Monday, August 15, 2005
i never said it would be easy, i only said it would be worth it
it was definitely worth missing europe! it was such a wonderful wonderful weekend! the retreat was wonderful, reconnecting with old friends and building relationships, both near and far. i love these retreats. and yes, i'm physically and emotionally exhausted. but it was all worth it. it always is. basta ikaw lord!
in other news... mina's leaving for vegas today. they took their uhaul truck and away they traveled to the far off land of... tun, tun, tun... las vegas! okay, so it's not the end of the world, but shoot, she lived freakin 2 minutes away for most of our lives. she mentioned that it's unfortunate that we didn't take advantage of that more through the years. i was just sad for the fact that i won't be able to go over her house in the middle of the night in my pjs anymore. and she goes, well, you can still come over in your pjs. i would just have to drive 4 hours to get there, instead of 2 minute. wha, wha, wha... i didn't really feel a sense of loss as some other friends have had when a close friend got married. we didn't see each other as often as during the height of the wedding busyness, but we did hang out. toots 'n my nights were fun :) even the unlabeled ones. now, i'm apprehensive cuz i know we don't do particularly well when we don't see each other. we're better together in person than on the phone/internet. most of all, i'll just miss my best friend.
highlights of the weekend:
~ passing down the torch to arlene! great job!!!
~ kay's the new vice-rec! basta ikaw!
~ #9, #9, dorothy, #9!
~ moco loco
~ mango sticky rice
~ chocolate fondue (that i never got to taste!)
~ sisig
okay enough food...
~ palancas as always
~ old songs sung with such wonderful voices, even when most were still trying to figure out how the song goes... :)
~ good talks with noreen, anna, arlene, my, reg, fran, dee, ray seachelle, marianne, and others.
~ good to see normy, sepi (who is such the lil flirt, winking at me with both eyes! and then when i asked him to show dianne, he totally wouldn't!! and he's only 3 years old! sooo adorable!), sander the lil sweetheart! i could hold that baby for hours, he's so wonderful!, mike arceo, sonny, jill, and everyone else!
~ palanca scrapbook
~ surplise!!!!
~ touching hearts
~ my very first heart talk. He spoke through me, as usual. i'm a big procrastinator, but i knew what i would speak of. but when it came time to do the talk, all kinds of other things started spilling out, out of my control. because it was exactly that, it was not under my control, it was under His. i love when He takes over my life. love it!
~ learning the gift of patience (thanx for the practice brian.)
~ falling asleep in His arms in the disco. the best!
luvulord. luvulord, luvu, luvu, luvu.
in other news... mina's leaving for vegas today. they took their uhaul truck and away they traveled to the far off land of... tun, tun, tun... las vegas! okay, so it's not the end of the world, but shoot, she lived freakin 2 minutes away for most of our lives. she mentioned that it's unfortunate that we didn't take advantage of that more through the years. i was just sad for the fact that i won't be able to go over her house in the middle of the night in my pjs anymore. and she goes, well, you can still come over in your pjs. i would just have to drive 4 hours to get there, instead of 2 minute. wha, wha, wha... i didn't really feel a sense of loss as some other friends have had when a close friend got married. we didn't see each other as often as during the height of the wedding busyness, but we did hang out. toots 'n my nights were fun :) even the unlabeled ones. now, i'm apprehensive cuz i know we don't do particularly well when we don't see each other. we're better together in person than on the phone/internet. most of all, i'll just miss my best friend.
highlights of the weekend:
~ passing down the torch to arlene! great job!!!
~ kay's the new vice-rec! basta ikaw!
~ #9, #9, dorothy, #9!
~ moco loco
~ mango sticky rice
~ chocolate fondue (that i never got to taste!)
~ sisig
okay enough food...
~ palancas as always
~ old songs sung with such wonderful voices, even when most were still trying to figure out how the song goes... :)
~ good talks with noreen, anna, arlene, my, reg, fran, dee, ray seachelle, marianne, and others.
~ good to see normy, sepi (who is such the lil flirt, winking at me with both eyes! and then when i asked him to show dianne, he totally wouldn't!! and he's only 3 years old! sooo adorable!), sander the lil sweetheart! i could hold that baby for hours, he's so wonderful!, mike arceo, sonny, jill, and everyone else!
~ palanca scrapbook
~ surplise!!!!
~ touching hearts
~ my very first heart talk. He spoke through me, as usual. i'm a big procrastinator, but i knew what i would speak of. but when it came time to do the talk, all kinds of other things started spilling out, out of my control. because it was exactly that, it was not under my control, it was under His. i love when He takes over my life. love it!
~ learning the gift of patience (thanx for the practice brian.)
~ falling asleep in His arms in the disco. the best!
luvulord. luvulord, luvu, luvu, luvu.
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
"we could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box"
"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
