I will be the arms that wrap around you, the lips that kiss your cheeks with tenderness. I will be the warmth that fills you, the strength that builds within your bones. I will be the breath you breathe—inhale, exhale together—that centers you, gives you peace.
I won’t be, and I can’t be the one who saves you, but I will be the love that brings you back to yourself.
I’m giving him all the problems I can’t solve and all the hardships I can’t handle. I’m giving him everything on my plate because it’s getting too heavy to carry by myself. I’m handing him all my problems because I’m done trying to pretend like I can solve them all or figure it all out. I’m done trying to pretend like I don’t need him and his guidance. I’m done trying to depend on people when he’s the only one I should really depend on. He’s the only one who can truly rescue me.
We all have a past that we may or may not be proud of, but we can’t deny that it happened. Some lessons were probably harder than others to learn, but never the less, they were detrimental into shaping us into the people that we are today. If you cling onto anger at yourself for things you might’ve done wrong, then you’ll never open up the door for happiness. You deserve peace in your life, so forgive yourself.
If you ever think you’re having a bad day, just thank God for it. God has a plan for you and asks for your trust and patience. You’ll reach your destination and when you finally do, you’ll look back at all those bad days and smile. You’ll thank God for the bad days because they all lead you to where you’re supposed to be.
Honestly, it’s not about what we can gain, but what we can give. Not about the material possessions we own or riches we store up, but the ways we can bless one another and be content with where we are and what we have. It’s not about grabbing everything we can selfishly, but learning, letting go, growing, and finding moments to celebrate, even when the road gets tough.
So I don’t want to be someone else. I don’t want to be the best. I don’t want to always feel like I’m struggling, and never good enough. I don’t want to waste time trying to pursue what’s not meant for me, but instead embrace all that I am and celebrate each day.
All I want to be is a person who is joyous, who finds hope in the brokenness and light in the dark. I just want to fill and be filled, to bless other people as I have been blessed. To be not focused on what the world can give to me, but what I can create and celebrate in the time that I’m here.
My favorite prayer/reminder 💕 one of my favorite older pieces 😊
Dear God,
Please don’t let me get attached to what’s not meant for me anymore. Don’t let me get attached to something or someone that you plan on taking away from me.
I know your plan is unknown but until you reveal it to me, please make it easier. Don’t let me hold on to what I need to let go of. Don’t let me fight for what I need to release. Do not let me desire what will eventually destroy me. Do not let me love those who will break my heart.
Because I get attached easily and I hold on to things tightly, so please don’t let my mind want things that I can’t handle, don’t let my mind trick me into wanting things I don’t need or things that are not good for me. Please don’t let my heart miss people who don’t miss me. Don’t let my heart long for the ones who left. Don’t let my heart fall in love with someone who doesn’t want to stay.
Please don’t let me get attached to the things that keep me up at night, to people who leave me wondering and to places I’m not meant to live in. Bring me closer to what’s meant for me, let me hold on to those who are meant to stay.
But let me forget about the things that were never meant to be, give me the faith I need to believe that I’m better off without them. Give me the wisdom I need to realize that I deserve so much better and that I’ll be happier somewhere else with somebody else.
Or just give me tolerance I need right now to be okay with not getting the things I want, with not loving the ones I wanted to love and give me the patience I need to wait for your blessings and wait for your gifts.
But for now, please don’t let me get attached to what’s wrong for me. Don’t let me invest so much in things or people I’m bound to lose. Don’t let me want what’s not mine. Don’t let me build a future around what’s temporary.
For every woman who identifies as strong, I hope this resonates with you. Be proud of your strength.
"Strong women get attached easily because they go into everything—including relationships—with their full hearts.
They are incredibly passionate and determined, and when they find who they feel is ‘the one,’ they’re ready and willing to make everything work."
u will always be the one who understood, who cared, who stayed.
You will always be the camera phone photos, our lips squished against one another’s cheeks.
You will always be the body standing next to me, our Homecoming dates behind us with their arms around our waists.
You will always be the pile of college papers spread between us, a plate of cookies and our secret beers hidden behind the dresser.
You will always be the words I never had to say, the promises you spoke to life with your lips—that no matter where we went, or how far apart, we would always be each other’s.
You will always be the voice on the other line of the telephone, the comfort of what I didn’t know I needed to hear.
You will always be the encouragement, the praise, the tough-love when I was spiraling down.
You will always be the reminder of the love I deserve, the strength I needed those bad boys to the curb.
You will always be the one who treated me like nothing short of a sister—a bond so unbreakable that I learned, with you, the true meaning of love.
You will always be the one I call when I’m empty, the smile that brings light to my life when I’m clouded in darkness.
You will always be the person I rely on, the woman I admire as she goes about her days growing, strengthening, blooming.
You will always be our memories, locked safely away in my heart as a reminder of where we’ve been, who we will become.
No matter where this life takes us, you’ve been the one constant.
And I thank God for you.
Because I can fall in love with boys, with men. I can give my heart away. I can slip in and out of relationships, but the one truth remains—you will always have my heart, best friend.
You will always be my first, and greatest love.
Gospel | Luke 21:5-19
Why does it matter when the end of the world will be? Only if it is in our lifetime will it impinge on our choices, but that is unlikely. However, this does not mean we can ignore the need to prepare for the Lord’s coming. Unless He comes before we die, it is our death that becomes a point of no return for us. After we die, there is no more opportunity for repentance and conversion—we have run our race and the results are in.
Reflect:
“Be ready, servant of Christ, for your Master comes suddenly, when an ungodly world least expects Him.” (Charles Spurgeon)
The end in Italian is “fine.” pronounced as /’fi:ne/. Fine has two senses. It can be either la fine or il fine. La fine is the end, in the sense of the end of the line, the edge of a table, the moment in which something ends, the conclusion of an experience. Il fine is likewise the end, but one that refers to the final phase of something, a period or range in time, or, most of all, in the sense of an aim, a target, a goal or purpose.
