we just work hand in hand.

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Yuletide Gifts

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Its Yuletide season again and the words of 13^th month pay and bonuses sounds good to hear everywhere you go. Malls on sale and big discounts are waving right in front of your face. My family just finished decorating the whole house and the Christmas tree is proudly standing in the corner of our living room, it feels so great knowing we will be celebrating holiday’s altogether. My sister and I are planning for the menu to cook but we still have to prepare for her birthday on the 16^th of December. She doesn’t want to celebrate it but we said you will have to spend it once a year so why should she worry on the expenses.

But one thing I am thinking of is what to give hubby this year. I have a hard time looking for one thing he will like best and my best friend suddenly became my saving angel when she suggested giving my hubby retro glasses as she did to her husband the other year. I immediately checked on my hubby’s glasses and I knew I have to give him a new one this year. I can focus on other plans now that I already put another check mark on my to-do lists.

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Business plans

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My family now venturing into food business and it is running smoothly and we are gaining regular customers as we are giving them the varieties of menu every day. I told my sister to monitor all the expenses and we could start with just even a small profit as we are new in the business. Actually, we are very happy with this new development as we are planning to do this for quite some time now. The whole family participated and we keep helping each other to make it work.

I just talked as my cousin in the US who wants to make it big after her dad gave her a small fortune to start with her living. She said her friend is helping her to venture into the stock market. She doesn’t know how and when to start but at least she’s having an idea through stock market simulation game. It helps her a lot and she’s getting all the ideas from there. I keep on telling her to do it wisely and concentrate on her plans so she can prove to her family that she can make it on her own. I just wish we can both become successful with what we are doing right now.

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New Life

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I always had a small talk with my friend who settles down in the US last year. I got to know her when she had a short stint on the job training in our office but she went to Los Angeles to be with her parents and siblings before she even graduated. She said she not comfortable alone and she misses her family so she decided to fly and be with them.

Then after a while, we had a chance to talk about her life in the US and she said she has a part time job with their family friend business but she still hoping for much better job position in the future. And she’s wants to start with finishing college first. But she prefers the private home tutors more and her parents agreed to get one to help her. I told her to do her best to finish her studies and I believe she can get through all that because she’s so positive in everything. I am happy that she’s thinking forward despite of having a new life. She really wanted to help her parents and she said she will make it good this time. I couldn’t agree more.

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Gummy Nutrition

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I have seen my sisters having a hard time in giving their children their everyday vitamins. I often help them to do that and resorted to all kinds of distractions just to take their focus away from the vitamins. My younger sister even cried one time and she don’t know why her son doesn’t want any of it even with a strong taste and smell of fruity flavour. I was wondering that too and I told them I don’t want that to happen to Nathan so I think of some other ways to give them the nutrition they need without too much of the tug of war between us.

My best friend recommended Smarty Pant's gummy vitamins that her parents and her daughter are taking for quite some time now. She said it was given to her by her college friend and she immediately tried it. I guess this is the best solution we could have and my parents could benefit with it also. I need to tell it my sisters and they would be ecstatic to know that she can continue giving her son his vitamins without “fighting” with each other. I believe my son will think that he’s eating his favourite candy.

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New Look

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I think everyone knows within our family that my husband’s love in arranging our house whenever he can. If he thinks that one furniture needs to go because it doesn’t looks good, then he will look for someone who needed that and then buys another to replace it. During our first year together, I can’t comprehend why he’d do that when it looks new to me but now I understand what he wants and I grow accustomed to that. I respect his taste when it comes to decorating our house and I sometimes joke him that he should studied interior designing instead of being an engineer. His friends often asked him on what to buy in their living room or kitchen area to make it looks good.

What we’ve been talking for weeks now is his idea of our bedroom make over. And I might agree with him because our bedroom is our sanctuary during the whole day of work and I feel relax just staying in our bed while watching TV or reading my favourite books. So when he said he likes his cousin’s idea of the modern bedroom set they just purchased in their LA home, he said he might consider buying it also for our bedroom. I said he should think about it but deep inside I’m so excited having that new set in our bedroom. I guess we should take a look in our savings first. We should decide what is best for our home.

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Road Problem

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I bumped with a close friend of mine last Saturday. We were classmate during college years and we hang out a lot until her family migrated to US after graduation. So I was amazed by her transformations, and I am so proud of her achievements. She treated me for a quick coffee talk and she said life is good in her job right now and she asked me if I can visit her if USA is in my to-go lists next year. My stay and my expenses will all be covered and I said I will think it over.

She talked about her brother’s friend who was pulled over because of DUI and she was so concerned because her brother is in the passenger seat. And she can’t do anything about it because she was miles away and she can only talk to them and know more about the situations through their mother. She is eager to be with her brother’s side as soon as possible but she is scheduled to leave to US until next week. But her boyfriend assured her not to panic on the matter because they already got the phoenix dui attorney just in time. My friend was so relieved hearing that and I told her everything will be alright.

