tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71426554864216122692024-03-13T03:01:59.020-07:00lui is in heavenLuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-60834440921073873632016-11-03T20:18:00.000-07:002016-11-03T20:20:03.318-07:00Blog Blast For Peace 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been absent on this space like forever</div>
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but now because of tradition</div>
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and the relevance of this tradition</div>
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especially at a time when my country</div>
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is on the verge of anything</div>
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Not Peace</div>
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I am back.</div>
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. . . shouting Peace/Kapayapaan</div>
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and Freedom/Kalayaan</div>
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at a time when both seem so fragile</div>
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so many killings</div>
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so many ugly words</div>
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so many hurtful and harmful words and action</div>
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so Not Peace.</div>
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Someday</div>
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I will be back here</div>
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surviving storms, loss of loved ones,</div>
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sickness and loneliness,</div>
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forgetfulness,</div>
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forgiveness,</div>
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and giving once again to passion</div>
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and Faith</div>
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and Love. . .</div>
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Simple words.</div>
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Big words.</div>
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Soon, it will be mine</div>
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and my country</div>
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and the world.</div>
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Dona Nobis Pacem.</div>
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Lord, please grant us Peace!</div>
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Mimi, I blog for Peace.</div>
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Join us!</div>
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<a href="http://mimiwrites.blogspot.com/2016/11/dona-nobis-pacem-gather-your-tribe.html" target="_blank">BLOG FOR PEACE!</a></div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-65983379744970546212016-04-01T15:17:00.000-07:002016-05-09T17:12:01.129-07:00Today Kizu turns 2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yep.</div>
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He was handed to us a month after</div>
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so his Gotcha day was May 2</div>
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and we're celebrating it also</div>
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but today was a great funny day!</div>
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Before Kizu was born nobody knew that Whitey was pregnant. Whitey was one of the neighbor's dogs that we feed until our neighbor died. When a new tenant came we begged them to keep the dogs and we promised to help feed them. We can not adopt the dogs because they were female and we can't afford to neuter them and we had a senior male dog Sweepy then. We did adopt the stray male dog who loves to stray in the neighbor's house and we named him Hughes.</div>
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Of course when Whitey gave birth and the new tenant waited a month for Whitey to nurse her pups before they handed little Kizu to us. They said they can not afford to keep the puppies. Kizu was the last puppy to be adopted. We had no option but to keep him. I practically cried when I first held Kizu! He was such a small helpless thing. </div>
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I called the vet immediately for advice. It was not easy but we knew that we have to do something fast. We simply held that fragile creature in our hands and knew we were destined to take care of this homeless creature. Our fate and destiny with him has been sealed!</div>
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Kizu, a month after adoption. June 2014</div>
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With his father Hughes in 2014:</div>
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And still together now:</div>
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Of course, Kizu is bigger now and is more active</div>
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and plays with cats except for Petra!</div>
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Kizu whines when Petra naps in his house!</div>
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Petra hates the dogs and hisses at them!</div>
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And, of course, I scold her.</div>
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But this is just the way with animals.</div>
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But Kizu loves to play and jump with the cats around our small property. The vet calls Kizu "macho dog" because of his muscles. Kizu is super active! Who would have thought that the little puppy would turn out to be such a bundle of energy and love! Kizu and Hughes kept Sweepy company in his senior years, always protective of Sweepy, and on Sweepy's final hours, would cuddle with him in comfort. . .</div>
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Sometimes we choose our fate.</div>
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And most of the tine we simply just have faith.</div>
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Because our fate and faith</div>
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can lead us to a destiny</div>
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beyond our wildest dream!</div>
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Happy Barky Birthday Kizu!</div>
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I wish you drooly hugs and kisses . . .</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119636270626791626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-44688239178055697452016-02-28T15:22:00.001-08:002016-03-08T02:15:59.386-08:00It's My Bday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yup I know.</div>
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This is my life in the furry lane!</div>
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I am busy doing production now </div>
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so I was not able to update my blog. </div>
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Read: I have an excuse. Haha!</div>
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Seriously, my production is moving my stash:</div>
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boxes and bins filled with recyclables like</div>
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cans, plastic bottles, toilet paper rolls, newspapers</div>
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or in short, I am a junk lady.</div>
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I look at an object and my mind dances!</div>
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I see junks transform into something usable again.</div>
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I see furniture and fixtures.</div>
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I see trinkets from cans.</div>
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I see a mountain of trash</div>
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upcycled into a functional works!</div>
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My father was like that.</div>
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So, in a fit of daring and bravado,</div>
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I am doing the TimeLight Project!</div>
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The project is a collaboration with my workshop students.</div>
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That means excitedly conceptualizing</div>
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with kids as young as 3 to special adults</div>
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with physical and mental challenges</div>
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to create clocks and lamps from their trash!</div>
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With no budget, no studio/storage space,</div>
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no gallery venue yet, no sponsors,</div>
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but pure trust in the divine spirit</div>
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to take me where I fear to tread.</div>
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Haha, that is so Me!</div>
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This is a complete turnaround from last year's</div>
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high profile, big budget art project about play (Laro)</div>
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which was exhibited successfully.</div>
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Check one of a blogger's take of Laro <a href="http://homescool.ph/2015/05/15/laro-collaborative-art-exhibit/">here</a>.</div>
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So, I was busy.</div>
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But. . . .</div>
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But I took a day off today on my bday</div>
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to bring my senior sisters on</div>
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an eat-all-you-can buffet</div>
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and played with my dogs and cats!</div>
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I looove my furbabies!</div>
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Not a day has passed when I don't hug them.</div>
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They are my live toys!</div>
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Huggable, loving, and fun!</div>
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Kizu is now so grown up!</div>
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He will turn 2 this year.</div>
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Their vet, Dra. Miriam,</div>
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who still does housecalls,</div>
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refer to Kizu as macho dog</div>
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because he is all muscles!</div>
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He loves to play with Hughes</div>
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but Kizu's favorite is playing with the cats!</div>
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And my kittens are now big cats</div>
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Here they sleep outside my bedroom window</div>
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listening to me sing when I am home!</div>
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And when they sleep</div>
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they form into hearts</div>
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and love</div>
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and anything warm and inspiring. . .</div>
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and stay inspired!</div>
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I make my own potpourri.</div>
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It is a no-brainer thing.</div>
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I just slice the orange peels, sun dry it,</div>
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and voila, my own sweet scent potpourri!</div>
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I wish time can be bottled like potpourri.</div>
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I wish memories can be sundried and bottled</div>
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and made to linger and scent my surroundings.</div>
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I know I do this a lot.</div>
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I take a pause in my fast paced world</div>
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and I take a slow motion walk through</div>
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in my memory bank of happy and sad times</div>
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and I go through each moment lovingly.</div>
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When one see the world like a work of art</div>
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its haunting melody tugs deep in the bone.</div>
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Each of the images, and words, and longings</div>
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are locked into an ethereal wisp of a cloud</div>
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that brings happy tears and wistful smiles.</div>
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I am in that vortex now.</div>
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I went through the joyful holiday season</div>
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the merry embraces of family and loved ones</div>
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the drooly kisses of my growing hounds</div>
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of two dogs and six cats </div>
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(I had new ones and lost some cats!)</div>
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and in the realm of the joyous moments</div>
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I pass by my musings blog</div>
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and go blank.</div>
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For so many moments I pass by my happy place</div>
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and I could not seem to find myself in it.</div>
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All my furry friends featured in my sidebar</div>
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are no longer around.</div>
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Except for my trees Yvon and Chicky</div>
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who have grown taller and beautiful</div>
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I miss a lot of familiar scents and names.</div>
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This is why I took a longer pause again.</div>