When we look at the end of our sufferings, or our life for that matter, it is not a mere la fine but il fine, for we look not at the end of a chronological duration. We look at it as il fine, for we see the purpose of it all. We see redemption. We see Jesus.
-Joel Camaya
Here are some lessons we can take from the inspiring story of Pastor Jasper Ivan Iturriaga :
1. "If the law of God feels like prison, sometimes sin feels like freedom. But I realized growing up that when you love God, duty becomes a delight and sacrifice is a pleasure."
2. "There's this author, one of my favourite authors said, 'Grace is an attribute given to undeserving human beings. We do not seek for grace, but grace was sent in search for us.'"
3. "The enemy of best is good. Sometimes the devil gives you good things so you avoid the best things in life."
4. "I realized peace is not a geographical location. It's not a place. Peace is doing what God wants you to do."
5. "If you're confused with your calling, just ask yourself a question. Ask yourself what breaks your heart, because usually what breaks your heart is what God has called you to do."
6. "I think we're always waiting for a time where if it's comfortable, but if God called you to do something and if you wait for the most convenient time, the most convenient time will never come. You just have to do it."
7. "Don't find happiness. Find purpose."
8. "I realized that instead of cursing the darkness, we should light the candle. And I want to empower young people - your talent, you can use it to better the community around you."
9. "There will come a time in your life or you will reach a certain point in your life where you will question everything that you know, everything that was taught to you, everything that you're influenced with. Is this really me? Or is it just because these information were passed on to me? And then you will find out the truth for yourself."
Maybe for now, this is my role in everybody's book.
I am a lonely waiting shed in the middle of the rain. A temporary refuge for people who are cold, tired, and drenched from the tears of heaven. Waiting for people who forgot to bring their umbrellas and their clear intentions, who lost their hearts and motivation to love again, and people who are hiding from thunders and running away from the traumas of their past.
I always watch people wait for the drops to stop, give them courage, then watch them go.
Sometimes, I am an old convenient store in the heart of the city. Open for everyone—24 hours. The doors are closed but they are never locked. Ready to listen about their love stories and their heartbreaks until midnight. I always welcome people even at 2am. A place for people who are drunk, lost, and wanted to forget about life.
People get the things they want and need from me, stay a little while, then leave.
But mostly, I am a public parking lot. People are rushing to take their spot in my life, leave their bagages and then prcoceed to their true desitination. I am your weekend vacation, the movie theather, the detour, the holiday, the empty hallways, the crowded places, and the most solace chruches. I've been living in everybody's stories, portraying my character in their plot, and waiting for their happy ever after to happen. I play the role very well-that sometimes I forgot I have my own book written for me.
Maybe someday when love finally finds its way to me, I’ll recognize its face and speak its language. But for now, I’ll be the narrator in everyone’s book—proclaiming the love they deserve, witnessing its million mysterious ways, and assuring them that the endings are always worth the plot twists.
words and photo by: Earl J Bulao
Minsan, ayos lang din ang maantala at mahuli.
Hindi naman paunahan ang buhay at hindi rin naman kailangang magmadali.
Ang mahalaga ay kung paano ka nabuhay sa bawat sandali—
Kung paano mo paulit-ulit na pinili ang magpatuloy para sa iba at para sa'yong sarili.
Magkakaiba naman ang landas na tinatahak ng bawat tao.
Kung kaya't hindi kailangang ikumpara ang sa'yo.
Sa mundong ito, walang malas o swerte—
Lahat ay bunga ng pagsusumikap at pagpupursige.
Sige lang, kahit dahan-dahan.
Pahalagahan lahat ng mga pinagdaanan—
Sigurado man o hindi, usad lang.
Makarararating din naman sa paroroonan.
Ayos lang maantala at mahuli,
Basta't magpatuloy pa rin kahit hindi madali.
Wala namang imposible—
Sa taong may puso na pursigidong magwagi.
Dati nagtataka ako kung bakit gustong-gusto ni tatay ng kape. Bago umalis patungong trabaho, magkakape. Pag-uwi galing trabaho magkakape. Pagod, timpla ng kape. Masaya, lasing, galit, normal na araw, kape pa rin.
Nung tinikman ko naman 'yung kape sinikmura lang ako.
Pero nagbago ang tingin ko sa kape noong nagsimula na akong magpuyat sa mga pangarap para sa aking pamilya at sarili.
Hindi pala 'yung kape ang nakaka-addict. Yung pakiramdam pala.
Hindi lang kasi siya basta likido na may matamis at mapait na lasa. Isa siyang pahinga. Bawat higop ng kape, oras mo iyon para sa iyong sarili. Bawat segundo na dumaraan habang hawak ang baso, iyon pala ang espasyo para maisip mo kung ano ang sunod na plano. Sunod na hakbang patungo sa pangarap mong maging ikaw.
Habang tumatanda ako, mas nagugustuhan ko ang kape. Ganoon marahil kapag kailangan mo ng saglit na pahinga sa nakapapagod na mundo.
Tara, kape tayo. ☕
By: Venus Religioso
"baby Neya C. Sarmiento"
🤍the Lord bless you & keep you, the Lord make His face shine upon you & be gracious to you, the Lord lift up His countenance upon you & give you peace🤍
Love,
MamaYang
Dearest Daughter Neya Cabrera Sarmiento,
May God grant you always, a sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you, faithful friends near you, and whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.
Love,
MamaYang
When Adam was lonely, God gave him one wife and not 5 friends.
If you don’t get this, don’t get married.
Don’t act single when your are already married.
All your barkadas must understand that you are already married, if they can’t then that means you have the wrong set of friends all along and it’s ok to kick them out of your life.
