My Prayer
My prayer is always this… that I can continue to provide for the family. That work and blessings will continue pouring in thereby increasing my income. That no one in the family will get sick or get into accident or trouble. That all of us will die a natural death and without any pain at [...]
Valid worries
I always worry about my brother. I worry that he might get into trouble. Or trouble finds him. He’s the type of guy who welcomes anything, trouble or otherwise. Somehow, along the way, I messed up raising him. I spoiled him too much. My mom and I. But my mom’s not here anymore so it’s [...]
Feeling guilty
I feel guilty. One of my grand-aunts, the one with whom I spent so much of my youth with, celebrated her birthday last January 17th. I forgot it! I thought it’s February 17th so I didn’t get her anything. I don’t know why I keep forgetting her birthday! When I realized my mistake, I felt [...]
My suspicion
When do I stop being the elder sister and start letting my younger siblings live their own lives? I don’t know if I can stop being one especially when I know a sibling of mine is getting hurt, with or without his/her knowledge. Who wants their love ones in trouble, right? Well, not me! How [...]
Riled up
I get riled up when my dad and my sister would start lecturing me about my brother (I’ll refer to him here as Bunso). They would tell me that I was too lenient on him and that I wasn’t opening my eyes to the fact that he seems to be more focused on social networking [...]
Christmas eve
Every Christmas our family would go to the evening mass and after it would go home to wait for midnight to strike. That’s when we would go open our Christmas gifts and have our noche buena. It’s a yearly tradition and one I hope will not be broken until we are all alive. Merry Christmas [...]
No to fighting!
If there’s one thing that I truly remind my dad and my siblings about each and every day it’s not to fight. I hate fighting in and out of the house. I hate arguments and needless discussions and cursing and raised voices. I hate anything negative inside and outside the house! I can’t control what [...]
Memories…
We cleaned up the second floor of our house. We were able to retrieve so many photos lying around gathering dust. It was due to those months we packed our things thinking we might be moving out to a new house. The photos brought back so many memories from the past. Good memories. As well [...]
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