SIMBA

"faster, faster we're late again..." while approaching the church entrance I can almost hear the priest with his homily. " huh, so we're really late again." Hearing mass is a process. Sa misa ay pagdadaanan mo pagpupuri, pagsisisi, pag aalay at pagtanggap. Kaya nga paglabas mo ng simbahan ay mararamdaman mo ang kaligayahan, kalinisan at busilak na puso, pagmamahal at katahimikan ng isip.  But this one is kakaiba... nahihiya ba ako kay Lord? Naiinis ba ako sa sarili ko because we're late again, bakit ganito ang pakiramdam? Please, please, please... kalma...  focus... nagmimisa... huwag maiinis... "Hay...success!" "Peace be with you" "Ama Namin" "Panginoon, hindi ako karapat dapat na magpatuloy sa Iyo, ngunit sa isang salita mo lamang ay gagaling na ako" And yes, gagaling ako... because the moment I declared these words... I WAS HEALED! So on my way to the altar to receive Him...I am already at peace..." Body of Christ" and I said "AMEN"

"ALL BY MYSELF?"

"Mama, punta tayo All About Baking, may mga bibilhin po ako." My daughter Niki is into her own home-baking business. May mga order siya so she has to buy ingredients na kulang pa. When we arrived at All About Baking, my husband was already there. As you know, his Papa and I are all out support to her baking business. Maybe that's what parents are... more often than not, we are more excited than Niki when she has orders. Kami ang makulit, kami ang laging nagpapaalala, si husband laging binibisita ang oven... nakakatuwa pero to be honest kami talaga ni husband ang kabado. But of course every bake na gawa niya is sooooo delicious!!! Ayan na, tapos na siya mamili... she is now approaching the cashier. Ooops, I have to go to the restroom ... I have to pee...  so off I go... When I returned she is already carrying all her pinamili... "mama, why did you leave me when I am about to pay my items? I can't even find Papa to ask for help... wahhh why did you do that?" Ako kasi ang taga bayad niya sa mga binibili nya for she was just starting. "What happenned then?"  "P2,500.00 lahat ang napamili ko... tumaas yata ang blood pressure ko... sumakit ulo ko... parang lalagnatin yata ako. "hahaha" I've been longing to do this... to let her do it by herself... I keep telling her that she must learn how to budget her money. When I do the paying, tendency is she just keeps on getting whatever she wants. She overlooks to consider on what item she can save more. Now she learned her lesson. Before going to All About Baking, she makes a list of what she needs and the good thing is she tries to canvass and compare prices now. Thank God, my trip to the restroom had taught her an important lesson needed for her baking business. Now she can do buying her needs all by herself... (you can visit her site at www.pastriesbynikita.tk)