YOU AND ME

A kid is what I was before

Still exploring and learning for more

Played and tried almost all of the games

Even toyed with the dangerous flames

And all those times you were there with me

Creating keepsakes just letting us be

Closing my eyes, I prayed that it would last forever

The memoirs of playing, crying, and laughing together

But time warped time so fast indeed

We are now adults who have to lead

Yet somehow I remember those old good moments

 Experiences of goodness, no room for torment

Now we're old and we can barely stand

But we still have each other, your hand in my hand

We look at each other with memories of yesterday

This fuels us to live the most out of it today

I guess after all fate led you to me

And this story for a book will forever be

Even for our next generations to witness and see

Will always be you and me

P.S This poem is dedicated to my LOLO and LOLA who up until now loves each other so much. I've witnessed how they love and do special things and surprises when they were still younger. For the record, my LOLO didn't have any issues about having a mistress according to his four children including my mother. Recently, my LOLA got wounded by her shoes and being a diabetic, wounds heal abnormally and sometimes do not heal at all but fortunately for my LOLA, my LOLO did all the work of disinfecting and dressing the wound up to heal it faster even though his back hurts and his eyes are blurry. He wouldn't even let my sisters and brother do it for him because he would still want to serve my LOLA even only in that way. (getting emotional while typing here!) And the healing sessions lasted for almost 2 months and I didn't hear a single sigh of regret and complain from him (that is just one of the many scenarios that shows how they protect and honor the most important wealth for them which is each other). Soooo yeah, that's how they treasure each other and I just find it very touching and surreal. I just want to live the kind of life that they've traveled together. I MEAN WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING LIKE THAT EI?

FAMILY: LOVE in DISTANCE

The alluring beauty of sacrifice because of LOVE may sometimes remain unseen yet it'll pierce through everything when you learn to appreciate it.

Clothes inside dark rectangular boxes, ticket and passport checked, plane is on the wait, emotions of the heart is settled not settled perhaps but within any circumstance, she has to go. I'll miss her. I'll miss you. With tears in my eyes I watched the plane took off and went outside of country taking her away. And from that moment on, I knew that I'll not be seeing her for a while. Time will play it's role again.

Moments happened here and who knows what kind of life she's living there. Sleepless nights, frostbites, homesickness, financial problems, calamities (like the strong earthquake that hit NEW ZEALAND that killed several people back then) and I'm sure there are lots more behind those happy and joyful pictures that she is posting on her social sites and between those cheeky grins on her face that skype shows. Which makes people think about all sort of possible things. Both optimistic and pessimistic. However, she constantly says that they shouldn't be bothered, but how can they not be when all they do is care for a special person who eluded their sight for almost 3 years now and I know that she knows that.

I know it's existent before, the love and the care that I have for her because she set a foundation of it. I remembered the stories that she told me when I was about to sleep and ironically she fell asleep first hahaha (makes face), those smelly saliva that remains on every part of my face when she bit me specially on my cheeks (ewwww, so gross), and all those little big fights of me and her that ended up with a hug (oh I reminisced that fight when you threw a chair on me). Now, I do say that when miles and several hours is in between you, to mention financial incapacity of course makes you feel something deeper of what you already have felt. Yeah I loved her and I loved her even more.

Tonight (May 19,2013) I saw again her tears. Not of sorrow but of happiness and longing when she skyped with her Lolo and Lola. It's pretty evident that they missed her as well coz of course they all missed you. Considering the fact that she sacrificed so many things to put her family first that even some scenarios that should have already happened in her life remained unexplored. It is such a great blessing. She is a blessing. No one could ever wish for a better someone to be a part of their family. I just wish that balanced with that selflessness is also the love for herself because I and they also want the best for you.

Indeed distance makes love grow fonder (cosider philia love) and I was pierced right through. Now all I want is one thing. To see her once more and hug her sooo tight that her bones are gonna break (hahaha. kidding). And instead of "I'll miss her, I'll miss you", I'll say "I MISSED HER, I MISSED YOU!

And by the way, the "HER" in this article is APRIL LEM LERIN ANDIT. My beloved sister who knows nothing but to show her unending passion of loving us (her family) all.