Going Saturday night outs “for the boys” is not healthy.
Bring your wife!
If wives are not allowed, then don’t go.
If you call that corny, then don’t get married.
Nothing wrong with enjoying a single life, just remain single. You can marry at 50 if you want. Nothing wrong.
If your boyfriend doesn’t get this? Be prepared for a rough marriage. So why marry?
A successful marriage needs to be worked out.
Frequent dates with your wife, frequent laughter, bondings, making her your best friend are more essential than “for the boys”. Im also saying that for wives who loves “for the girls only night out”. Not healthy also.
We always pray “lead me not into temptation”.
But if where you are going is making yourself near to temptation, so why pray “lead me not into temptation”? You’re fooling God, you’re also fooling yourself. There’s an effort in your part when you pray that prayer.
Your friends with wrong principles can easily brush on you. If they will talk about their love affair outside marriage, then just add a little bit of drinks, that idea will easily reach your subconscious. And you will begin to think its ok and allowable.
Protect yourself and protect your relationship at all times.
Dr. Richard Mata
Di lang pampamilya, pang marites pa!
Kagabi naghain si nanay sa lamesa ng aming hapunan. Napansin kong sunog ang ipinirito nyang manok..
Hinihintay namin si tatay na dumating para sumabay sa pagkain..
Maya-maya pa'y dumating na si tatay galing sa trabaho at umupo sa upuan ng hapagkainan, nagdasal at nagsimulang kumain..
Hinihintay ko ang reaksyon ni tatay sa sunog na prito ni nanay..
Ngunit ni wala akong narinig na salita mula kay tatay..
Nagsorry si nanay dahil nasunog ang kanyang prito..
Mahal gustong-gusto ko ang sunog na pritong manok.. Ang wika ni tatay..
Nagsimula na rin akong kumain at iniisip ko kung bakit sarap na sarap si tatay sa ulam namin pero ako naman ay nalalasahan ko ang pait ng sunog na pritong manok..
Pagkatapos kumain hinugasan na ni nanay ang aming pinagkainan habang nilalaro ko ang bunso kong kapatid..
Nang inaantok na si bunso binuhat siya ni tatay para dalhin sa kwarto..
Sumunod ako at nakita kong pinapatulog na ni tatay si bunso sa kanyang dibdib..
Tinanong ko si tatay tungkol sa ulam namin kanina.
Tay gusto mo po ba talaga ng sunog na prito ni nanay?
Nakita kong ngumiti si tatay at sinabi sakin, "Anak hindi ko gusto ang sunog na prito. Hindi ako nagreklamo sa nanay mo dahil pagod na pagod na siya sa buong araw nyang pagtatrabaho sa bahay at inaalagaan pa kayong magkapatid.
Ang sunog na ulam ay hindi nakakasakit ng damdamin, subalit ang masakit na mga salita ay nakakasakit ng damdamin."
Habaan sana natin ang pasensiya at pagintindi sa mga Nanay. Dahil kung kayo pagod sa pagtratrabaho para mag provide sa pamilya. Pagod din Ang mga Nanay para mapaganda at maging maayos Ang pamilya nyo. 🙂
Source and photo credit to: Makatang Ina
#KapamilyaUnited
It puts your strength, patience, character, even your faith, to the test.
I praise God that in this season, I am reminded that His power is made perfect in my weaknesses. That beyond my imperfections & limitations as a mother, there is an awesome God at work. :) Thank You Lord for your daily grace.🥰
Bwat bata ay may PAGKAKA-IBA...
Sa pangangatawan, sa kulay ng kutis, sa paboritong pagkain o di kaya sa mga kaaalaman na nalalaman man yan at marami pang iba.
HINDI ITO KARERA O KOMPETISYON...
sa pagitan ng ANAK MO at ANAK KO👍🏻
Ang pagdaan nila sa pagiging kabataan ay panahon upang maglaro at matuto, hindi para kuwestiyonin at husgahan ninyo.
KUNG TAYO NGA NA MATATANDA NA AY MAY PAGKAKA-IBA PA, SILA PA KAYA NA MUNTING BATA?
Walang masama kung mas malakas kumain ang Anak mo sa Anak ko.
Walang masama kung mas matalino ang Anak mo sa Anak ko.
Walang masama kung mas nakakapagsalita na ng diretso ang Anak mo sa Anak ko.
Walang masama kung mas bibo ang Anak mo sa Anak ko.
Walang masama kung mas matangkad ang Anak mo sa Anak ko.
Walang masama kung mas maganda ang kutis ng Anak mo sa Anak ko.
TANDAAN MO:
CHILDHOOD is a JOURNEY. Not a RACE. 😊
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you bring out the best in me with every situation in life. you are honestly what i have been missing. when you are with me, rainy days do not seem to be as dark & sunny days seem to be a little brighter. you are my own little piece of sunshine.
you are my shining star on a cloudy night, you are my rainbow on a stormy day, you are my blooming flower over the misting rain & most important, you are my sun when i need you to brighten my day. i love you 🥰😘
Husbands.
Kailan mo huling pinadama sa asawa ko na mahalaga sya at ang mga pangarap nya?
Kailan nya huling naramdaman na interesado ka sa mga sinasabi niya.
Kailan ka totoong nakinig sa kanya?
Kailan mo huling binitawan ang gadget mo para tulungan siya?
Kailan ka huling nag-offer na magbantay sa mga anak nyo para man lang makakain siya ng tuknene sa kanto niyo?
Kailan mo siya huling tinanong kung mahigpit pa ba ang garter ng mga salawal niya?
Kailan ka huling nag-attempt masahihin siya ng walang kapalit na yugyugan?
Kailan mo siya huling pinagluto ng paborito niyang ulam?