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I am reminded of my old hounds.</div>
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I am reminded of friends like </div>
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Pat and her dog Chloe</div>
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and I could not go on</div>
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without breaking into million tears.</div>
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Our sadness and grief</div>
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are testament to our bigger capacity to love.</div>
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After all, we can only grieve</div>
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those who touched our lives</div>
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and kept a loving mark</div>
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permanently etched in our throbbing heart.</div>
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If I do not embrace my sadness and grief</div>
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in losing and missing them</div>
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my joys will not be complete.</div>
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I will never get over my grief.</div>
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But I will not wallow in its sadness.</div>
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I choose to make my memories</div>
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and remembering to be as sweet</div>
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and scented citrusy </div>
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and huggably loved</div>
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as my bottled potpourris.</div>
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I bottle potpourris.</div>
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I bottle memories too.</div>
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And I take them out</div>
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and savor them to bits</div>
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like scented auras</div>
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of unforgetable joys.</div>
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Always.</div>
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Happy 2016, friends!</div>
<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-84407231635595530842015-11-04T04:23:00.000-08:002015-11-04T14:14:47.108-08:00Blog Blast For Peace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of my doodle for Inktober.</div>
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A perfect hand drawn image for</div>
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Mimi Lenox's<a href="http://mimilenox.com/" target="_blank"> Blog Blast for Peace</a>.</div>
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It somehow expresses my blasting world:</div>
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me and my hounds in our house Heaven!</div>
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A Heaven where stray creatures find a home.</div>
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Petrine with her kittens and her mom Petra with her kittens:</div>
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now comprise the huge stray cat family in Heaven.</div>
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Where the lonely wanderers find their refuge at last!</div>
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Hughes has finally found his home!</div>
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And newborns are received</div>
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with wonder and love.</div>
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And where they grow up</div>
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never knowing the dangers of the being a stray!</div>
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When Kizu was handed down to us as a month old pup</div>
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we immediately received him with love and concern.</div>
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Now, a year after, Kizu and his father Hughes</div>
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is now part of our little Heaven.</div>
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And in the end</div>
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when the world closes to night</div>
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and the moon winks at us</div>
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the balmy night embraces us.</div>
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My creatures and I</div>
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we are one.</div>
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And that is Peace!</div>
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Nope, I am not dead.</div>
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I am just updating from two years ago</div>
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when I had surgery to remove my thyroids,</div>
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then had radiation after a month</div>
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supposedly to remove extra traces of cancer left.</div>
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Been trying to be busy after that.</div>
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This is my recent photo taken last September:</div>
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I am the one on the right with my team of friends</div>
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who worked as documenters for the recent APEC event</div>
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A month before that, I assisted in the National Art Fair in August:</div>
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And before that I helped curate and facilitate a workshop</div>
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with kids whose works formed part of an exhibition on play.</div>
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On a regular basis, I design and do workshops</div>
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for kids, adults, PWDs on site:</div>
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Looking at me and my energy</div>
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being on my toes, </div>
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my capacity to work all day,</div>
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does not reveal the pauses,</div>
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those rare moments when I feel</div>
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like my system suffered from radiation</div>
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and although I am not in pain</div>
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I can sense the imbalance </div>
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and possible destruction</div>
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brought by that invasion</div>
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I know it's been quite a while</div>
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and I have defied my doctor</div>
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who insists on another round of radiation for me!</div>
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That was last year</div>
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when my readings went down to normal</div>
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and my weight stabilized from 138 to 125 lbs</div>
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which does not show much because </div>
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I always look slim and fit.</div>
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I could not understand why my doctor insisted on radiation</div>
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when he knew I felt worse after it</div>
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(remember that episode when I was taken</div>
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by ambulance to the hospital at dawn</div>
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a week after my radiation?)</div>
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Well, I have armed myself with information now.</div>
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I read and listened to stories of doctors, scientists.</div>
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and other cancer survivors at</div>
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<a href="http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/" target="_blank">The Truth About Cancer by Ty Bollinger</a></div>
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and made contact with some of them</div>
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and realized that the natural cure program</div>
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that I designed for myself</div>
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were also done by other cancer survivors</div>
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and doctors abroad!</div>
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Their stories and researches validated</div>
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what I have been doing to keep myself fit.</div>
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I still take my levothyroxin meds at dawn.</div>
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An hour after, I take 1 to 3 tablespoons </div>
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of virgin coconut oil then start my day.</div>
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I make myself lime/calamansi water</div>
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An hour after, I take heavy breakfast.</div>
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I take calcium carbonate with my lunch.</div>
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Then, for dinner I take calcium carbonate again,</div>
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and a tablespoon of virgin coconut oil</div>
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which I also use to remove make-up</div>
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and as lotion for my face and body after shower.</div>
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I now take raw and fresh veggies</div>
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and fruits as smoothies every day too.</div>
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I try to share with my senior sisters too.</div>
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I now look to nature</div>
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and fresh natural foods</div>
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to keep my health in check.</div>
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Like these free flowing, fresh, </div>
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chemical-free produce in my neighborhood</div>
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that provide fresh, healthy, </div>
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and sun-filled nutrients</div>
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to repair the damage done by radiation.</div>
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Yes, it has been two years.</div>
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There are sluggish days</div>
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and there are better days.</div>
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I have left my fate in faith.</div>
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Someday,</div>
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when my body decides to call it quits</div>
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I will simply fly free</div>
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and not worry </div>
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because I have loved ones</div>
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and one great superdog</div>
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waiting for me at the curb.</div>
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Until then</div>
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Lui is still in Heaven</div>
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on earth. . .</div>
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Cheers!</div>
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Missing you all so much. . .</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-85296053597654069492015-09-19T10:43:00.002-07:002015-09-19T10:43:54.740-07:00Hounds Update. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hughes is looking good.</div>
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And Kizu is looking gorgeous.</div>
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Together they had series of vet visits.</div>
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That is, their vet Dra. Miriam has been coming to our house</div>
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to update their shots (anti-rabies, 3-in-one, etc.)</div>
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some grooming, some fleas preventive,</div>
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and overall check up.</div>
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Sometime in June, Petrine and Petra gave birth!</div>
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And Petra nursed all the kittens!</div>
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But Petra moved them away from our sight!</div>
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They were lost and returned.</div>
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And now they love to play, eat and pose on the roof!</div>
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And they nurse together on Petra:</div>
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And they sleep together on the roof!</div>
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Hughes wishes you all a restful sleep</div>
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and Kizu,</div>
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well Kizu wishes the same</div>
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but only in his fun fashion:</div>
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Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-71968927634048694792015-08-22T05:01:00.002-07:002015-08-22T05:01:52.701-07:00August and Oh-Ghost month!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been almost three weeks since my last post.</div>
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As you can see I am still alive</div>
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and survived that scheduled d-day.</div>
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Some prayed and fasted with me.</div>
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Some linked their energies</div>
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and honed their healing powers.</div>
