dinner date with my first love

last night, i had one of the best dinner dates i've ever had and it was with my first love -- my papsy. even if we were just at home i considered that dinner to be really special.

first, it was only the two of us having dinner (attendance check: my mom's in a meeting, archie's not yet home from work, ian's in his OJT and ej's with his friends) thus, we were the only ones present in the family ;)

second, it was full of wisdom and i guess i needed to hear those words especially since i only have about 8 weeks to go here in the philippines. i believe it was God's plan to make me go home early yesterday even if i decided to go to the mall after work to shop for a few things that i will bring with me to AU.

my dinner date with my papsy was God's perfect way of reassuring me that the family i will leave behind will be fine. don't get me wrong...we are not a perfect family, in fact part of our conversation over dinner was about how my mom would be so moody for the past few days, the increasing present cost of living (which was made very evident with our Meralco bill which increased by a whopping two-thousand pesos!!!), one of our househelp who suddenly decided to go back to the province, my dad's business and other concerns that believe me are not ideal at all.

so why was i able to say that our talk was reassuring? it's simple...because i saw how God is present in my father's life despite all these concerns and difficulties in our family. he carried a positive outlook in life that i never felt i had to worry about them once i leave. while listening to him, i realized how lucky my mom is for having a very understanding husband and how lucky my brothers and i are for having a father who is a good provider and is very supportive of all our endeavors. never did he made me feel that he did not believe in any of us. his words were full of affirmations and support in anything that we want to do in life...anything that we wanted to be in life.

these words, these kinds of are the memories are the ones that i will bring with me once i leave to join my Mark in australia, so that i will be full of wisdom, passion and optimism in the new life that i will soon face.

P.S. i really thank God for precious moments like this with the people that matter to me a lot, just like my FIRST love...my father, my -- papsy ♥