Garden Chef's Needle and Pen

Billy, in his anniversary post in Facebook yesterday said, " Now I know what it is to grow old together with someone!" Well, that inspired me to write this.  This is another late post. Hmmm... not so late though... it's only a day after our 27th anniversary. As usual, I planned to make this two weeks ago but giving priority to caregiving and household duties, especially in the absence of our Manang who has been sick for almost three weeks, has taken its toll once again.  The weekend routine--- late breakfast, preparing and giving nasogastric tube feeding to my 90-year old father, bathing, bringing out the trash bags for the garbage truck to pick up, folding clothes after laundry, preparing for another batch of clothes to wash... Oh, thanks, dear hubby, for attending to the doggies morning and evening, everytime you're home! For helping me with the dishes when my legs seem to crumble and my eyelids are ready to drop at night. Thank you for sweeping awa...

I couldn’t believe how quickly time has passed! It's hard to fathom that an entire year has gone by since my father's hospitalization. The demands of caregiving have taken most of my time, leaving little room fir my pssions, including blogging. How I miss sharing my thoughts and experiences with all of you! This also means it has been that long since my family travelled to Hong Kong. That was July of 2015. The trip was intended as a post-birthday celebration for Ana Cristina, our youngest daughter. While I may not have documented every detail of that adventure at the time, the  memories are still vividly etched in my mind leaving me breathless whenever I think of the breathaking skyline. with me about it but the 5-day vacation still has been taking me breathless as I dream of the skyscrapers forming the skyline of the city. Whether traveling by MTR, bus, or cable car, or simply strolling through the streets, my eyes were constantly drawn upwards to the towering structures th...