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Some got angry and afraid.</div>
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Some took notice of my warning</div>
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and left town with loved ones.</div>
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Some mocked me.</div>
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A lot were just relieved.</div>
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How indeed does one react</div>
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when one is given a date of a tragedy?</div>
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Do you risk your reputation</div>
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to warn friends to stay safe?</div>
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Do you run away or leave</div>
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your fate and faith in the door?</div>
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I had a lot of warnings and alerts.</div>
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Some from well-meaning friends,</div>
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some from intuition, from spirit guides.</div>
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Some from authority figures.</div>
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Disasters like storms, floods,</div>
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extreme heat, earthquakes,</div>
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and each time I gather my wits about.</div>
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I get afraid for my senior sisters.</div>
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For my dogs, and trees, my lizards.</div>
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So each time I receive warning alerts</div>
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I go tap my inner faith.</div>
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The one that connects with all of creation.</div>
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The one that connects with our Maker.</div>
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And each time</div>
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I watch the storm passed,</div>
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or bypassed my island,</div>
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or typhoons veer from their path</div>
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and save my little island.</div>
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Just this week alone</div>
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a powerful storm veered</div>
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away from my island</div>
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although we had rains.</div>
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But all these calamities will come and go.</div>
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We can never really escape any of it.</div>
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What we always fear in life</div>
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will always be there.</div>
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We just need to experience the eye of the storm</div>
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literally and figuratively</div>
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to understand and conquer</div>
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our worst fears and know</div>
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our sublime destiny.</div>
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Because in the midst of chaos</div>
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of uncertainties and confusion</div>
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lie our mortal spirit</div>
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that is as dauntless</div>
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as we were created to be.</div>
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The ties we made</div>
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the precious connections</div>
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the brief interlude</div>
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of time and space</div>
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where we become meaningful</div>
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to others and ourselves</div>
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are what really matters.</div>
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This precious bond</div>
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is like our immortal stone</div>
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that we carry with us</div>
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beyond our decaying bodies</div>
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to the adventures</div>
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of another world and beyond.</div>
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I am sure you have seen so many films,</div>
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stories and images of redemption</div>
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of a happy ever after.</div>
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And yes it is real.</div>
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That mushy, giddy, perfumed ending</div>
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is not all fiction.</div>
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It is mine.</div>
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And it is yours.</div>
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This is really Our Story.</div>
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A happy one.</div>
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Have a happy, wonderful weekend!</div>
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And today I celebrate my Mama's 95th birthday!</div>
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And today I acknowledge her presence</div>
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in my life as vividly as when she was alive.</div>
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Happy Birthday, Mama!</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-72961331773184589532015-08-02T08:20:00.004-07:002015-08-02T08:27:59.581-07:00August Comes A-Calling . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the two full moons of July which neither is blue,</div>
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I am now faced with some major dilemma.</div>
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August will only have one full moon</div>
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but August is threatening my chances</div>
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of seeing it. Hmmmm . . .</div>
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I am sure you know what I am talking about.</div>
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I already blah about it two posts back.</div>
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But now I have to verbalize everything again</div>
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without sounding like I am a never-ending</div>
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drama queen of travesty.</div>
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But that is how real stories go sometimes.</div>
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People get cancer, they get well.</div>
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They lose a dog, they lose a chunk of themselves.</div>
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They adopt and rescue dogs,</div>
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and their world is a-alright again.</div>
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Now, somebody tells you your world</div>
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is going to crumble in minute pieces.</div>
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You knew the exact day and the exact hour</div>
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and you wonder if this whole thing </div>
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is just a big joke.</div>
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Maybe it is.</div>
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Maybe there is a hidden camera</div>
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and the writer of this episode</div>
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is somebody more quirky than me</div>
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and I am the big star of this drama</div>
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and I am bungling my script </div>
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as always. . .</div>
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Two years ago this month</div>
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I had surgery then radiation.</div>
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Looking back now and how I went through it all</div>
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and how I am going to go through another one</div>
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I realized that no matter how major it is</div>
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that no matter how scary it was for my friends</div>
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I knew, deep in my heart, that I will be ok.</div>
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That I will blah about it leaving you in suspense</div>
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yet the ending will be sublime.</div>
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That strange feeling of calm</div>
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amidst uncertainty</div>
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is the knowing that it will be ok.</div>
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So I started my countdown until D-day.</div>
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That dread major earthquake</div>
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is coming sooner than anyone thought.</div>
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So, at the risk of sounding silly,</div>
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I started a journal of warnings and advices</div>
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on what to do, where to go. . .</div>
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So, one night, after a gruelling day</div>
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doing details of a major art fair,</div>
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I went to bed exhausted</div>
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but a nagging voice insisted I pack now.</div>
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Omg, is it happening tonight? tomorrow?</div>
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But it is too early for the date that I was told.</div>
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So at midnight I started packing my stuff.</div>
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My portfolio, documents, basic essentials . . .</div>
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I had to add and subtract as I go along.</div>
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How does one pack for tragedy?</div>
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What does one lug into the unknown?</div>
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And as I closed my luggage wearily,</div>
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this old trusty bag that accompanied me</div>
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in my many travels to distant places</div>
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looked back at me sadly this time.</div>
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We are not really traveling in excitement.</div>
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We are preparing for an unknown journey.</div>
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And I knew I am not ready.</div>
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Where are the batteries, the ziplock bags, my tags?</div>
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But I closed the bags firmly.</div>
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How foolish to think I am ready.</div>
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I am never ready for any of these plots.</div>
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I am never ready for surgery, for cancer, </div>
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for radiation, for losing my superdog,</div>
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yet the endings were always happily ever after.</div>
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I can hear the words distinctly,</div>
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"oh you of little faith!"</div>
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Indeed, I went through it all in faith.</div>
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How foolish to think otherwise.</div>
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So I continue with work.</div>
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Enjoying the moments in my workshop.</div>
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Immerse myself in the now</div>
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and knew that whatever happens</div>
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my ending will always be</div>
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happily ever after . . .</div>
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Day 3</div>
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August 2</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-53520501589206339142015-07-10T14:58:00.002-07:002015-07-10T14:58:38.572-07:00Cuteness Galore!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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June gave this clueless Keeper some major surprises:</div>
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Petrine gave birth to 3 kittens and I was not aware she's pregnant!</div>
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And a week or so after, her mom Petra gave birth to 2 kittens!</div>
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And no matter how much I provided two separate beds</div>
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they always end up in one of the beds</div>
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cuddled and hugged confortingly!</div>
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So this July the kittens were growing up fast</div>
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running, jumping, and playing with Kizu</div>
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who seemed to be the only one</div>
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who does not enjoy long naps</div>
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on cold, rainy days!</div>