Kailan mo siya huling tinitigan at sinabing ang ganda parin niya?
Kailan mo siya huling niyaya mag-date?
Kailan ka huling nag-offer maghugas ng pinggan para naman makapagpahinga na siya?
Kailan mo siya huling kinamusta?
Kailan mo sya huling tinanong kung masaya pa ba sya or kung paano mo sya mapapasaya?
Kailan ka huling nag-invest sa kanya?
Kailan mo siya huling pinakilig?
Kailan mo siya huling binigyan ng pera na pwede niyang gastusin para sa sarili niya?
Kailan ka huling nag-sorry na nasaktan mo ang damdamin niya?
Kailan ka huling nagtanong kung paano mo pa sya mas mapaglilingkuran?
Kailan mo huling nakita na glowing at blooming siya?
Kailan mo siya huling niyaya mag-pray?
Kailan?
Kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?
Kung hindi ikaw ang gagawa niyan, sino pa?
Kung hindi mo alam na dapat mo palang ginagawa ang lahat ng ito, bakit mo pa sya pinakasalan in the first place?
O baka naman nakalimutan mo lang?
Okay lang. Pinapaalala ko lang sayo na hindi pa huli ang lahat.
Malaki ang bahagi mo para maging maligaya, malago at matagumpay ang inyong pag-sasama bilang mag-asawa.
Mahalin mo sya ng tunay.
Pahalagahan.
At unahin sa lahat ng pagkakataon.
Makikita mo ang magandang epekto sa kany, sayo, sa mga anak mo at sa pamilya nyo.
Hindi mo pagsisisihang tinarabaho mo ng mabuti ang marriage mo. Sigurado akong pasasalamatan mo pa ang sarili mo in the future.
Bawi ka na.
Naghihintay lang siya.
Wag mo ng hintaying mahuli pa ang lahat.
ctto.
PAG PUMUPUSO BA SA PICTURE NG IBANG BABAE CONSIDERED CHEATING NA?
Yan yung tanong na napanood ko sa tiktok kanina. Babae yung nagtanong tapos sinagot nung lalaki. At alam nyo ang sagot ng lalaki?
“Hindi naman. Hindi naman masama mag-appreciate.“
Sagot ko?
Hindi “pa” pero getting there 😅😂🤣
Wala naman cheating na nagstart sa date agad or sex agad or relationship agad e.
Lahat yan nagsisimula sa mga small moves like..
Long chats.
Stalking.
Papuso-puso.
Pa-comment-comment.
Pareu-reunion.
Catch-up kuno.
Pa-angkas-angkas.
Magagalit na naman sakin mga husbands nyo kasi sasabihin nila napaka-OA ko or malisyosa ako or advance ako mag-isip na wala sa lugar. 😂
Sige lang magalit lang kayo, tatanggapin ko yan, ang di ko kayang tanggapin ay yung may pamilya at buhay na naman ang mawawasak dahil sa pangangapit-bahay 🥹
Imagine yung pain and brokeness na ma-eexperience ng asawa at mga anak mo pati narin ng mga mahal nyo sa buhay ng dahil sa simpleng pag-puso-puso 😅
Habit yan e.
Bad habit that we need to unlearn. Sasabihin nyo,
“artista naman yun at ordinaryong mamamayan lang ako, imposibleng magka-affair ako dun.”
Pero kung nagawa mong pumuso, mag-stalk, magpantasya sa ibang babae other than your wife, then you are gearing yourself for a great disaster.
Tsaka ito ang tanong ko..
❓Bakit ka naguubos ng time sa gadget mo kakatingin sa picture or profile ng iba? Gastusin mo nalang ang time mo sa asawa mo, sumaya na sya, tumibay pa relasyon nyo.
❓Bakit kailangan mong pusuan? As in “kailangan” ba talaga? O pwede namang lagpasan mo nalang at hayaan mo nalang yung mga single o ibang babae nalang mag-appreciate sa kagandahan or ka-sexyhan nya?
❓Ikaka-miserable ba ng buhay nya kung di mo pupusuan ang picture nya?
❓Anong motibo mo? Talaga bang na-appreciate mo lang o naghahanap ka ng sexy, maputi, fresh or blooming kasi hindi na ganun itsura ng asawa mo ngayon? Instead mamuso ka sa picture ng iba, gawin mong goal na pagandahin at pa-sexyhin ang sarili mong asawa tapos sya nalang pusuan mo! Love your own ika nga! Tangkilin ang sariling atin!
❓Wala na bang ibang pwedeng gawin na magiging productive ka o kaya marerelax? Pamumuso lang talaga? Walang ibang option?
Hindi ako galit ha? Nagpapaliwanag lang 😁
Huwag na huwag kayong gagawa ng move na pagsisisihan nyo balang araw.
Huwag maglaro ng apoy kung ayaw mong mapaso or masunog.
Mga wifey vice versa ito ha? Wag nyong tignan na “ulam” ang katawan ng ibang lalake. 😅
Matuto tayong makuntento, ma-satisfy at maging tapat sa mga asawang sinumpa nating mamahalin habang buhay, payat o mataba, hulas o sariwa, yummy o maasim-asim na. 😁
#RealTalk #UsapangMagAsawa #Beware #MarriageFirst
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TAKE TIME TO READ THIS! 😊
Yung pagiging tatay parang ang dali sukatin no? Pagkaing sapat, ok na. Minsan nga kahit nambabae basta hindi pabayaan ang anak, mabuting ama na.
Pero ang nanay? Makita lang madungis ang anak, masamang ina na. Mababa lang ang grade masamang ina na. Nag tantrums sa mall ang bata, masamang ina na.
Paano mo nga ba masasabi na mabuti ang isang ina?
