From My Family to Yours...MERRY CHRISTMAS...LOVE...LOVE ...LOVE

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I just hosted a Christmas program.  What struck me prior to that was the line “perhaps there are others who may be needing us rather than expecting that we would receive something”.   I stated similar line in the opening part of the program.  And I further stated that “without Jesus being born into this world, there would not have been Christmas…December would have been  ….hmmm sort of boring”. 

This Christmas, I declared not to buy for myself(except for the shoes that I thought I should buy or else I would be on that stage with a broken strap wedding sandal which I thought I could recycle during the hosting…harhar).    It feels different to just give even with just the little that I have.  My husband is quite contented with simple things.  We just decided to give… we wanted to feel Christmas by giving.  We also decided to join “simbang gabi” almost every night (anticipated dawn masses) with our little girl. 

Though we were not able to complete it, but we like this Catholic devotion so much.  I felt Mikaela’s spirit soaring high every time we got inside the Church.  She would laugh, clap hands, dance and sing or shall I say hum music or sing words…I did not understand heahahahha.…and raised her hands during the singing of “our Father”…She was having the grandest time.  She …hmmm including myself…we made friends with our seatmate family…mostly the children…

Truly, I prayed for the grace to stay simple, humble and focused this Christmas.  To embrace friendship, love, kindness, generosity, forgiveness, healing and sacrifice for my loved ones.  To simply make others happy.  I always prayed every year for Christmas to be different…from how the world sees it. 

Lastly, the world would have been boring without Jesus in it.  Let us make this beautiful day… A TRUE LOVE DAY …to go out from our comfort zones…and TRULY LOVE. 

From my family to yours…MERRY CHRISTMAS! LOVE…LOVE …LOVE…:-)


PS:  I know i have not reached out to a lot of friends, relatives and some family members for the past months or years...but they mean so much to me...I feel so blessed that they came and became part of my journey...I am praying for all of them...:-)