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So, as I make my countdown to d-day</div>
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I also am making preparations</div>
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how-what-where with my growing pets!</div>
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This in between mounting work and projects!</div>
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It is a long and short time for fate.</div>
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And I am inspired and excited</div>
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with all the discoveries coming my way.</div>
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Meantime, enjoy these lovable moments</div>
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in my Heaven . . .</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-87080103068275350902015-06-27T21:53:00.001-07:002015-06-27T22:33:09.240-07:00Before June Ends . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes I still live in Heaven.</div>
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Sorta.</div>
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Two weeks ago a psychic gave me an important date.</div>
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It was the exact date and time of a coming earthquake.</div>
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We were already warned by PHILVOLCS</div>
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(Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)</div>
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that we are due to have a major earthquake.</div>
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Anytime. Soon. But no exact dates.</div>
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That vague and frightening word for a lot of people has only created panic and uncertainty. Suddenly, people were checking the faulty lines on maps, checking possible trajectories of tsunamis, etc. that are the effects of a major earthquake. And suddenly, people started fearing for their lives, and questioning their fate.</div>
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So I have the date.</div>
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And I started my countdown.</div>
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But it is not a countdown to death.</div>
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Rather, it is a countdown to life.</div>
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Of relishing the now</div>
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and the maybes</div>
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the what ifs</div>
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and the 'now what'</div>
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and pondering about the fleetingness of time</div>
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and fragileness of lives.</div>
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My sisters were frantic.</div>
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They are making lists of things to buy/store, items to pack and unload on walls, of pending work that might get delayed, of safety, of security, of spirituality. </div>
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I was told my area is dangerous.</div>
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I live near Manila and Luzon is in danger.</div>
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But I told my sisters that we will stay.</div>
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We will face the danger and risks</div>
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the way I faced my surgery</div>
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and all the frightening episodes.</div>
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We will face it with unblinding faith.</div>
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My being here is a testament to it.</div>
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I survived the worst.</div>
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I will survive this again</div>
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and I will live to share my story again . . .</div>
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And I say this because I am not afraid of death.</div>
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I am not afraid of the physical end</div>
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because I know that life is eternal</div>
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and I am excited to experience</div>
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life outside of the material world.</div>
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If somebody will give you the exact time and day of your death</div>
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what will you do?</div>
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Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-91052829674555531142015-05-03T10:41:00.000-07:002015-05-03T10:41:09.790-07:00Lui is still in Heaven . . .<div style="text-align: center;">
I know it felt like ages.</div>
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And I know how I miss coming home here.</div>
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But when Sweepy died</div>
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this once happy place</div>
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has made it difficult to stay </div>
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without reminiscing . . . .</div>
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But so much is happening</div>
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and so many of you who are not on FB</div>
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wanted me to update . . .</div>
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Our trees Yvon and Chicky</div>
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are blooming with fruits.</div>
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Chicky has year-round chicos</div>
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which the birds eat and</div>
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Yvon will be ready with avocados soon!</div>
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Hughes celebrated his first Gotcha day last April 19</div>
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and he is now more relaxed.</div>
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I update regularly on FB </div>
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but I am on private setting</div>
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but if you leave a message for me here</div>
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or email me I can add you.</div>
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Kizu is now playing with Petrine</div>
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the kitten of Petrocelli and Petra.</div>
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We lost Petrocelli after Sweepy died.</div>
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Kizu celebrated his birthday last April 1</div>
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Oh how time flies!</div>
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My hounds now are younger</div>
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more playful but manageable.</div>
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They are less heavy than Sweepy's family</div>
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The vet loves visiting them!</div>
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As for me I am busy with art projects.</div>
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I still work 3days a week</div>
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but lately because I am doing an exhibit</div>
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I work more days</div>
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which in intense heat</div>
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as it is summer now</div>
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leave me breathless.</div>
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I am also now doing a natural approach</div>
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to my health and condition</div>
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preferring to make it doable</div>
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simple and better for me.</div>
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Heaven is humming</div>
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I am still here</div>
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with the hounds. . .ygyg</div>
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Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-79140903837996883572015-03-08T09:01:00.000-07:002015-03-08T09:01:07.168-07:00Yes I am still in Heaven. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yup.</div>
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I am still here.</div>
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Still living with all the </div>
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quirky loving creatures . . .</div>
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Still in awe</div>
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and enchanted</div>
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and in confusion</div>
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of most of them. . .</div>
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And yes I still have</div>
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the father and son team</div>
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of Kizu and his Popsy Hughes.</div>
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They will soon be celebrating their Gotcha days!</div>
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Yet</div>
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at the end of each day</div>
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as I try to do creative work in my studio</div>
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something is always amiss.</div>
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Something golden.</div>
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Something fuzzy and nagging</div>
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with my colors and objects.</div>
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I am sorely missing my Superdog.</div>
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And no matter how much I keep myself busy</div>
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and happy, and excited with life</div>
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there is a certain lump</div>
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when I realize</div>
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that I have to give myself</div>
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enough time</div>
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to move on . . .</div>
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And now I thank everybody who came and sent wonderful messages of love and hope which brought happy tears. I will be visiting you only now. I am extremely sorry for the long silence but it takes quite a struggle to come here in my happy space and still mourning. . .</div>
<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-65289329340590982292015-01-08T06:45:00.000-08:002015-01-08T06:48:45.654-08:00My Superdog is Gone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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yes, this young-looking 12-year-old dog,</div>
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the superdog, </div>
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the only one remaining of my original hounds,</div>
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and my bestfriend is gone.</div>
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Sweepy died before noon today in our house Heaven</div>
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after a long bout with kennel cough.</div>
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I was with him all night</div>
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holding his soft purring body,</div>
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praying for pain-free goodbye</div>
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and telling each other</div>
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it is never goodbye</div>
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and that we will meet each other again</div>
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in a place that is never locked in pain</div>
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and old age or cancer</div>
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but in our euphoric spirit form.</div>
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How does one move on?</div>
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How do we grieve and let go?</div>
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When Sweepy died this morning</div>
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I personally wrapped his still form,</div>
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closed those gorgeous eyes</div>
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that looked at me all night</div>
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and watched his keeper cry.</div>
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We buried him underneath the trees Yvon and Chicky</div>
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where his family Sumo and Bogart were buried.</div>
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We lighted candles and prayed.</div>
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of informing his friends on FB</div>
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thanking each and every kind soul</div>
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reaching out with kind words</div>
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and loving condolences . . .</div>
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People think I was home moping in grief</div>
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but there is no time for moping.</div>
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I have to clean and wash Heaven</div>
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removing traces of the superdog</div>
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on the walls, the floors, the chairs,</div>
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washed his pillows and blankets</div>
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and putting order back to my Heaven</div>
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so the others can move on</div>
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with clean energies and spaces.</div>
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Our adopted dogs Kizu and Hughes</div>
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and cats Petrocelli, Petra and Petrine</div>
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and I were in a daze </div>
