HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

 DEAR ALL,

THE GREAT MYSTERY OF RELATIONSHIPS IS THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE SOURCE OF LOVE...

GOD IS LOVE
.

TODAY AND IN THE MANY DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN THE PAST AND IN DAYS TO COME,
WE CELEBRATE THAT MYSTERY WITH THOSE WE LOVE AND THOSE WE KNOW LOVE US..

WE STAY CLOSE TO THE SOURCE OF LOVE ...

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE VACATION VILLAGE IN THE CITY OF WESTON , FLORIDA
ANGEL AND JUN PROVIDED US THEIR TIME SHARE PRIVILEGES IN THIS FACILITY.  ELAINE CLAIMS THERE IS A WATERFALL,  A FOUNTAIN, A LAKE, SOMEWHERE IN THE COMPLEX...WE HAVE SEEN ONLY OUR ROOM AND THE DRIVEWAY . 

THE DAY CAME AND HAS COME TO AN END..
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IN ITS SIMPLICITY

ELAINE WALKED IN WITH A BOUQUET OF RED ROSES
WE COULD NOT FIND A VASE.  I FOUND A PITCHER.  DON ARRANGED THE FLOWERS.

WE SPENT OUR WAKING HOURS  QUIETLY ,  RESTING WHENEVER WE COULD AS MY BLOOD PRESSURE PLAYED TRICKS ON ME SINCE YESTERDAY..

WE WENT TO MASS AT THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS..WILFULLY CHOSEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE DONS BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 1

WE SPENT SOMETIME WATCHING TELEVISION.
WE WATCHED THE ALL STAR BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST...WHICH WE DID NOT FINISH! WHO WON?  LEBRON IS PAPA'S FAVORITE.

WE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY A COMPUTER GAME CALLED HEARTS.
ELAINE TAUGHT PAPA
PAPA TAUGHT ME.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY,  WE ALWAYS MAKE TIME TO  PRAY THE ROSARY AND VARIOUS DEVOTIONS THAT DON HAS CHOSEN.

THERE ARE TIMES HE FULLY PARTICIPATES.  WHEN HIS MESTINON KEEPS HIM STRONG. 
THERE ARE TIMES HE CAN EVEN SING THE SALVE REGINA

THERE ARE TIMES HE WHISPERS HE PRAYERS

OH THERE ARE TIMES HE SNORES WHILE I PRAY!!! IT HAS BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE A HYMN!!.

I HAVE LEARNED SO SOON TO LIVE WITH THE COLORFUL TIMES OF LIFE THAT GOD PROVIDES.

HE IS NOW ABLE TO LAUGH A LITTLE , SING A LITTLE,  DANCE A LITTLE,  EAT ENOUGH,
BUT BY SUNSET HE STARTS TO STUTTER OR GETS TIRED EASILY.

HE IS CAREFUL WHEN DRINKING WATER BECAUSE THE OTHER DAY, HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING.

HIS DIET IS HIGH PROTEIN..,MEAT

HE HAS BEEN ADVISED TO GET VITAMIN D ..WHICH SUNSHINE CAN WELL PROVIDE BUT WE NEVER GET TO WALK IN THE SUNSHINE...TA MALIPOTON..

HIS TAKES HIS  MORNING CEREALS  ALWAYS WITH WHOLE MILK...( I ASSURE YOU I AM GETTING FAT BECAUSE I EAT WHAT THE PATIENT EATS!).

THERE ARE MOMENTS  I CATCH  A DISTANT LOOK IN DON'S EYES AND AT THESE TIMES  I FEEL THERE TOO ARE A SYMPHONY OF  QUIVERINGS IN MY HEART AS I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FRIDAY, THE 19TH

I KEEP REMINDING DON AND MYSELF THAT GOD'S GIFT FOR MY BIRTHDAY WILL BE WHAT IS BEST FOR DON. THE DAY FOR HIS SURGICAL INTERVENTION IS MY BIRTHDAY  AND A FRIDAY OF LENT. IT WILL BE A DAY WHEN WE WILL HAVE A SPLINTER OF THE CROSS IN OUR LIVES.  BUT ALREADY I SEE BEYOND IT, I CLAIM HEALING AND THE JOY OF THE RESURRECTION .

I HEAR DON REPEATEDLY SAYING HIS CREDO BUT I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY TO JUST SURRENDER.  HE HAS MANY UNWELCOMED THOUGHTS ...MANY WHAT IFS ..WHICH I KNOW IS NORMAL BUT CAUSES HIM TO FEAR THE UNKNOWN AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF IT ALL

TODAY, I KEPT REMINDING DON THAT GOD LOVES HIM MORE THAN I CAN EVER LOVE HIM
THERE ARE TIMES HE FINDS ALLTHE REASONS TO FOREGO THE SURGERY.