Nasusukat ba sa timbang ng anak? Mas mataas na timbang, mas ok? O sa pagkakasakit ng anak? Why does it feel like you are less of a mom kapag may sakit ang anak mo? Parang ang pabaya mong ina. At kahit anong puyat mo at overtime sa pag aalaga, hindi ma offset offset yung pakiramdam na nagpabaya ka.
Baka sa grades, or kung honor o hindi ang anak. Pag may honor, ibig sabihin may award din si mommy. Best mom award? Pero kahit anong gawin mo, talagang hindi ma honor ang anak mo, worst mom award ka na? Ganun ba yun?!?
Paano nga ba? Ano ba ang indicator para masabi na mabuti kang ina?
May points system ba? Kada sigaw minus one? Kada bili ng toy plus one? Kada mapakain mo ng nasa oras plus one? Kapag nag gadget minus minus agad. May merit system parang sa trabaho? Pero yung buti pa yung nag ta trabaho no? Pwede mag sick leave, ang nanay hindi. Buti pa yung nag wowork pag nasobrahan sa performance, may award.. sa pagiging ina, kapag nasobrahan ka sa performance, minsan mas nakakasama pa sa mga bata.
Pero paano nga ba? Ano yung sobra? Ano yung sapat na? Ano yung kulang?
Ang hirap di ba? At madalas kakahanap ng sagot kung paano tayo magiging mabuting ina, sarili natin hindi na natin makilala.
Some will say it gets easy.. pero hindi it’s a never ending question of:
“tama ba ang ginagawa ko para sa anak ko?”
As they grow older, iba iba na yung haharapin mo. From simple issue ng kabag to pinaka ok na toy to paano makikipag socialize to baka maaga mag gf/bf to kakayanin ba nila ang real life.. at marami pa..
And there will always come a point na kukwestyunin mo ang sarili mo “saan ba ako nagkulang?”
Nakakakaiyak yung moment na yan, nakaka durog ng puso lalo kapag may nakita kang pagkakamali sa anak mo.. maiisip mo naging mabuti ka ba talagang ina? Ano bang nagawa mong mali?
Hindi masaya.. hindi ok sa pakiramdam. At hindi rin naman maganda na ikaw mismo, sarili mo mismo, nagdududa sa performance mo.
And if right now you are feeling this. Na nag da doubt ka sa pagiging mabuti mong ina, let me be the one to say this to you, MABUTI KANG INA. You are doing an awesome job as a mother.
Inhale exhale, yung nangyari kanina, o yung pagsigaw mo kahapon, o yung mababang grade ng anak mo, o yung pag aaway ng mga anak mo, malalagpasan nyo din yan. Inhale exhale and dont be too hard on yourself. Try to remember all the things that makes you happy as a mom.. mga tawanan na walang humpay? Yung sigaw nila tuwing makikipag habulan ka. Yung ningning ng mata nila pagdating sa bahay galing sa school. Focus on beautiful things not on your guilt.
And remember hindi ka nag iisa.
ctto
Tama nga naman...Nag private school ka, public school ako, pero pareho tayong nakapagtapos ng highschool. Naging security guard ako naging manager ka ng bangko pero parehas tau kumikita para sa pamilya. Nagising ka sa malambot na kama at nagising ako mula sa higaang banig, ngunit pareho tayong may kapayapaan ng pahinga sa gabi. Ang mahal ng outfit nyo, yung sakin simple at mura lang, pero parehas pa rin tayong nagcocover ng ating kahubaran. Tumingin ka sa iyong orasan na Rolex, ako sa orasan na simple lang, pero hindi naman nagbabago ang oras. Kumain ka ng fried rice at chicken barbecue, ako naman kumain ng locally made food, pero parehas pa rin tayong nabusog.. Sumakay ka sa sarili mong sasakyan, sumakay naman ako sa tricycle minsan jeep o kaya naglalakad, pero pareho tayong nakakarating sa iba ' t ibang destinasyon na nais puntahan. Maaaring binabasa mo ang post na ito mula sa iyong S9, Note9, iPhone 13 pro at tinype ko ito gamit ang aking simpleng cellphone, pero pareho tayong nakakatawag at nakakatanggap ng mensahe.
ANG BUHAY AY HINDI ISANG KOMPETISYON.
ANG KALIGAYAHAN AY HINDI NAGMUMULA SA LAHAT NG BAGAY,
✓Maging MASAYA tayo sa kung anong meron tayo ngayon. (Kasama ang mga Mahal Sa buhay at walang MGA sakit)
✓Walang permanente sa mundo lahat ngbabago, lahat nawawala. Kaya kung anong meron ka ngayon magpasalamat Ka sa panginoon. Lahat ng bagay ay hiram lang maging ang ating buhay...
✓Maging mabuti sa lahat ng walang dahilan.
✓Maging mapagkumbaba.
✓Piliin ang kapayapaan, katahimikan ng puso't isipan.❤️
MINSAN LANG TAYO MAY PAG KAKATAON MABUHAY SA MUNDO. Piliin nating maging masaya at walang tinatapakang ibang tao❤️🤲
THANK YOU LORD 🙏
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Yung sa “ME TIME” mo may kasama ka pa din 😂
Parang anino na di ka nilulubayan 😅
PERO take heart mga Inay..
Hindi forever na ganyan sila ka-clingy at ka-independent.
These little years will soon pass. 🥺
Hindi mo na sila masusuot.
Hindi na sila magpapabuhat.
Hindi na iiyak pag aalis ka.
Hindi na matutulog sa tyan mo.
Hindi na magpapasubo.
Hindi na magayaya maglaro.
Hindi na dudumihan ang puti mong damit. 😂
Everything is momentary. 🥹
So live with urgency.
Live with intentionality.
Savor the moment.
And smile like this is the “last time”. ♥️
Kita nyo ba smile ko kahit naka-mask??? 😂
Patingin nga ng mga “me time” nyo na may sabit? 😅
ctto.
