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21 Days to go Before Christmas

Today is December 4. And if my counting is right, it is just 21 days before Christmas. Are you excited already?

Ika-4 ng Disyembre ngayon, at kung tama ang bilang ko, 21 na araw ng lang, Pasko na. Eksayted ka na ba?

Last year, we didn’t put up a Christmas tree. We just decorated the front door with the usual garland decoration that we have been using for years. I wanted to see if my family can feel the Christmas spirit with our home devoid of decorations. Other than that, I was too busy and too stressed out to put up a tree.

Noong isang taon, hindi kami naglagay ng Krismas Tree. Isinabit lang namin ang aming garland sa harapang pinto ng bahay. Ito ay ilang taon na din naming ginagamit. Gusto kong maramdaman ng aking pamilya ang diwa ng Pasko kahit wala kaming mga dekorasyon sa bahay. Tsaka isa pa, ako noon ay napaka-abala at pagod upang makapag-dekorasyon pa.

The children did not mind not having a tree. In fact they didn’t ask why. The Christmas spirit? It was felt because we know that loving each other is enough to make Christmas a truly memorable experience for them.

Hindi naman nagtanong ang mga bata bakit wala kaming puno. Ang diwa ng Pasko? Naramdaman naman namin dahil alam namin na ang pagmamahal sa isa’t isa ay sapat na para maging mas makabuluhan ang Pasko.

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Are You a Cry Baby?

I remember this song back when I was younger: “I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free. His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.”

Click here to listen to the song and its lyrics.

No, the Weekly Question is not about singing. Yet.

It’s about crying. Why crying? Because this song, with its wonderful lyrics, makes me want to cry. And so does a lot of other things.

So here goes the Weekly Question Number 16:

What makes you cry?

My answer:

There are a lot of things that make me cry:

  • When one of my children is hurt, I cry.
  • When I hear sad love songs and watch a sad movie, I cry.
  • When I watch something sentimental, even a television commercial, this makes me cry.
  • When I hear wonderful comments for me and not-so wonderful comments, I cry.
  • Even emails with heart-wrenching lessons and life stories make me cry.
  • I  cry usually when I am frustrated like when I lost all my photos during the WordCamp Philippines 2008 event yesterday. All photos of the lectures I attended were there. I just didn’t have the opportunity to do that because there were a lot of people.
  • Pretty much a lot of things make me cry. I will not deny this. I don’t want to watch some TV shows because these make me cry.

I cry silent tears.

I sniffle.

What about you? What makes you cry?