ELAINE REMINDED ME THAT EACH DAY IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT.

I AM TAKING ALL THIS ONE STEP AT A TIME AWARE THAT PRAYERS ARE BEING SAID EVERYWHERE FOR THIS GOOD AND GENEROUS AND FAITHFUL HUSBAND OF MINE.

WHEN WE CAME TO THE FACILITY TODAY, ELAINE WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WERE HERE TOO EARLY.  SHE WAS ALSO AWARE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO BE REDIRECTED TO A ANOTHER FACILITY.  WHEN ADVISED OF WAITING TIME NEEDED BEFORE CHECK IN SHE ADVISED THE REGISTRATION THAT PAPA WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WELL.  THE LADY SAID SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET A UNIT FOR US.  ELAINE SAYS SHE THANKED THE LADY AND SIMPLY PRAYED.

AND OF COURSE WE WERE GIVEN  A UNIT IN THIS COMPOUND.  AH THE GIFT OF PRAYER AND OF FAITH.

REPEATEDLY GOD HAS FAITHFULLY WATCHED OVER US PROVIDING SIMPLE JOYS AND GREAT DELIGHTS WITH SURPRISES.

SOMETIMES WHEN I RETURN TO READ WHAT I HAVE SENT THROUGH WEEYA FOR THE BLOGSPOT, I NOTE THE TYPO ERRORS ..AND I ALSO NOTICE HOW I MISS OUT ON SOME DETAILS..AY PASENSIYA NA LANG PO

OH, I WAS INFORMED THAT PAPA NEEDS PAJAMAS WITH SHORT SLEEVED BLOUSES SO I TOLD WENG TO SIMPLY BUY THE LONG SLEEVED ONES AND I WILL CUT THE SLEEVES AND SEW THEM BY HAND. 

MY PROBLEM  WAS THERE IS NO SARI SARI STORE WHERE I CAN BUY ONE NEEDLE.  I FORGOT THAT I  CAN ALWAYS ASK THE FRONT DESK.!!! BUROD!!!

BUT ONCE AGAIN ...I THINK I WILL GET LARGE PAJAMAS FOR PAPA WITH SHORT SLEEVES.
FROM SOME GOOD SOULS.

PAPA NEEDED EYE DROPS WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES.  WHO ELSE WILL COME TO HELP BUT DEAR JEAN ..YES  DR  JEAN CORTES AND WITH HER BOX OF EYE DROPS THE PRAYER BOOKLET ON A DEVOTION TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

SIGE ,,MATUROG NA NGUNA TABI AKO

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

MAMA/  TITA/ NINANG/  ATE MED


A LITTLE BIRD  WHISPERED BALAY CENA UNA OFFERED A VERY ROMANTIC MEAL
AND I ALSO WAS INFORMED THAT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR  WAS A SUPERBLY PREPARED MEAL.

CONGRATS CHEF DICK AN CHEF CONNIE

WELL DONE DENDEN  AND BADETH AND PAOLO AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE THERE TO SERVE AND FEED...
DONT FORGET YOUR PRAYERS AT BALAY CENA UNA

MESH ..AND AMMIE YOU MUST BE ENJOYING THE SNOW IN FRANKFURT.  I SAW SOME PHOTOS MESH.. KEEP ON FORWARDING

LARS  AN OWNER MADE PLANE LANDED ON ONE OF THE HIGHWAYS OF THE USA
NOTHNG HAPPEND TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSEMGERS OF THE VEHICLE THAT HE HIT--

DONDON AND KRISTINE AND TYLER , HOW WAS THE AIRBALLOON SHOW?

AB,  HAVE YOU FORWARDED EMAILS TO TITA ANGIE
I SENT SOME TO YSON..NO REPLY

DEAR ALL,
I THINK ELAINE HAS SENT YOU THE CREDENTIALS OF THE DOCTORS.

PLS INCLUDE DR EDWARD SAVAGE THE SURGEON AND DR VIRGILIO SALANGA  THE NEUROLOGIST IN YOUR PRAYERS .  MAY THE SPIRIT GUIDE THEM ON THE 19TH.
I WILL SPECIFICALLY ASK THEM TO PRAY BEFORE THE SURGERY.  LETS SEE WHAT THEY TELL ME.


"Lord, when doubts fill my mind, when my heart is in turmoil, quiet me and give me renewed hope and cheer" (Psalm 94:19 LB).

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"Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God: God alone is sufficient."
(St. Teresa of Avila)