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like we stopped from a whirling dance</div>
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and the music goes on and on.</div>
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We will dance again.</div>
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We will mope and grieve</div>
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but we will hear the music again</div>
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and we will learn to dance again.</div>
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My superdog is not really gone</div>
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he just went ahead</div>
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to where we shall meet again</div>
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in another heaven . . .</div>
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For my Sweepy</div>
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March 18, 2002 - January 8, 2015</div>
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We are safe.</div>
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It is a miracle.</div>
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The super Typhoon Hagupit/Ruby was a Category 5.</div>
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It simmered to a Tropical Depression</div>
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when it made landfall near my place.</div>
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There are no words to describe this miracle</div>
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except that it is a Gift</div>
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for my country and my people</div>
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who still believe in the power of prayers</div>
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and linking to the power of God</div>
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who can calm the raging winds</div>
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and hug a small island to safety.</div>
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And to all of you who prayed</div>
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and sent texts, emails,</div>
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and expressed their concern for us</div>
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Thank You</div>
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for keeping faith.</div>
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This is my first attempt to post using my iPad and Windows phone.</div>
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Windows can post images from my photo gallery but my iPad can not.</div>
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And uploading from my phone takes a lifetime!</div>
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I can browse on both but I still need my laptop to post on my blog. Sigh.</div>
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Hopefully, I will learn to navigate these gadgets.</div>
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Meantime, my apologies for missing your posts</div>
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and my inability to leave a comment</div>
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but I miss you all and hope to have the energy </div>
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to connect with every one again!</div>
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Keeper of the Hounds</div>
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hopelessly keeping the balance . . .</div>
Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-8337575551746074792014-11-04T00:42:00.005-08:002014-11-04T00:42:58.989-08:00Blog Blast for Peace 2014!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This has always been my world.</div>
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Super hyper.</div>
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Super quiet.</div>
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Super fast.</div>
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Super slow.</div>
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The swing of balance to extremes</div>
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has always been my world.</div>
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And I kept promising <a href="http://mimiwrites.blogspot.com/2014/11/dona-nobis-pacem-words-in-hands-of-love.html" target="_blank">Mimi</a> </div>
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that I will make our peace globes.</div>
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I say it every week.</div>
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I try to do it every week.</div>
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And I could not.</div>
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But today I finally did!</div>
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My peace globe may be blue</div>
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My globe is the blue sphere in my hand</div>
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that cajoles my tiring walk around Heaven.</div>
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Whereas I walk with fast strides before</div>
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now, after my surgery and RAI,</div>
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It is the breathing that goes half tone</div>
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and the one that scares me a lot.</div>
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You know it when you find yourself breathing slower</div>
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like a half inhale/exhale at unannounced moments</div>
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and through time realized</div>
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that this is the pain of it all.</div>
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Not the physical piercing pain of cancer for some.</div>
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But the slow alarming pauses</div>
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And through the years</div>
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the faces of the hounds are changing this year</div>
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from our rescued father and son pups Hughes and Kizu</div>
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to Petrocelli's mate Petra and Petrine</div>
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the others have moved on . . .</div>
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while the trees Yvon and Chicky watched</div>
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and danced and sang their passing</div>
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my senior superdog Sweepy</div>
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would watch this changing scene</div>
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in confusion, in anger, in joy. . .</div>
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Heaven is always one of peace.</div>
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In all the confusion,</div>
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and impatience,</div>
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amidst the fear of losing someone</div>
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and the joy of new energies</div>
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the ever changing landscape</div>
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of our drooly lives</div>
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we all remain</div>
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Go have your share of <a href="http://mimiwrites.blogspot.com/2014/11/dona-nobis-pacem-words-in-hands-of-love.html" target="_blank">peace blogs</a> today!</div>
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I woke up around 1 AM </div>
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that electricity was finally restored</div>
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after living in the dark since Wednesday, July 16. . .</div>
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Typhoon Glenda visited my island dawn of July 16.</div>
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But I knew the typhoon was coming at dawn</div>
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instead of the predicted 8 AM . . .</div>
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The night before I started covering the dogs' kennel with tarps.</div>
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My sisters started bringing down the flower pots and </div>
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I heard my dogs howled around 1 AM</div>
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and I immediately went out to comfort them . . .</div>
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I huddled them in one of the kennels, </div>
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dried their wet shaking bodies</div>
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and sang comforting words to lull them to sleep</div>
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while the typhoon started lashing around us!</div>
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Soon the electricity went off.</div>
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This was Hughes the day before the typhoon:</div>
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Hughes was like my late alpha dog Sumo, Sweepy's father,</div>
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Hughes was restless the day before the storm.</div>
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And Hughes was right.</div>
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He had something to worry about.</div>
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Because that sunny weather became a raging storm by dawn!</div>
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Our house Heaven was battled early morning</div>
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and the next day we saw the damage . . .</div>
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I talked to the trees Yvon and Chicky the night before</div>
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". . . stay strong . . . hang tight to each other . . ."</div>
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. . . all the avocados fell from Yvon</div>
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and most of Yvon's branches were torn</div>
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but Yvon is OK.</div>
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Chicky is ok too.</div>
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Just as I knew they would.</div>
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Hughes had his fears . . .</div>
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. . . and now Hughes knows</div>
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that whatever fears he has</div>
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ready to support him.</div>
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The next day the dogs were all in their houses . . .</div>
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Kizu, the pup, was his usual rowdy self.</div>
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Kizu suddenly had a playground of fallen leaves </div>
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Actually, all the dogs played</div>
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including my senior superdog Sweepy!</div>
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Petrocelli does not look happy . . .</div>
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. . . because his mate Petra</div>
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has a playful kitten now:</div>
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Look behind Petra.</div>
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Petra must be hiding her kitten on the roof</div>
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and the storm probably scared them.</div>
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And now we have a new kitten to adopt.</div>
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I call her Petrine.</div>
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I do not know if Petrine is male or female</div>
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but it does not matter.</div>
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Petrine is now part of our family.</div>
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There are lessons to learn during calamities.</div>
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And most of it is about hope and trust.</div>
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In my place, when electricity went off the water services is off too. My subdivision's water supply runs on electric pump. We thought we had enough water supply but the day after the storm we had to hire people to fetch water for us from kind neighbors who had manual water pumps. For drinking water we simply ordered delivery but because there was a huge demand for water we received our potable water two days after! Good thing we had enough drinking water supply until delivery.</div>
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The telephone connections went off as well. We were told that telephone service runs on power too. I used to remember that we had telephone service even during brownouts but now it is different. We lost the power to call for emergency or to assure family we are OK because our mobile phones were running on low batteries too. I was able to charge my mobile phone only last Sunday evening when I went to the parlor to charge my laptop and phone. And because I was able to do that I now sport a new short haircut. :-) . . . </div>
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It was pretty tiring the first two days after the storm. Tempers are high but my sisters and I were trying to find humor in the situation. We remind each other to conserve water after realizing that the storm's damage was extensive and that we might not have electricity for a while. Conserve your energy. Conserve your mobile phone batteries. </div>
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But people, neighbors and strangers, were very helpful.</div>
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We connect in the midst of crisis.</div>
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We look out for each other.</div>
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We have to keep faith that things will turn out right soon.</div>
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I had tons of paperwork to do </div>
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but without electricity and use of laptop & wifi</div>
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I had to use my notebook (the one made of paper)</div>
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and with my hand and brain (the one not powered by internet)</div>
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I manually scribbled work plans, MOAs,</div>
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WIP reports, layouts, workshop projects, etc.</div>