It won’t always be like this.
⠀
I remind myself of this often.
To help me see through the hard days, but to also pull me into the now.
⠀
Because it’s true.
They won’t always be this small. And I won’t always be this tired.
⠀
They won’t always need me in this way. And I won’t always feel this lost.
⠀
They won’t always come to me first. And I won’t also feel like I come last.
⠀
This is a season.
We will move through it together.
And it will pass before we know it.
⠀
It won’t always be like this.
⠀
And my heart aches as I think about what it may look like.
⠀
The first school drop off.
⠀
The last kiss goodnight.
⠀
The nights up late waiting for a call that doesn’t come.
⠀
Because life will be different one day.
⠀
And it won’t always be this tiring, messy, or beautifully wholesome.
⠀
It will be watching from afar from a clean house, longing for them to come home for a weekend.
⠀
It will be loving them through phone lines, messenger, and the kilometres between us.
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It will be losing myself in something new, to busy my mind from what I’m missing.
⠀
It won’t always be like this.
⠀
Not the hard.
⠀
Or the beautiful.
It will be a different hard and beautiful.
⠀
We won’t always be like this either.
⠀
We will age.
⠀
And our relationship will evolve.
We will be a different type of “us”.
⠀
But this is my one chance at now.
⠀
I only get to love them, be there for them, and be needed in this exact way, once.
⠀
I only get to know this stage of motherhood like the back of my hand, once.
⠀
I only get this time as we are now, once.
⠀
This is it.
⠀
I only get one Motherhood.
And they only get one childhood.
This time is ours.
So I’m breathing it in, in all of its shades, because it just won’t always be like this.
Sobrang bilis lang pala talaga ng panahon. 🥺 Minsan lang sila maging bata. Kaya SULITIN MO NA.
Matagal siya makatulog? Sabayan mo.
Makulit at gusto laging naglalaro? Makipaglaro ka rin sa kanya. Samahan mo siya.
Matagal niyang mapick-up mga tinuturo mo? Tyagain mo ng bongga.
Sobra sobra at hindi maubos energy niya? Enjoyin mo lang.
Mahaba, paulit ulit at matagal siyang magkwento? Pakinggan mo ng buong puso. 🧡
NAMNAMIN MO ANG BAWAT ORAS NA BABY PA SIYA. Kasi hindi forever yan. Isang araw lilingunin mo ang season na ito at sasabihin mong ang bilis lang pala talaga ng panahon, sana sinulit mo ang bawat oras na lagi niyang gustong...
Sumama sayo..
Nakadikit sayo..
Magpakarga sayo..
Hawak ang kamay mo..
Tawagin ang pangalan mo..
Makatulog na ikaw ang huli niyang nakikita..
Magpasubo sayo..
Makipaglaro sayo..
Magtanong sayo..
Nagpapakiliti sayo..
Magkayakap kayo..
Magpaturo sayo..
Magpabasa ng libro..
Ubusin ang oras mo...
TAKE YOUR TIME. Ibuhos mo lang lahat sa kanya ngayon. Magtanim ka sa kanya. Aanihin mo yan balang araw. Isang araw baligtad na....
Siya naman ang maghihintay sayo. Hindi ka niya mamadaliin. Sasamahan ka niya, sasabayan, papakinggan, tuturuan, tyatyagain at aalagaan. Eenjoyin ka din niya at ibubuhos niya ang lahat ng pagmamahal at panahon niya sayo hanggang sa huling pagtibok ng puso mo.. hanggang sa huling pagpikit at hindi na pagmulat ng mga mata mo.
Your wife is already tired...
Have you ever wondered how your wife feels?
Believe it or not, your wife is the one who carries the most things on her shoulders and still has to go on every single day.
If your wife tells you that she can't do it anymore — don't judge her, or think that she wants to leave you, she just feels pain in her heart that she can't get out because she has to deal with other people's problems and solve them and usually forgets about her.
Mom gets tired too, that's why you have to share household chores washing dishes, sweeping or mopping won't make you less of a man... she also cries, she also feels bad... and no one asks her how she feels.
First she is a mother... a psychologist... a doctor... a cook... a housewife... a wife... a stylist... and a thousand other things, but the most important thing is that it is YOUR SUPPORT AS A PARTNER...
If you have problems, she will support you and she will tell you that everything will be fine, if there is no money, she will find a way but she will never leave you alone even when you see her distracted, distant, thoughtful, she will always say that she has nothing, but she HAS EVERYTHING...
FOR ALL THE FIGHTING WOMEN AND WIVES OUT THERE, ISANG MAHIGPIT NA YAKAP. 🤗🧡
Mapapagod lang ang katawan natin pero hindi tayo susuko. Laban lang. God is rooting for you, and so do I. 🙏🏻🧡🌿
HINGA KA LANG INAY..
Pag feeling mo ang buhay ay hindi parang gulong kasi lagi kang nasa ilalim.. 😅
HINGA.
Kapag suki ka ng mga tambak— tambak na labahin, tambak na tiklupin, tambak na hugasin, tambak na modules (😂) , tambak na deadlines pati narin tambak na cart sa shopee at lazada 😅…
HINGA.
Kapag feeling mo wala kang na-accomplish sa buong maghapon dahil nag-alaga, nakipag-laro at nag-spend time ka sa mga anak mo…
HINGA.
Yung minsang hotdog at corned beef nalang talaga ang kaya ng powers mo lutuin..
HINGA.
Yung hindi ka pa makapag-exercise at juming rope gaya ng iba, hindi mo pa magawang magkaroon ng hobby kasi yung maligo lang pahirapan na. 😅
HINGA.
Yung lahat ng pinag-aralan mo ng college pati yung Algebra na dalawang beses mong inulit, di mo magamit dahil wala ka naman sa corporate world. 🥹
HINGA.
