girlfriends

kinder
Originally uploaded by leslie12.

i received an email once about a story of a mother who once said to her daughter, "Don't forget your
girlfriends," she advised, "No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you'll have, you are still going to need girlfriends. They'll be more important as you get older".

i completely agree. and this is not underestimating the friendship i have with my male buddies. this is to say that womanhood is something special shared among girlfriends. and as much as i enjoy being with my male friends because they are cool, makulit, funny, gentlemen, and protective, there is something about my girl friends that i will not trade.

i am lucky enough to say that i've found real and genuine friendship with girls. i know that when i am all gray and fat, i have female buds who will still stick with me doing the things i enjoy the most.

why should you value girlfriends?.. hmm... for a lot of reasons..

Girlfriends bring you casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you need help.
Girlfriends keep your children and keep your secrets.
Girlfriends give advice when you ask for it. Sometimes you take it; sometimes you don't.
Girlfriends don't always tell you that you're right, but they're usually honest.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't agree with your choices.
Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends help you get out of bad relationships.
Girlfriends help you look for a new apartment, help you pack, and help you move.
Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes.
Girlfriends are there for you, in an instant and when the hard times come.
Girlfriends will drive through blizzards,rainstorms,hail, heat, and gloom of night to get to you when your hour of need is desperate.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.
Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies.
Girlfriends support you when the men in your life let you down.
Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go.
Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and are ready to go out and kill what makes you unhappy.

-anonymous

When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it for yourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out.

My girlfriends, including my mom, my sis, my cousins, bless my life. The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead, nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still.

i'm so excited to spend the rest of my years with my girlfriends knowing that they will stick with me and i will do just the same. cheers to you girls!

the letter 2

the letter i was not able to give....

the letter i should have written a long time ago..
the letter to end it all, the agony, the worries..
the letter that took me the whole day to think of what it should contain and how the words should be put..
the card is waiting, the pen was just as ready, things on my mind... but i just can't write it..
an hour before going home, i finally decided to write .. no, i would have it computerized.. i might not have the strength to scribble the words, the so many words i have to say..

i would want to say everything in it. but i can't. it might hurt and that was the last thing i would want to do..
so i wrote the letter telling the important details, leaving the more important ones behind...
words were igniting the pain but i can't cry...
not here in this computer shop, not when friends were just around the corner..
not anymore as i committed to the Lord during last Sunday's service that that will be the last time I would cry about it...
i have cried enough...

after a long travel, i was finally home... in front of the gate with a lot of hesitations to enter...
"Lord, help!..."
hesitations to open the gate.. no turning back, she already saw me..
smiles and hellos...
everything was just normal, doing good so far..
then she said the magic question...
i can't answer. i said "Later.." as it should be delayed. the letter will do the talking for me..

i waited for the talk i was imagining to happen...
the night ended peacefully... to my amusement, everything was just normal as if nothing happened.
actually, it seems better than the normal...
weird but was too tired to think...
some daydreamings , then slept...

morning came.. .
the magic question again...
i answered a very straight answer, half-truth half-lie
making her believe that that was just it...
i could not tell her...
i wanted to explain...
but before i even tried, she already understood...

HBs: handsome boys or hangin boys?

HBs: alfred and jp
Originally uploaded by leslie12.

paguwapuhan o? hahaha...
last sunday, i got the priviledge (duh!) to spend a Starbucks night with these two guys... yup, i know what you are thinking.. ang isa nga lang di mo na kakayanin sa "whew! ang hangin!" power, pagsamahin pa ba sila...haha..
I call them now the HBs, as they refer themselves as such.

that night was pretty amazing! i had a nice chat with these boys. a real talk i had after a long time... i learned a lot from you and salamat, mga tsong!.. alam niyo na yun..

HBs (alfred and jp) with Leslie, originally uploaded by leslie12.