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A week without electricity</div>
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and world is quiet</div>
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the world stood still</div>
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and my creative mind and heart is brimming.</div>
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My energies remain high</div>
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even when I was physically tired</div>
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from coping without the amenities.</div>
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We survived this week . . .</div>
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and a week without electricity.</div>
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Other people were not so lucky.</div>
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A lot of areas are still without power until now.</div>
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Later today</div>
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I will go to work again,</div>
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facilitate a workshop,</div>
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attend a meeting,</div>
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do my reports,</div>
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and time is back to its regular rhythm.</div>
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Thank you for your concern and prayers</div>
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and I pass it all back to you.</div>
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May your days and nights be equally be blessed.</div>
<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-56857239197771455512014-07-09T02:47:00.002-07:002014-07-09T02:47:59.027-07:00Too Long To Blog . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
. . . and I am indeed forgetful!</div>
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But now I am back.</div>
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My student reminded me :-)</div>
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She told me that I help update their blogs</div>
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"but T.Lui is not updating her blog!"</div>
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Ok, my fault.</div>
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Lately I choose my battles :-)</div>
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I try to finish all pending work</div>
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and my blog is not on the list :-(</div>
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I am OK.</div>
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. . . well, if you ask my dogs</div>
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who sniff my toes to gauge my wellness</div>
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I do not smell OK to them.</div>
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They sort of give me That Look:</div>
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You know The Look.</div>
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The look that tells you </div>
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that animals know more than you.</div>
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I mean these creatures can sense calamities</div>
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like storms and earthquakes</div>
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and they can sense your condition</div>
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just by sniffing. . .</div>
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Hey, Kizu, I am OK.</div>
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Don't give me that Look!</div>
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And now Hughes is giving me The Look.</div>
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When two dogs are giving you the same look</div>
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you better heed it or go crazy.</div>
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But don't worry, my friends, I am really OK.</div>
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By that I meant I go to work three times a week.</div>
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I take my medications (levothyroxine and calcium carbonate)</div>
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regularly and as directed.</div>
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I feel normal and pain-free.</div>
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And on days when I feel different</div>
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( like sluggish or having shortness of breath)</div>
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I take a nap.</div>
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I take lots of water.</div>
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Lately I am taking tap water with rock salts.</div>
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I was told that bottled water strip us of minerals</div>
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that help fight diseases.</div>
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Also, I take measured steps and plan my itinerary.</div>
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I splurged on cabs/taxi services.</div>
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I now lug a bag that carry my fan, water, towels</div>
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even on short trips to the grocery or church.</div>
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I wear shorts because we have very hot weather.</div>
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When I feel tired I tell kind strangers to alert them</div>
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where to bring me in case I passed out.</div>
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I know I sound dangerous but really</div>
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these are the extreme cases.</div>
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On most days, I go out</div>
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walk a lot, work like crazy</div>
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(the good thing is I love and enjoy my work)</div>
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and I am lucky to be able to have the kind of lifestyle</div>
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that I do not have to slave 5 days a week</div>
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working my butt off. . . .</div>
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My hounds are OK.</div>
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Hughes is slowly shedding his paranoia :-)</div>
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He has grown handsome and playful</div>
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and loves going around our place Heaven</div>
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feeling like a Master when the Superdog is sleeping.</div>
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Hughes is very protective of us.</div>
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I always smile when I find him looking out the gate</div>
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and barking at the stray dogs in the streets</div>
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and knowing the sad fate if we did not adopt him . . .</div>
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Kizu, Hughes puppy, is a small blast of action.</div>
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When we adopted this small fragile puppy a month ago</div>
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he was as small as my slippers.</div>
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But don't get fooled by that cute small thing</div>
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because once freed Kizu runs crazily all over Heaven</div>
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and destroyed everything on his path!</div>
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I lost that yellow slippers</div>
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and Luchie lost half of her potted plants.</div>
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We always call his attention to these but then</div>
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how can anybody get angry with that cute thing?</div>
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I mean really :-)</div>
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Kizu and Hughes finally had their first shots this week.</div>
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It took us a month to deworm them </div>
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before starting these series of shots</div>
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for parvo, distemper, leptospirosis, anti-rabies etc.</div>
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We can not afford this but we did.</div>
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Sweepy, on the other hand,</div>
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seem to be battling his allergies.</div>
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We found out that he coughs when there are wild grasses.</div>
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Luchie regularly check the garden to remove them.</div>
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Sometimes, Sweepy coughs when Kizu and Hughes</div>
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would run and smoother him with kisses!</div>
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Good thing Sweepy has good appetite</div>
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and I always find the time to give him water breaks,</div>
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massages, hugs, and simply spending time with him.</div>
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His eyesight is fading and he loves to give me That Look too.</div>
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Right now we have some friends who are also old</div>
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and sick and dying and sad</div>
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and we pray for them together.</div>
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Time is indeed worth it </div>
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when one bonds with all of God's creation</div>
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and sync your energies. . .</div>
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On social networks, I discovered </div>
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how some people are concern about the inconsequential things</div>
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that really do not add up in the end.</div>
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I write my stories spontaneously and I don't care for errors</div>
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in words, syntax, grammar . . .</div>
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but I am more concerned if I hurt anybody with my stories</div>
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and for that I apologize.</div>
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I break the fear about exposing our private lives</div>
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by sharing mine as honestly and as simply as I could.</div>
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I originally meant this blog for my own reading</div>
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not knowing I have touched other people's lives</div>
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and whose stories have touched mine as well.</div>
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I am indulging myself and you by writing a longer</div>
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less harried but more meaningful sharing</div>
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of lives (mine and yours)</div>
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on a space we call our own.</div>
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My cat friends, Petra and Petrocelli say it best:</div>
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It does not matter that we do not own each other</div>
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or that we do not really know each other</div>
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and felt each other's hugs and happy tears</div>
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but in some freaky encounters</div>
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we know each other's stories</div>
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and we understood each other's need</div>
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as we tried our best to respond to those needs</div>
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and go our merry ways</div>
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knowing we will always be there</div>
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for each other.</div>
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I will never own Petrocelli.</div>
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He is free to stray anywhere.</div>
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Yet, at the end of each day,</div>
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he is a constant in my world</div>
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as I am a constant in his need.</div>
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Thank you for adding me to yours . . .</div>
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Happy Birthday Denise, Gattina, Bea and Boi.</div>
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And for EJ, do hang on.</div>
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We will always be here for you . . .</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-71457945785138227692014-06-12T21:12:00.002-07:002014-06-12T21:14:59.918-07:00Heaven Is On A Pause . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My superdog is sick.</div>
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Sweepy has been coughing for days now </div>
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and the vet prescribed Bisolvon.</div>
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On the third day, the cough persisted</div>
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so the vet prescribed Vitamin C and antibiotics.</div>
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My cousins abroad advised me against antibiotics</div>
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so we decided to follow their advise:</div>
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let the cough die naturally, plenty of water,</div>
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lots of rest, healthy foods and loving care.</div>
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Sweepy's appetite is normal.</div>
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But because he is now senior,</div>
