CHRISTMAS : I AM ONLY HUMAN

CHRISTMAS  : I AM ONLY HUMAN

I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE?  GIFTS!!! IT WOULD BE NOBLE TO SAY THAT I LOVE CHRISTMAS SEASON BECAUSE OF ALL THE LOVE AND COMMUNION GOING AROUND WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT IN MY HEART THIS IS THE TRUTH.  WHAT CAN I SAY I AM ONLY HUMAN AND THIS MAKES ME A BIT OF AN EGOIST.  BUT I LOVE GETTING AND RECEIVING GIFTS!  THIS YEAR I GOT ALL THE GIFTS I WISHED FOR WHICH MEANS I HAVE BEEN A GOOD GIRL ALL THE YEAR LONG! BUT NOT TO BE A TOTAL SELFISH JERK I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY “THANK YOU”  FIRST TO GOD FOR GIVING US JESUS, TO MY PARENTS, FOR MAKING WISHES COME TRUE, FOR MY GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILY, FOR MAKING CHRISTMAS A CELEBRATION AND FOR FRIENDS EVERYWHERE FOR MAKING TIME FUN AND ENJOYABLE!  A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO ALL!  

MY CHRISTMAS LIST

1.  CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS!-  DON’T GET  ME WRONG BUT IT’S NOT WHAT’S IN IT THAT I’M  AFTER  BUT IT’S MORE  WHAT I FEEL BEFORE I STICK MY HAND INSIDE IT  THAT  JUST MAKES MY KNEES WEAK WITH EXCITEMENT!  I TOTALLY LOVE THAT FEELING!  PROBLEM  IS MY MOM  DECIDED WE’RE TOO OLD FOR IT SINCE  ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND STOPPED THAT CHRISTMAS TRADITION.  SOB !!  I WANT IT BACK!  HEAR THAT SANTA!?

2.  PLAZA HOPPING-  WE USED TO GO AROUND THE  DIFFERENT TOWNS  OF ILOILO JUST TO SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN THE  PLAZA  AT NIGHT.  THE BEST PART IS THE FOOD…ITS EVERYWHERE!! AND IF WE’RE  LUCKY THEY ALSO HAVE THE CARNIVAL  FOR THE  FIESTA..RIDES AND COTTON  CANDY,  A PERFECT MATCH!  OF COURSE THAT WAS THE TIME  WHEN  WE STILL  HAD OUR  CAR AND WE COULD  GO ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME BUT NOW  NO CAR…  SO THAT CHANGES THINGS A BIT.

3.  DINAGYANG  PRACTICES-  WE  ALSO GO AROUND THE CITY  TO FIND THE TRIBES  THAT PRACTICE AT NIGHT.  WE DANCE TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS.   I COULD  FEEL MY TRIBAL ROOTS  SURFACING!  AGAIN NO CAR..  WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF A NEW CAR  FOR CHRISTMAS?  SLIM AS AN ANOREXIC MODEL …SIGH!

4.  GIFTS, GIFTS AND MORE  GIFTS-   I KNOW I JUST PLACED THE QUOTE THAT SAYS THINGS SHOULDN’T  BE THE FOCUS OF THE SEASON.   BUT WHAT CAN  I SAY, IT  JUST AIN’T CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE GIFTS!  CUT ME SOME SLACK, I’M ONLY FOURTEEN, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EGOISTIC!

SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT: JOY

“ IF , AS HEROD, WE FILL OUR  LIVES WITH THINGS, AND AGAIN WITH THINGS; WE CONSIDER OURSELVES SO UNIMPORTANT THAT WE MUST FILL EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES WITH ACTION, WHEN  WILL WE HAVE TIME TO MAKE THE LONG, SLOW JOURNEY ACROSS THE DESERT AS DID THE MAGI?  OR SIT AND WATCH THE STARS AS DID THE SHEPHERDS?  OR BROOD OVER THE COMING  OF THE CHILD AS DID MARY?  FOR  EACH  OF US THERE IS A DESERT TO TRAVEL  A STAR TO DISCOVER.  AND A BEING WITHIN OURSELVES TO BRING TO LIFE.”


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