(more than) grateful...

"i never realized sharing your blessings could move me to tears..."

my sisters and i agreed to give our cousin, ayii, a birthday treat. we've been craving for that good old italian meal at DonHen - it's been eons since our last dining experience, so we tagged them along and rekindled some gastronomic "memory". hitting two birds with one stone.

we were excited. our kid cousins were more elated. you can feel their jitters. and we all ate to our hearts' content. it warms my heart to see kuya botch giddy. ayii was overwhelmed for such a simple surprise. i guess any 5-year-old would feel that. strangers singing to her, sharing the joy of "adding" another year to her life. she couldn't speak. i thought she was going to cry...

to cut the long story short, we ended the day with huge smiles on our faces, and tummy-filled hoorahs! ^^ (ang sarap kumain kung sama-sama...)

the aftermath...
*never realized this simple treat had a huge impact on ayii's life.
case in point: she bragged about the whole experience to my sweetie kax. and she gave a blow-by-blow. in a knowing manner. (awww. i could just imagine!) - wahahaha. that's a winner!
*...that, this too, had an impact on our tita lyra's life...
what goes around comes around. it was totally unexpected. she stepped upfront, one sunday at church. and shared how much they've been blessed - ayiii celebrated her (1st) party outside the family, how much our dear cousin's very grateful for the whole experience. yaddah yaddah.

then she started to shed a tear. this totally moved me.
i guess she's just so happy for us. how my sisters and i, chipped in, just so we could give ayii that sweet bday treat. everything still fresh from memory, i remember her mouthing these words, "i'm just so thankful for their generosity... they could've fed the whole "clan" with that treat..." - ohman, we were totally soaked. tears were flowing. a super awww-experience.

come to think of it, we really could've fed more than 9 people with that sum of money.
it did burn holes in our pockets. but it's all worth it, knowing that this could forever be part of ayiii's fondest childhood memories. :)

gives much more meaning to sharing. we're just returning the favor, tita lyra^^
(thanks, tito jojo! hindi rin namin makalimutan yung libro mo samin nung bata pa kami)
next time, kayo na ulit ang taya! mukhang kailangan munang mag-regroup ng finances namin. hahahahaha. >.<>

life question x

do you force friendship into people?


i believe that you couldn't just shove that down people's throats.
good Lord, i know that I'm mean. but if there's one thing that i'm not... I know that i'm NOT plastic.
and don't give me any venue to be one. (please hear my plea!)

Gahd. life is tough.

lazy day(s)

so much to do.
but i feel so uninspired.

is it the weather?
or i'm such a sloth.

it's been days.
sigh.