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Sweepy has to be reminded his water breaks.</div>
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Luchie administers his meds because I can't :-(</div>
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We observe his poop too to check for parasites.</div>
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Sorry to offend some of you for this</div>
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but dog owners might appreciate this fact</div>
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that we have to check the poop and pee of our pets</div>
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for indication (poop have white spots on it!). . .</div>
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Sweepy's is normal. Thank God!</div>
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The pup Kizu stays close to Sweepy.</div>
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And so is Kizu's father, Hughes:</div>
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and they tend to stay near . . .</div>
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Petrocelli and Petra does not care.</div>
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They are more concerned with mealtime</div>
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and how to escape the hot 36 degrees weather</div>
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and sudden rains that does not cool the place!</div>
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As the Keeper</div>
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I tell everybody to stay cool and relaxed . . .</div>
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Kizu, being the youngest, knows how to relax all the time!</div>
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Even when Hughes gets agitated, Kizu relaxes beside him . . .</div>
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I am in transition too.</div>
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There is a need to move on to other projects</div>
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yet there is a need to stay a bit and help out.</div>
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But there is a bigger, better world</div>
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of productive and progressive creatives</div>
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and rewarding output</div>
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and have a happy productive team . . .</div>
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Somebody posted on FB about minimalists</div>
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and the need to have less.</div>
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And I agree that being a minimalist is having more.</div>
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More time for one self. More time for family and loved ones.</div>
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More time to choose comfort over extravagance.</div>
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And the need to have more space but having less.</div>
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And abundance and joy in living for less</div>
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when one's heart is full and bursting</div>
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ready to share. . .</div>
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Happy and healthy week to everybody!</div>
<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-15249762683358709302014-05-19T14:15:00.001-07:002014-05-19T14:15:33.048-07:00Health Update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had my second follow up check up, or whatever you call it, scheduled in interval after my <a href="http://luiisinheaven.blogspot.com/2013/08/post-operation-update.html" target="_blank">surgery</a> and <a href="http://luiisinheaven.blogspot.com/2013/10/life-after-rai.html" target="_blank">RAI</a> last year. How time flies!</div>
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After my RAI (radioactive iodine therapy) last year, I was scheduled to have another cycle last January (my nuclear medicine doctor said it normally takes two cycles of RAI to remove traces of cancer after my surgery) but my lab results showed that I need not undergo the same procedure. I was ecstatic! But I was told I have to have another laboratory test this May. Sigh. . . . </div>
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I completely forgotten it though. I know I have a planner and it is quite filled with schedules, invites, etc. that the lab test schedule completely escaped me. Ok, maybe my subconscious mind told me to ignore it. Anyway, I attended two wakes for two succeeding weekends and I got reminded of it. No, death did not remind me. :-) It was while I was in conversation with one of the relatives in one of the wakes when I was narrating my hospital experience that it hit me. Omigosh, I am due for check up! I immediately scheduled my tests the following week.</div>
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My test results:</div>
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TSH: 1.194</div>
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Thyroglobulin: .50</div>
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My past results for comparison:</div>
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TSH levels: 17.82 (July30 before surgery), 96.20 (Aug.15 after surgery), .04 (last Jan.23)</div>
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Thyroglobulin: 250 (Aug 23 before RAI), 0.6 (last Jan.23)</div>
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My weight ballooned from 120 lbs. to 137 lbs.</div>
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But since I have a slim looking body it does not show. </div>
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When I tell people I gained weight nobody would believed me! </div>
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The weather recently has been super hot at 36 degrees centigrade but I left my doctor's office in high spirit that I bought lunch for the nurse in my doctor's office. I was both hungry and happy at 11 AM after my check up! My next check-up is in December.</div>
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I am hypothyroid which makes me sluggish. I try to give in to hunger pangs at unusual hours. I always have biscuits and nuts and water in my bag at all times. I wear shorts and I carry a fan and hat to ward off the heat. </div>
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I try to eat fruits every day and I am glad there is so much around me. The neighbor recently gave us this fruit (cheska?) which they harvested from the neighbor's. It tasted like purple yam and packed with vitamins! </div>
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The thing is to slow down, eat right, take your meds (I take the prescribed thyroxine and calcium carbonate every day) and my virgin coconut oil (3 tablespoons a day!) and which I use as lotion and moisturizer too. I plan my trips to avoid stress.</div>
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I spend a lot of time with my hounds too:</div>
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Our small but energetic Kizu pup is such a joy to watch!</div>
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With my senior superdog Sweepy and Hughes at my feet</div>
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my world is perfect!</div>
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Well, there are so many pending tasks</div>
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and so many projects that I need to do</div>
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and so many moments when I need to step back</div>
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let people make their mistakes and learn from it</div>
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and learn to move on . . .</div>
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I really do not attend wakes or go to hospitals because I get queasy when spirits of dead people reach out or expose myself to dangerous energies in hospitals which is why I do not expect people to visit me in the hospital or even have a funeral. Yes we discuss these things openly in my family. I expect to be cremated when I die and my ashes thrown or pin to a tree house. I do not want burials and wakes.</div>
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Which is why I was surprised to find myself going to the wakes of a family friend Danny and a relative from my mother's side Tita Cecille on two successive weekends. Danny died of sickness and Tita Cecille died of complications from sickness and old age. I went with my sister Loyd and realized the joy of bonding with friends and relatives that I have not seen for a long time! Due to distance reunions are done in wakes and weddings :-) which are always happy occasions. In my family, every reunion is a happy event even if it is a funeral!</div>
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Life is indeed a process of blooming and fading . . .</div>
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This beautiful orchid has remained in bloom for a month now.</div>
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I marvel at its beauty and resilience to the heat.</div>
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If it can do that why should I not?</div>
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Now I take the opportunity to express my sincerest appreciation for all your love and prayers for my healing. I try to include all of you in my prayers too and I whisper soft healing energies to every one, anywhere you are, at any time zones, for we are always in connection . . .</div>
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Have a happy week!</div>
Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-29028733751432053182014-05-18T00:00:00.001-07:002014-05-18T01:25:39.348-07:00Kiss Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>". . . out of the bearded barley . . ."</i></div>
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<i>". . . nightly, beside the green. green grass . . ."</i></div>
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<i>". . . . oh, kiss me</i></div>
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<i>beneath the milky twilight . . .</i></div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-26535269788715310592014-05-11T12:06:00.000-07:002014-05-11T12:06:14.875-07:00Mothers Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mothering is about taking in</div>
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the helpless, the hopeless,</div>
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the fragile, the strong lil one,</div>
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the funny one,</div>
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the one you promised to nurture</div>
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beyond your wild dreams . . .</div>
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Mothering is also the Superdog . . .</div>
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. . . who selflessly keeps watch</div>
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of the new one</div>
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and the sick one</div>
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forgetting that he himself needs watching . . .</div>
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Mothering is about great bonding . . .</div>
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. . . and wonderful exchanges of calm energies . . .</div>
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Mothering is also for the fathers , , ,</div>
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. . . like Hughes</div>
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who eventually realizes</div>
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that it is OK to be a father</div>
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and fun to care for one's pup Kizu</div>
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especially if that pup loves playing too!</div>
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Mothering is best</div>
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when one is busy</div>
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minding one's business</div>
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yet finding your supporters beside you!</div>
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The young Kizu on my left:</div>
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. . . and Sweepy and Hughes on my right as I read . . .</div>
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Mothering is knowing</div>
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that we need to be strong,</div>
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and to be healthy for our loved ones . . .</div>
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. . . because they are relying on you . . .</div>
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. . . especially the transients</div>
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Petra and Petrocelli on the shed's roof . . .</div>
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. . . waiting patiently every day</div>
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for whatever you can share with them.</div>
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Mothers day is also for people</div>
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who are like mothers to us . . .</div>
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. . . my senior sisters Loyd and Luchie</div>
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even in their retirement years</div>
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continue to help in the community.</div>
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Nurturing visions and providing for the needs</div>
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of retired professional people like themselves.</div>
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They live busy lives.</div>
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More busy than mine.</div>
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Yet they mother me.</div>
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On this weekend</div>
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we celebrate Mothers Day</div>
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by gorging on the pastries</div>
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that they bought on their recent outing:</div>
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(now who says retired people live boring lives!)</div>
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Yummy tarts: coconut, strawberry and egg tarts</div>
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from Tagaytay where my sisters went.</div>
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They gave some to the neighbors too.</div>
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And the neighbor sent some sweets</div>
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in exchange to the one we sent.</div>
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Mothering is sharing.</div>