Yung lahat mahimbing na pero ikaw iniisip parin si “judith” 😁
HINGA.
Kapag naibigay mo na lahat pero feeling mo kulang parin…
HINGA.
Hinga ka lang Inay.
Kailangan ka ng mga anak mo, kailangan ka ng asawa mo pero kailangan mo ding alagaan at pahalagahan ang sarili mo.
Yes ikaw.
Mahalaga ka.
Mahal ka nila.
Hindi yung “perfect version” na ikaw.
Yung ikaw lang talaga.
Yung aligaga, makakalimutin at sumasablay na ikaw.
Mahal at tanggap ka ng pamilya mo.
Kasama yung mga worries mo, yung mga tawa mo, yung mga pagkakamali mo, yung buong pagkatao mo.
Never kang nag-absent sa pagiging Nanay kahit minsan sakal na sakal ka na at yun ang mahalaga.
Yung andyan ka lang.
Kaya hinga ka lang Inay.
At wag ka lang basta huminga.
Ngumiti ka din.
Magpahinga ka.
Kumain ng maraming kanin ng di na-guguilty.
Sana alam mong mahalaga ka.
Mabuti kang Ina.
At mahal na mahal ka ng pamilya mo.
Mahigpit na yakap sayo Inay ♥️♥️♥️
The LGBT community annually celebrates during the month of June in a number of different ways. Across the globe, various events are held during this month as a way of recognizing the influence of the LGBT people. And today, June 28, 2022 is what people call as International LGBT Pride Day.
Did you know that God has a plan for the said community? Many believe their faith and acknowledge their way of self-expression, but some people oppose them because of having a different belief, faith, and religion. In this way, division comes in and brings each people to hate and anger.
But God Almighty, the Creator of man and woman has a great plan for these people who are undecided and confused with their identities. LGBT people, "Love God and Be Transformed," this is your real destiny in Christ. Know and receive the Lordship of Jesus Christ in your life, for in Him, you will find hope, peace, love, joy, and the life which you have been longing and looking for. LGBT people, you have a destiny in Christ and that is to be transformed in His image and likeness.
#LivingLikeJesus
#lgbtqia #pridemonth
#ApostleRenatoDCarillo
being a mother is learning the strengths you didn't know you had & dealing with your fears you didn't know existed.
motherhood is messy & challenging & crazy & sleepless & giving & still unbelievably beautiful.
Nang naging nanay na ako, saka ko nalaman ang totoong sakripisyo. Dahil kahit gaano kahirap, basta para sa anak mo, kakayanin mo.
until you stay home with your babies 24/7 everyday, you don't know how important a break is and to feel appreciated.
Minsan, namessage ko yung kaibigan ko.
"Mi, alam mo minsan gusto ko na din magtrabaho. Gusto ko na din kasi makabalik sa hanapbuhay para makatulong ako financially dito sa bahay."
Yung sagot nya nakapagpabago sa perspective ko.
"Enjoyin mo muna. Yung anak nyo, minsan lang yan bata. Yung mga panahon na yun, yung childhood nya, di mo na yan maiibalik. Ang pera, kikitain mo pa. Mabilis ang panahon. DI MO NAMAMALAYAN, may sarili na yang buhay. Kaya enjoyin mo lang muna."
That's when I realized na..
Biyaya talagang maituturing yung 24/7 nagagabayan ko yung anak ko.
Yung naiaayos ko yung gamit nya bago pumasok sa school.
Yung naihahanda ko ang pagkain nya breakfast, lunch at dinner.
Yung ako ang nagpapatulog sa kanya.
Madami pa din namang paraan para tumulong kay Mister sa bahay. Sa panahon ngayon, madaming ways para kumita. Sipag, tyaga at diskarte lang.
At the end of the day ang mahalaga:
Ginagawa mo ang lahat ng makakaya upang maging isang mabuting ina at asawa.
🥰😍😊
🔅 credits: She can mom
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” - Matthew 11:28-30
When we come to God, He promised that He will give us rest. It means that He will give us a solution to everything that troubles us or any kind of problem we may that causes our suffering. And He will not just give us rest but He will also teach us to succeed in life. So let us come to Jesus expecting to receive great things from Him!
About how much she'd miss.
While doing the work that she loves.
And no one ever told her,
How hard it might feel,
Putting her dreams on pause,
To nurture her world in her lap.
And no one ever mentioned,
That loving her baby,
Might not always equal
'Loving every moment' of motherhood.
And no one ever admitted,
That mothers cry too.
When their world feels so new,
Just like their baby's does.
And because nobody told her,
She thought she couldn't say it.
So she instead spoke her secrets,
In every moment she was alone, but not.
In the quiet hours, she whispered,
Before this, I was someone else, and I miss her so very much.
In the lonely moments, she spoke,
I don't want to be anywhere else, but it's hard to not have a minute alone.
In the moments when everything else was on pause, she shared
Someday I'll get back to those other things I love; I can't wait to show you who else I am.
And in the moments when she was missing, she softly assured,
I love you so much, and though this is so very hard, I'll never regret a minute with you.
And as she told her story to her baby -
The one she thought she couldn't say,
She began to understand the truth about motherhood. The one that no one had told her:
That it is a complicated but lovely journey, full of moments of missing, but lifetimes of love. Where there is boundless happiness, but also some sorrow. And that it is always, always okay to feel both.
And she realized that there was nothing wrong with her story - Because although she hadn't heard one like it before, it was honest. And it was real.
And she was free, and she was happy.
And her baby was happy, too.
To be loved by a mother who had so much to share. But most of all, love 💗
☀️🌻
"You're the one who knows my stories, gets my jokes, warms my feet, takes my sides, ignores my quirks, finishes my sentences, soothes my worries."