We part ways after dinner and we wished each other good luck. I’m so happy to see her after so many years.

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Moving Forward

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My friend is worried on her upcoming written driving test next week. She is currently so busy in school now and she is having doubts if she could pass the test on time so she won’t have a hard time commuting going to her school and then to her day shift job and then back home. So she has all the right reasons to get her driving license the soonest. But she needs a guarantee that there will be no problem about it, her friend from work gave some advice to take the dmvcheatsheets driving test and it will guarantee her that she can sit back and relax that all will be well. She’s having a tight schedules ahead now that the school year has started and she wanted to do it right the first time.

But she needs to prepare for and her friend recommends the interactive test drive to help her focus on the day of the exams. But I know how she wanted this. We always talked about it over the phone and we encouraged her that she can do it not only because she needed her driver’s license but we always believe she can make it.

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New Recipes

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I know I’ve told everybody who knows me years ago that I’m happy and contented with my life that I ever forgot that I’m quite heavy for years now. Well, I don’t want to call myself fat because I’m not. I always thought that I’m not getting younger and that’s why my metabolism is not that fast anymore. But the truth is I think it is something to do with the way I eat, my choice of foods and myself discipline. No matter how I tried not to eat that much, I can’t stop the urge when I’m in front of the table and forget everything.

So my hubby suggests that I should think about my heath right now. I can’t take the risk of getting into trouble just because I am not eating the right food. So he introduced me to his friend that is into slow carb recipes that makes wonder to her daily life now. She’s urging me it to give it a try but she doesn’t know that it is part of my plan and I’m browsing the net to know more about it. I just need to start it slowly and maybe I can replace our daily menu one at the time. I know it will work for me.

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Wedding News

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My cousin was ecstatic on the happy news that she and her boyfriend is finally engaged and that she called me on the wee hours of the morning just to tell me all about it. I am so happy for her because they’ve been in a relationship for almost 3 years and everybody is quite anxious to see them walking down the aisle together.

So when she broke the news to us, everybody gets excited and starts planning for the big event. Well, I told them they have to check the venue first and choose that is memorable to them. They both weigh to consider some outside wedding venues. Just like when we are planning for my wedding few years back, I carefully and meticulously choose the reception and the church that are conveniently located in a place not too far from each other.

But my cousin told me that her future husband is considering an Estate Wedding and that too is on their plans. I told them just to weigh all the pros and cons and they have to work together so to avoid the rush and the stress of planning. I just want them to enjoy and feel the excitement as they move to the next chapter of their lives.

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Free Drive

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I’m really enjoying my driving lessons with hubby. I sweet talk him that he needs to be very patient with me or I will enrol in driving school because he tends to be very nervous with the way I handle the wheel. I know we have different approach while driving, he’s so cautious and alert and concentrated and I am more relax, carefree and fast. He said I need to be very careful because it is not that easy and I replied that I will think about it because for now, having my own time behind the wheel is just perfect.

With my current ways in driving, he said he might consider the free insurance quotes he received from his friend last week. We will talk about it because we should be weighing in the pros and cons and our family budget, too. We are also helping my niece to her college expenses and hubby said I shouldn’t worry much because his friend will give free finance tips to help us in our finances and I hope we can really push through with my niece college insurance. I really wanted to help her finish her college because that is our ultimate dream for her. We will have to keep our fingers crossed.

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Next Big Step

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My cousin phoned me last night about how ecstatic she was on her plans to take a graduate course this school year. She said she always dreamed of it almost every day because it will be her stepping stone for much bigger changes on her career. I said I already know that through her mother, my Aunt when she had her vacation her in our place last month and we are all happy with all her achievements despite being on a working student status for quite sometimes.

But she said she needed some time to prepare for the big thing and she said her friends recommends gmat prep and because she wanted to make sure she is on the right track. I told her to take her time and focus because I wanted her to be ready when it started.

She assures me that she’s also thinking on trying the Veritas Prep because of the good reviews and I told her to try everything that will help her reach her dreams. I know she will make it big because she’s one of the best cousins I ever had. Understanding, helpful, patient and loves her family so much. I always pray for her success and I hope it will all come true.

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Distant friend

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My best friend decided to migrate and work in the US and left last year. I really felt so sad because I will be missing her so badly. She’s been my friend and like my sister since high school and even when we have our own family now we often meet during our free time and talk about our family life and acquaintances and our plans for the future. I know living abroad is not that easy but just like me, my best friend is a strong willed woman and I believe in her.

But even we’re miles away from each other, distance is never an issue. But last night is quite different, we talked quite seriously and she said she needs to concentrate on something, her taxes. I think that it the first time she ever discussed it to me. She’s afraid to pay the penalties and she shouldn’t take it lightly because some of her office mates made some mistakes and nearly suffer the consequences. Good thing their boss taught them about irs extension form 2011 and they still have plenty of time to file their dues.

I can see that she's adjustting well in her new life now and she's getting used to it. When I joke her about it she answered, "I know, one step at a time".

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