#fgdiaries

Hello, November💚 Long weekend. It's Undas after all. A significant family tradition here in the country, where people go back to their home provinces to visit cemeteries (public or private), turning them

Whew! And just like that, October is practically over. Did the calendar spin twice as fast? It's wild how quickly time slips by. It feels like we're on a high-speed train and we can't pull the emergency

I went for a walk around 3 pm yesterday. While up the hill, I decided to check the field just above the backyard. The overgrowth was already dry, ready to be cleared. I thought we'd hire Brandon's friends

"He is addicted to sweets and chocolates," my new sister-in-law was saying last week, referring to my brother. She was genuinely concerned about his quiet coughs, but he refuses to get checked

Hola Wednesday! I usually wake up early (5 am), but this morning my dream (I was on an adventure somewhere nice) kept me snoozing for another hour.😁 When I finally woke up, the LilGuy was nowhere beside

After taking the FIL's weekly allowance, the hubby and I thought we'd get a light fill before heading to the wake. Pasta came to mind, but the food place is a bit farther away, so we decided to give the

Saying 'hello' to a lovely Monday in DD. It feels like we've been away for weeks, even though we've only been in the other town for 3 days. It seems we have become so attached to this place more than we

Magandang buhay💚 A wee teddy with a Santa hat peeking out of a holiday stocking is the only early Christmas decor we have in DD. It has been hanging on the shelf wall for months now, waiting for some

Waking up to the weekend in BC. We were home late last night. We might have stayed until 3 am, but Dad was already tired and sleepy (we have been at Kuya T's wake early in the day), so we left just before

We left BC early for the wedding, and he stayed mostly curled up in his car seat (bed) for the whole ride (3.75 hours), probably because the windows were closed, as it was breezy and cold that morning.

We visited him on Sunday. He was obviously in pain, but still tried to keep a happy face, teasing us (Dad, another cousin's husband, and me) to say something when we quietly approached him on his sickbed.

Some time ago, I came across a short clip that asked, "What is a dream?" Then it went on, saying, I quote: D is for the discipline when no one is watching. R is the resilience when everything

Magandang buhay💚 We were miles away from home yesterday to a much warmer place, not for a holiday but for a wedding. From the church ceremony, we drove to the couple's place for the reception. After enjoying

Gorgeous day, lovely sky. They were to attend another wake. "We'll have to walk," their companion said, so they left their car by the roadside. What she didn't expect was that they would go down

A relative on Dad's side of the family fell critically ill all of a sudden. My sister visited him at the hospital last weekend and shared that he had undergone multiple therapeutic thoracenteses (liquid

Losing something we value is difficult, especially when we poured our heart into it. Almost always, the body gets tense, the stomach tightens, and the mind runs wild, screaming. It's like a door slammed

Breezy morning in DD. Colder than usual, which is okay. It gives that cozy feel. In the last quarter of the year, the ber-chill is normal, at least here in the uplands. Puffer jackets, hoodies, thick PJs,

Magandang buhay💛 A neighbor came by early today for important information we needed. He would normally ask for the husband first, but this time, he didn't and chatted with me by the porch. After he left,

The LilGuy and I ended up staying instead of joining the hubby and my brother for a trip half an hour's drive from the city center (3.5 hours from here) for the final monumentation (line marking) of a

It was drizzling yesterday afternoon, and an incredible display was waiting in the distance (east side) when I stepped out of our lil abode to check if I had left anything on the clothesline. I was awed,