I AM THANKFUL FOR THEE
Before celebrating Thanksgiving with the feast that my Hubby is having for me, our Daugther, his Sister, and his Brother, and before doing the 12:01-Black Friday Shopping, I would like to make and share with you a list of things that I am just grateful for this year. Happy Turkey Day to all of you!
~ My family here in Washington. Honei & My Babycakes. I can not imagine life without them both. I am grateful that I spend every single night in bed with them and waking up next to them each morning. No matter what we do, be it just spending the whole day together doing nothing or just driving in the car and singing to our favorite songs. They will always, always be the best times of my life! Thanks as well to Mommy & Dad Chuck who are in the Philippines right now but will be coming back in a couple weeks. I am glad that they are there for me and the whole of the family. Eventhough their son, my Hubby is married, they still are always very supportive of him and me and our daughter. And we miss them and could just hardly wait until they return. And my siblings in-law: Jazzie & Niko, for all the good times that we have and will still have. Imagine, I went clubbing with them for four weekends in October. Its not a motherly thing to do on weekends (at least for me) but those times were indeed great!;
~ My Tatay, My Nanay, & Mykidbro back in the Philippines. They made me realize that it doesnt really matter whether you are with your parents/siblings in the same roof or you are a thousand miles apart from them, BUT your family’s love will always, always be the same no matter what. They never fail to think of me, my Hubbs, & most esp.my Daughter which is just almost like being with them physically. I miss and love all of them to pieces;
~ My Family at Gap Store (1708). Thank you for all the wonderful and challenging times be it in the store or outside. You are my second family and I will always treasure you all. I look forward to working everyday just because I will be working with each one of YOU with our Gap CD music on. Thanks to Netplay for that. We do rock and I love the way we roll;
~ Our condo unit which we got in March. It may not be as big or as extravagant as for others but what do I care, it is ours and it witnesses and will still witness many years of laughters (may be even pain) of my beloved famfam! I can still picture right to this moment that day when we were oriented on our unit. It was the 7th of March and it was snowing! And that day when we were shopping for a new HDTV, we got a call from someone in the sales and marketing group of the condominium units saying that we can pick up our key anytime that day! The process of buying a new house may be stressful but it sure was one of the sweetest days that my hubby and I shared;
~ Me learning how to cook (and discovering that my Hubby has that talent too! His specialty is breakfast foods. He makes the greatest pancakes and omelettes I have ever tasted. With that, we would have breakfast even for our midnight snacks). I come from a family of great cooks. My Mom cooks the most sumptuos every dishes. My Dad makes the most delicous Arroz Valenciana in town! And Mykidbro has the most tasteful Sizzling Sisig! That is no joke ok. And going back to my new talent, well who would have thought that I could cook!? I was never interested everytime my Mom was in the kitchen but here I am now, I get praises for the dishes that I make and I am glad about it as it is one way of taking care of my very own famfam! I kick "A" with my dishes!;
~ Having to meet and spend time Mykidbro’s beau - Che in August when she took her Physical Therapist Licensure Exam here in the state. She sure is a nice girl and I am just as happy now that she has her license and will be flying to Alabama in three weeks. I know it will be hard for her, her family, and Mykidbro to be apart from each other. I definitely know because I am a survivor of a long distance relationship myself. But one thing is for sure for her and Mykidbro, they will absolutely fall more in love over and over again even with the distance! We love and support them both;
~ My trip to Ontario in September for my big thirtieth birthday! I finally got to meet another set of my Hubby’s relatives. We had an awesome vacation in there just because every family member was so hospitable and has "The Villacorta" sense of humor. My Daughter sure had fun meeting and spending time with her two uncles - Ryan and Sean. Made me and the Hubby realize that we want a baby boy;
~ My job promotion in October. It took me two years before I got into management in our store. Well, I am a (part-time) working Mom and I am just grateful that the corporate decided to build a new corporal structure which includes in it some management positions for part-time working people like me. I can still remember clearly how a former Assistant Manager, Cathy from our store gave me my employee evaluation for the year. I cried. In front of her. As part of my review, she was asking if I can consider working full-time in the store because I can most definitely get into management with it. But I told her I have a family to take care of and I could not just sacrifice having a full-time job and maybe spending less time with my Hubby and Daughter. I told her how I look up to my parents and how they brought me and my Brother up. I want to be just like my Mom and Dad. And as that conversation went, I suddenly missed my folks who are back in my home country; and
~ My Driver’s License which I finally got on Tuesday. I have had a Permit for one and a half years and I just felt that I was just too lazy and just had to cut a little of my being so dependent to the Hubbs! Now he does not need to drive me off to work and pick me up afterwards. He just have a lot of new toys to be still doing that!
It feels good doing this list. Because sometimes people tend to overlook what they have, not realizing that they are indeed lucky compare to others who are not as fortunate as them.
And now, eventhough its still Thanksgiving we are celebrating, I can already relate to my most favorite Chistmas song…
DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS:
It’s Christmastime
There’s no need to be afraid
At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime
But say a prayer
Pray for the other ones
At Christmastime it’s hard, but when you’re having fun
There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging
chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you
And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life
(Oooh) Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it’s Christmastime at all?
(Here’s to you) raise a glass for everyone
(Here’s to them) underneath that burning sun
Do they know it’s Christmastime at all?
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it’s Christmastime again
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