Archive for December, 2007
merry christmas everyone!
When my husband and I and our two kids moved to a new house, it was really huge adjustment. I would say that it is the hardest time of our lives, but the best of times too. Although we were really financially challenged, as in super challenged, I’ve felt that because of this experience, we’ve grown closer to each other, enjoyed being with each other more, learned to accept each other’s shortcomings & weaknesses, and appreciated each other’s strength and contribution to the family. As we look back to those hard times, there is a sense of fulfillment that we made it through the storm. I say storm because the rainy season is still on but then at least the worst is over. At least now, the sun shines every now and then, and we see glimmer of hope, and a clearer view of what lies ahead. We now enjoy more the fruits of our labor, when before we have nothing left for ourselves.
We have our own favorite stories for those trying times that I would like to share. These are the experiences that I will never forget and would always remind me of the time that we were really so broke & had barely enough to keep ourselves afloat.
My husband’s first… I remember my husband telling me back then that he feels like Will Smith in the movie In Pursuit of Happiness. If you have seen the movie, you would definitely know what I mean. At that time he was assign in Makati, and he’d pass by Glorietta every day on his way home. He couldn’t help thinking back then that all the people he meet on the way from Landmark to Glorietta to SM seems to be happy, smiling, laughing, as if they don’t have any care in the world. Everywhere he looked, they all look happy, while he was so sad and so miserable inside trying to make ends meet for me and the kids, and wondering when all his worries will end & he’ll look happy like them, and get to enjoy being in Glorietta again. I cried inside when he told me that. I know he felt lost, frustrated, but holding on each and every day like Will Smith in the movie. We struggled each & every day for months and months and thought it would never end … With a lot of faith, hard work, & sacrifices, & a lot of pride given up, five months after, on his birthday, we’re back in Glorietta, definitely looking happy as we were buying clothes for the kids, and enjoying Glorietta as it should be enjoyed. While we were having lunch, we remembered this experience and said to ourselves look at us now, the worst is over. We made it through the storm. Like Will Smith in Pursuit of Happiness, we are relieved, fulfilled, thankful all at the same time like a heavy burden has been lifted off our shoulder.
My story on my next blog…
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