My youngest daughter helped me put up our Christmas tree this year. Looking at it, a bit untidy and lifeless after having gone in and out of the storage box for 11 straight years, it dawned on me how time flew so undetectably fast.
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| Yentl, decorating OUR TREE this year |
I bought it in 1999 when I was still single at P250.00 in Gaisano Metro Ayala in Cebu. Back then, such an amount was already a lot to me. Throughout the years, I collected my decors, got married, continued to collect decors, had a miscarriage, got more decors, had a baby, acquired additional decors, had my second baby, and eventually, a family.
Although this tree is now a bit wimpy (and goes out of its box once a year), I realized it has become part of my life and my family. With all my musings, I thought and said, "THIS IS MY TREE!"
With my kids growing up and slowly appreciating the uniqueness of this season to other events of the year, they have become eager to see me preparing the Christmas tree!
For this year, I placed some tiny Christmas cards. I never imagined that my kids and their cousins would use them to write on their Christmas wishes. Some asked for toys, swimming pool, laptop, and shoes; one actually wished that her lolo and lola would go up to heaven. My seven-year old eldest child, in particular, listed hers on a sheet of pad paper, and among those she asked was a "real husband" named Aarone (who happens to be her classmate). Simply cute and funny!
For this year, I placed some tiny Christmas cards. I never imagined that my kids and their cousins would use them to write on their Christmas wishes. Some asked for toys, swimming pool, laptop, and shoes; one actually wished that her lolo and lola would go up to heaven. My seven-year old eldest child, in particular, listed hers on a sheet of pad paper, and among those she asked was a "real husband" named Aarone (who happens to be her classmate). Simply cute and funny!
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| Wishes Up on the Christmas Tree |
This Christmas, officially, MY TREE will no longer be "MY TREE", but our "FAMILY TREE". Apparently, this tree has lighted up and guided new people into my life, into our lives, and still continues to do so.
If there's one good reminder that this Christmas tree is telling me, is the thought that it is never better to stand under the [shade of a] tree ALONE (!) especially during Christmas season.
If there's one good reminder that this Christmas tree is telling me, is the thought that it is never better to stand under the [shade of a] tree ALONE (!) especially during Christmas season.
mama is pretty.
ReplyDeleteSo cute the comments I. I expected the Barbie dolls but not the real husband. Can I ask for one too? Ikaw na lang sulat ha. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, cute kaayo si Yentl and very big na. Pati si Salve. I love your blogs. I miss you and the girls so much. I'll bring the Christmas gifts on Dec. 28 ha. Kita lang and Richelle if she's free kay busy ang happy couple. lol.
What time diay ta kita? K ra mga late afternoon lang I. Let's discuss our "secret" over pizza and ice cream. Where ta ana? K ra Ayala lang? See you at Yellow Cab? I'll text you the day before lang nya. Love your blogs. You're such a great mom, wife, daughter and friend. I couldn't ask for a better confidante. Your turn to share na ha. I want to hear stories about your girls. Miss you Mommy I. Mwah! :)