Mooncake Shopping At Manila's Chinatown
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School and a Mixed Bag of Emotions
"You can’t imagine your life with kids, until you have them, then you can’t imagine your life without them." ~Author Unknown It's been a week since two of our three sons flew to Manila to attend their classes. Even with the (remaining) 9 year old son at home, doing his usual stuff alternately watching tv, tinkering with his Legos, cutting/ folding/ creating things with paper and playing with the iPad, and making a ruckus all by his lonesome, the house is, weirdly, quiet. I often find myself introspecting... about the nest almost empty now and other similar thoughts. And I struggle to stop myself from wallowing in a mixed bag of emotions. It's not a bad thing, except, I could waste hours doing that. I thought I was totally in control and could dismiss the situation as another milestone, like seeing your child lose his first baby tooth. Nothing a warm hug or an ice cream could not fix. On the contrary, that hug at this time just exacerbates the yearning. It ...
Your sons are handsome young men and they look very happy too. You are truly blessed! :-)
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Have you seen the biggest mooncake? A friend of mine posted a photo of it on FB. :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Mooncake, I went to SM yesterday and they have this mooncake festival..
ReplyDeleteAll handsome boys! Dami mong body guards, Linnor! hehehe
ReplyDeletenice mix...mestizong Chinese! very handsome! Oh yes, September is mooncake time!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Eliz, your sons are all so good looking sis. Now I know what the mooncake was all about. Chinese celebration pala yun hehehe!
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