Munchkin Mommy

According to the Law of Attraction, regardless of whether you believe it or not, what you think and feel, you attract.  So I thought happy thoughts. And true enough, I attracted happiness via two gal pals of mine and their families who have very recently received God’s precious blessings.  My family truly truly share in their joy, excitement and anticipation.  It’s as if we were the very recipients of the blessings.  *happy sigh*

I shall continue to think, feel and be happy.  It’s quite easy, you know.  You can start by counting your blessings…everything you are thankful for.  Didn’t I say it was easy?!

God is good!  So bring on the happiness! Cheers!

Dear Abby,

So how does it feel to be six and a day older?  Not much different from being 5, is it? It’s funny how being the youngest in your class and as each of your classmates turned 6, your 6th birthday just couldn’t come fast enough.  But that’s you, impatient a lot of times. :D

There is just so much ahead of you, Sweetie.  How do I even begin to explain in a way that you’ll understand, that you shouldn’t be in too much of a hurry to be a grownup?  That you should enjoy and savor each and every day?  That you’re so blessed to be a child whose every need (and a lot of times, want), thanks to God’s grace, is practically being served in a golden platter?

Your dad and I are very proud of everything you’ve accomplished since your last birthday.  In a few days, you’ll be entering first grade, and we know you will continue to amaze us in and out of school, in more ways than we can imagine, like you always have.

You are a very good and headstrong little girl, Abby.  You say what’s on your mind and you, thank goodness, will not allow yourself to be bullied!  Your Mimi says it’s because you’re too smart and I might have to agree with her.  I remember that one time at the playground  not too long ago, when a girl who couldn’t be older than you said you can’t play because you’re wearing flipflops.  What did you tell her?  That she can’t tell you what to do, that’s what!  Haha!  I wish I were more courageous like you when I was little. I would have just probably kept mum and walked away. :D

We love you very much Abby.  And loving you means we have to be tough on you sometimes, hopefully, not too tough that you’ll have to set aside an hour each week of your adulthood, lying down on some couch to tell some professional with pen and paper in an armchair why you blame your childhood for…for whatever. *knocks on wood* :D  You have to understand that Mom and Dad didn’t go to parenting school, but believe us when we say that we are truly doing our best.  We rely heavily on our childhood experiences and the “parenting module” used by Mimi, Wiwa and Wowo.  Mom and Dad turned out way more than ok, so we just might be on the right track.

I shall continue praying that God keep you in His loving care and protection like He has always done for all of us and that He may continue to bless you in countless ways.  In the same breath, I pray that God grant us, your parents, the grace to always be good to you and be every bit deserving of the wonderful gift that you are.  May we be able to set for you, examples worth emulating, so that you may thrive well in the sometimes cruel world outside our happy home. :)

Happy 6th Birthday, my sweet sweet baby. We love you more than you’ll ever know. *mmmuah*

All my love,

Mommy Weng

The perfect husband.  Check.  Mini me.  Check. Lovely bouquet of a dozen white roses.  Check. Homemade birthday card by Mini Me.  Check. Homemade birthday cake.  Check. Phone calls, emails, text and Facebook messages.  Check, check, check and check.

I had the warmest welcome to mid-30s.  My personal party started when the clock struck 12mn in the Philippines. Since moving to the US in 2007, I’ve been celebrating my birthday for 1 1/2 days! :)  For the record, yesterday, I turned 35. And I don’t feel any different from when I was 34.  If anything I feel soooo much better, not to mention so much lighter and prettier, too! Or did I get feeling the same as early 30s all wrong and mid-30s is actually already making me delusional? Not! Hee hee. :)

I am still basking in the warm glow of all the love I was showered with yesterday.  It feels great to be loved and remembered.  Everyone deserves to feel the way I did yesterday. *happy sigh of content*

Thank you, dear God, for blessing me with another birthday, for all that I am and for all that I have.  I enter my mid-30s with open arms eager to embrace and a new and empty life basket eager to  be filled with all the wonderful blessings you so untiringly and generously give.  I always say that in spite of my shortcomings, I must be doing something right to deserve your bountiful blessings.  I am truly truly grateful for your goodness.

In a special way, I pray for everyone who remembered me yesterday, for everyone who made me feel loved – my family, relatives and dear friends -  shower them with your blessings and keep them in your loving care and protection always.  Please make everything good and right for all of us.  All these I ask, through the intercession of Mary, our Mother.  Amen.

I am going to rock my mid-30s until my life begins in 5 years time, when I shall rock even more! Exciting times are ahead!

Cheers, y’all and Mabuhay! :)

Today, July 9th,  would have been my dad’s 64th birthday.  It’s been almost 22 years since he has passed  but I continue and will continue to remember him with special fondness.  I only had him for all of 13 years of my life, yet I am ever so thankful for those precious years. Memories we’ve shared as father and daughter and as a family remain fresh in my heart and in my mind.  In spite the busy SAHMMY schedule I keep, at will, I can always easily recall happy moments with my dad without having to dig too deep into the recesses of my memory bank.

Today, by thinking of  and remembering him in a most special and personal way, I celebrate him, the doting Dad that he was and the great granddad he would have been.

Happy 64th Birthday, Daddy!  You are still sorely missed.  You are still so fondly remembered.  You are still very much loved. I thank God for the 13 years you were with me…for the wonderfully precious gift that they were. I love you, Daddy!  Cheers to you in the heavens! *mmmuah*

Some men are great husbands but  suck don’t fare too well at fatherhood.  Some men, on the other hand, turn out to be great fathers but suck aren’t quite the husbands their wives hoped they would be.  Lucky for Abby and me, she has the world’s greatest dad and I, the world’s greatest husband, in one and the same person at that!  That’s like hitting the jackpot in Family Life Lottery, if ever there was one! :) In shopaholic terms,  he’s 2 for the price of 1! Hee hee!

Happy Father’s Day, Munchkin!  Thank you for being the wonderfully great blessing that you are to Abby (and me!).  You are one of the best proofs of God’s goodness.  We love you!