gone but never forgotten...

thanks Nicole. what a wonderful passage for my departed love ones, my dad who passed away dec. 30th 28 years ago and my husband last april, plus my red bud tree above. a misnomer for its flowers are really pink in color. this tree was struck by lightning few years back. it had little seedlings sprouting around my garden that i replanted them in front and in our backyard. it will take several years to bloom like their mother tree but they will bloom sometime in the future in the spring :)

my family will end this year with heavy hearts but we will continue to live carrying on the happy memories of our missing love ones. we will make the coming new years as happy as we can but it won't ever be the same again as the past years. we will try to pick up the broken pieces of our hearts and of our lives so God please help us...

yourself is the greatest gift...Jesus

what will be your gift for Jesus...

is it how you lived your life
a midst the struggles
of the daily grind

is it how you treat your
fellow humankind walking
with them with an open heart

or is it the offer of the
greatest pleasures of your life
that you now deny

is it the thorns in your hands
the wounds in your feet
as you walked in this life

or is it the glories, the laurels
the pains and the tears
that made you who you are...

a gift is a token of our love. a gift is us giving of ourselves to the causes that inspire our lives. Jesus is the inspiration, so what have we done to make us worthy of living in this earth no matter how long or how short these years may be. life is a gift from God so that gift should be treasured like a precious stone, like a precious heirloom, like a precious song or whatever is the most dearest to our hearts...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LORD JESUS :) ...I am happy because of your birth... I am happy because of your help...THANK YOU :>

it is just the sad part of living that at some point in our lives there are some love ones missing during His holy birth like we will all be in the future. we can not live forever but we can make memories that will last for a lifetime. happy new year to the few that visits me :) may it be the very best yet ever!

above image is the presence of the magi and their presents. nothing can bet this combination...for yourself is the greatest gift... to Jesus, to others and to yourself as well...so would you want to wrap that present divinely? after all it is you inside that gift :)...to you anonymous artist, thanks for your very beautiful art, my wall paper forever :)

eternal flame...

at Jesus birth...

some would go to the beach
to reflect life's worst and best
some would spend it inside
a church to pray and to be
with the king of kings

some will go to a final
resting place the cemetery
to spend it with their love ones
who had left this earth
like we all do someday

some will go to far away exotic places
that their hearts desire and wish
some will be with their new loves
professing love for each other
near that warm fire light

Christmas will not be here forever
the truth and a fact of life
to God's creations, all of humanity alike
the divine birth will only be
celebrated if you are lucky enough

lucky enough to have the ticket of life
given by Jesus Christ the celebrant
a ticket to live another God given year of your life
a golden ticket for the young and the old alike
a precious golden ticket that most of us desires

so to us that are still alive
let's not ever forget that...
in one of the coming years
this divine holiday will be beyond our reach
will be beyond our touch or grasp...

christians of all generations celebrate His divine birth each on their own ways, young or old. to you who are midway there or almost there into old age it is just a matter of time, do not worry you'll get there too, laughs... IF God is merciful to you :) ...and to the younger generations, do not live in illusions. youth is just a fleeting thing. youth will turn into old age as it has always been as it has always had. it's just the cycle of life...

night and day, baclaran church... the arch that inspired my donated gate :)

night and day is to old and young
top to bottom if you deal in ranks
day and night if the difference is large
love and hate if emotion had gone way ward

sunshine or rain is sadness to happiness
smiles and frowns is to no and yes
forward and backward is to progress and defeat
laurels and thorns is to reward and punishment

all of these meant the opposites
stop or go as to die or live
fight or surrender meant hope or failed
loser or winner but we want a gift

positives are more often accepted
negatives are dark foreboding links
stepping up is much preferred
so day and night we must not forget...

HAPPY B-DAY DEAR JESUS :)

we can never say enough thanks...

another year in our lives is almost gone
it came in just a blink of an eye
another year is almost here again
and here we all are...

giving thanks to the life that we share
giving thanks to the moments that we kept dear
giving thanks to the days that filled our lives with
laughter, joy and tears

we say our thanks
to the people that we've met in every way
who filled our days with smiles of ecstasy
we say our thanks to family and friends
who together made our life's journey
quite bearable and quite easy

but most of all we give our thanks
to God above
who is the infinite
source of love and light
and the source
of great guidance

thanks for all the days
that you've smiled at us
thanks for all the days
even with the bad
thanks for every breath
that puts us here alive
thanks for all the love
you've always gave at us

though everyday should be a thanksgiving day
every almost end of November we pray
to say our thanks that we are still alive
to live another day, another year of our life...

we must always thank God for everything that we have...