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Mothering is also about embracing communities</div>
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and people, and animals, and nature</div>
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of intertwined fate.</div>
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For all mothers,</div>
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stepmothers, mothers-in-law,</div>
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teen mothers, absent mothers,</div>
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dog mothers, cat mothers,</div>
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mother earth and motherland</div>
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all sighing with the commercial sphere</div>
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of loving quotes . . .</div>
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The moon is waxing</div>
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the earth is a-firing</div>
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the wind howls clumsily</div>
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the sun blazes in confusion</div>
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the rain pours in torrents</div>
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washing our veiled eyes.</div>
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. . . have a happy</div>
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Make it a monthly thing.</div>
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For Felisberta</div>
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Rufina</div>
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Mathilde</div>
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and</div>
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Lina</div>
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Chito</div>
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Felice</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-91612222093293201682014-05-04T15:34:00.001-07:002014-05-04T15:34:46.353-07:00It is May and Kizu is home!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Meet Kizu.</div>
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We got him May 2.</div>
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Kizu is one of the 4 pups of Hughes and Whitey.</div>
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We thought the neighbor is adopting Whitey and the pups</div>
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but last Friday the neighbor was at our gate</div>
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holding the small palm-sized pup</div>
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practically begging us to adopt him . . .</div>
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<i>Oh how can we refuse?</i></div>
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I looked at him in Luchie's hands</div>
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and with our eyes closed</div>
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we immediately decided he is ours.</div>
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I can hear U2's Beautiful Day in the background . . .</div>
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I wish Kizu was given more time with Whitey</div>
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for milk and bonding</div>
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but the neighbor is giving up the puppies . . .</div>
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I feared for the puppies bleak future</div>
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but all we can get is Kizu . . .</div>
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We can not afford another dog</div>
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but we can not afford to think</div>
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we simply gave in . . .</div>
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<i>"what you don't have</i></div>
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<i>you can feel it somehow . . ."</i></div>
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My senior superdog Sweepy</div>
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and our recently adopted Hughes</div>
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welcomed the small Kizu with alarm . . .</div>
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But that is always the case</div>
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when you introduced dogs to each other.</div>
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You give them time to sniff each other . . .</div>
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. . . and they will eventually include and adopt</div>
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the newcomer to the pack.</div>
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My hounds is back to a pack!</div>
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<i>"touch me . . .</i></div>
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<i>take me to that other place.</i></div>
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<i>teach me</i></div>
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<i>i know i'm not a hopeless case . . ."</i></div>
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Kizu looks frail and tiny</div>
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but that tiny white thing can eat a lot</div>
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jump a lot, kiss a lot, grip hard and</div>
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run like a small car with batteries!</div>
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Kizu found his home</div>
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and he adjusted easily . . .</div>
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. . . he calls for me</div>
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stands outside my bedroom windows</div>
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and I get up from bed at dawn</div>
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to cuddle him</div>
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to sing him lullabies</div>
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to give him milk</div>
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and wait for him to sleep</div>
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loving my scent and hugs my feet</div>
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knowing he is with his Keeper. . . . </div>
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<i>". . . it's a beautiful day</i></div>
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<i>sky falls, you feel like its a beautiful day</i></div>
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And it gets hotter and hotter in Heaven.</div>
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We are now in the dry season</div>
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and we kept washing all of Heaven</div>
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to cool and calm the energies . . .</div>
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The flowers are blooming in the 34 degrees heat!</div>
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. . . they bloom and fade and flower over and over!</div>
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The Birds-of-Paradise kept blooming</div>
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which the dogs love!</div>
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Chicky, our chico tree</div>
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is bursting with fruits!</div>
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The birds get to them before us.</div>
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Yvon, the avocado tree,</div>
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has flowered and is now brimming with fruits!</div>
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Hundreds of baby avocados will fall . . .</div>
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. . . and we will be left with enough avocados</div>
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to harvest in May and June.</div>
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And my hounds are doing fine . . .</div>
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I am hugging Hughes a lot.</div>
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Sweepy does not mind.</div>
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Hughes seem to delight in having a home at last.</div>
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Hughes adore Sweepy a lot</div>
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and he runs to Sweepy every time </div>
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he feels threatened by loud noises,</div>
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visitors, deliveries, etc.</div>
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But don't be fooled by that angelic face.</div>
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Remember the neighbor's dogs?</div>
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Whitey and her mother Dawgy above apparently mated with Hughes</div>
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because they both gave birth to puppies this month!</div>
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Dawgy was given to the barangay (village) </div>
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and Whitey is now adopted by the new neighbor</div>
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together with puppies of Hughes!</div>
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I hope we can find kind people to adopt the puppies . . .</div>
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April is about changes.</div>
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And changes bring about new faces,</div>
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new places, new projects,</div>
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new perspective of things and people.</div>
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I will embrace the newness of this month.</div>
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And the old, the familiar . . .</div>
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. . . the loved ones</div>
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who will always bring something new</div>
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and funny, and meaningful </div>
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for all of us.</div>
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Happy Easter everybody!</div>
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And Happy Passover too.</div>
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. . . and merrily Eostre for keeps.</div>
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I wish you more eggs to crack</div>
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and share and plant again . . .</div>
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<br />Luihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842447994527828245noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142655486421612269.post-78036877385908184902014-03-22T23:58:00.000-07:002014-03-22T23:58:10.657-07:00Somebody is Hugging Heaven . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While friends and family in other countries are celebrating spring</div>
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we are celebrating summer in sweltering 35 degrees heat!</div>
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But it does not matter.</div>
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We all need some warmth in our lives . . .</div>
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This unknown beauty of a flower blooms in February.</div>
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It reminds me of happy memories with Feb people:</div>
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my Papa, my Tito Sario, my Lola Fina, my niece Steph,</div>
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my brother Jojo, and my own birthday</div>
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that always carry special gifts and blessings . . .</div>
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. . . much like that wonderful umber-colored pup</div>
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that is slowly making Heaven his home . . .</div>
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Hughes has now embraced the extra kennel as his own</div>
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where he can hie in and out as he pleases . . .</div>
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. . . and explore all of Heaven's wonderful scents</div>
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. . . and sounds</div>
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. . . and laze the time away</div>
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with a superdog . . .</div>
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. . . who has embraced him as his own.</div>
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And shared everything generously with him . . .</div>
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Heaven welcomed Hughes into its belly . . .</div>
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Luchie and I have stopped asking ourselves</div>
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if we can afford to adopt another dog.</div>
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We have stopped asking ourselves difficult questions.</div>
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We just throw them in the wind . . .</div>
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and embrace what life has to offer.</div>
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Because</div>
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there is so much throbbing beauty in Heaven right now . . .</div>
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Our hoya is blooming and fading and blooming non-stop</div>
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while our senior dog continue to be super</div>
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and funny and loving and heartwarming . . .</div>
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. . . so many remarkable moments . . .</div>
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so many mysteries that heal and inspire . . .</div>
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. . . and so many echoes, and voices</div>
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and scents and magical hour . . .</div>
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Luchie's poinsettia is blooming in summer!</div>
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. . . even in blistering heat.</div>
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I come home exhausted</div>
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and prayed for rains.</div>
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And what do you know </div>
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it rained this week!</div>
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