"Anak, ang approval pa rin ng Diyos ang pinakamahalaga. Kung pakiramdam mo ay hindi kayang iappreciate ng tao ang ginagawa mo, nakakasiguro naman ako na iappreciate ng Lord ang kabutihan mo. Katunayan, hindi naman natin kailangan ang appreciation ng tao dahil sa Diyos tayo naglilingkod at sa Diyos din tayo magsusulit. Higit sa lahat, hindi tayo dapat gumawa ng mabuti para sa ikaluwalhati ng ating mga sarili kundi gumagawa tayo ng kabutihan para sa ikaluluwalhati ng Diyos."
"So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31
"Anak, sa panahong ramdam mong nanlalamig ka, doon mo mas lalong tiyagain na hindi lumiban sa mga gawain, doon mo mas lalong tiyagaing manalangin at magbasa ng Biblia. The more kasi lumiliban ka, the more na mas mararamdaman mong lumalayo ka at nanlalamig ka."
"Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord." - Romans 12:11
"UNANG PAG-IBIG"
Naaalala mo pa ba?
Noon ang sabi mo "LORD AKO'Y MAGLILINGKOD SAYO"
kahit anong mangyare," kahit mahirap kakayanin, hinding-hindi ako bibitaw,
kinakanta mo lagi,
"I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back"?
Pero bakit ngayon tila nagpatangay ka ulit sa agos ng mundo.
Marahil nadisappoint ka, nadiscourage ka, naulanan ka ng napakaraming problema, nandyan yung pang-uusig kaya nanghina ka, nagsawa ka, napagod ka, sumuko ka, huminto ka. Hanggang sa unti-unti,, unti-unting lumalayo nang lumalayo....hangang sa bumitaw ka🥺
Nawala yung commitment mo, tuluyan nang nilamon ng lamig yang pananampalataya mo,
nawala yung intimate na relationship mo kay Kristo, Nakiayon ka ulit sa takbo ng mundo, gusto mo nang bumalik..... Subalit sadyang kinakabig ng karimlan ang iyong mga paa, at hinihila ka patungo sa kadiliman at kawalan ng pag-asa.
Alam ko, alam kong namimiss mo na rin yung dating ikaw.
Dating ikaw na sabik na sabik sa pagbabasa ng Bibliya, dating ikaw na masigasig sa pagshishare ng Salita Niya, Dating ikaw na gagawin ang lahat para lang sa Kanya.
Aminin mo man o hindi...
Kaya ka lang naman Nahihirapang bumalik,, kasi pakiramdam mo, wala kanang mukhang ihaharap. Nahihiya ka lang lumapit sa Kanya dahil pakiramdam mo,,,,, sobrang dumi mo na.
Pero alam mo ba na may gusto Siyang sabihin sayo?
Na kahit sobrang layo mo na sa kanya kapatid.
Na kahit sobrang dami na ng kasalanang niyakap mo ulit.
Nais Niyang bumalik ka, Hindi para isumbat sayo yung mga mali mo, kundi para muli Siyang magpakilala sayo.
Nais Niyang itama yung daan na tinatahak mo kasi naliligaw kana.
Nais Niyang bumalik ka kasi,,, kasi anak ka Niya.
Nais niyang ipaalala sayo na sa iyong paglalakbay kapag naliligaw kana , bumalik ka sa daan kung saan ka nagsimula..bago pa dumating sa punto na lunurin ka ng napakaraming problema,, hanggang sa hindi mo na maihakbang ang iyong mga paa pabalik sa Kanya.
Nais Niyang mapabuti ka, Nais Niyang tuparin ang pangako at plano Niya sa buhay mo. Kung maaaring magsimula ka ulit sa umpisa yan ay gawin mo. Upang maipagpatuloy mong muli ang sinimulan mong laban, wag Kang aatras,wag kang susuko, wag Kang panghihinaan, dahil kailanman ni Hindi ka Niya pinabayaan,
Bangon kana mula sa pagkadapa, at harapin ang kasalukuyan na may matibay na pananampalataya.
Takbo kana ulit sa Panginoon 🥺
Balik ka na, Kapatid, Miss na miss kana Niya.
Take a break, and spend time with God as often as possible.
Because, in God we find peace. We find hope, we have joy, and love. In His presence, there is no hurt, no stress and no worry.
And with the way things are these days. With pandemics, financial woes, family strife, and other hardships, we need that break from it all. We need somewhere to go where we can escape the darkness for a time. And that place is God.
God is our refuge, our hope. Our safe space. And the more time we spend with Him. The more often we will find peace and rest. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."-john 14:27 (esv)
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”-john 16:33 (esv)
"6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."-philippians 4:6-7 (esv)
Life is too short to fall for people who don’t love you loudly, or for relationships that don’t set fire to your soul.
I know that you’re tired of rejections, failures, and disappointments. But, in case you forgot, I want to make you remember that God is always with you along the way.
I hope that you get lost in sunsets and lay on your floor listening to music like you did in high school. I hope you let yourself cry when things hurt and laugh until your ribs ache. I want you to remember that every breath you take is a small miracle. It’s your body saying I’m still here. I hope you remember that pain doesn’t last forever. Sometimes things work out but sometimes they don’t and that is its own kind of beautiful too.
my life has fell into place when you say "yes" to become my "wife" & i say, "at last! you became mine." i love you so much my one & only wife forever period 🥰😘 blessed 1st yr wedding anniversary asawa ko
before you, my life was like a puzzle jigsaw with a missing piece. you were the missing piece to it. thank you for completing my puzzle baby. Happy 1st Year Wedding Anniversary my Husband 🥰😘
it was attraction when we first met but now, Love is going to keep us together forever 🥰😘 happy 1st Year Wedding Anniversary Asawa ko (16jan21-16jan22) 🥰😘
