gorgeous friday

i drew this to remember the design of the swatch i am wearing.

i like to look back, to reminisce.
maybe because the past helps me make sense of the present
and makes me anticipate the future.

recently, i remembered i don't know many mothergoose rhymes.
having been born in a laid back town,
i never heard of this until i got a book from a garage sale:

A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?

and today i remember that Christ died so i might have life.
and He lives so i might have it in full.

thank you gmail

just when i have been musing(again) about changing careers,
i am reminded that being a web developer has its perks.
yup, i am mababaw, but these stickers made my day.

p.s. i still wonder why there isn't a tv series starring programmers.

questions to answers

regardless of my relationship with that who passed away..

news of death brings with it a respectful solemnity
a reminder that i too shall pass:
all too soon than what is hoped for
or all too late when hastening death's arrival.

then there are deaths that make me sad
usually with a tinge of regret ---
of lost chances, of opportunities not grasped
of choices not made.

ivy called to tell me of itiu's death,
an uncle who was like a second father to us.
he who was
bold in reprimanding us
wise in giving us advise knowing it would not be popular with us
fun in laughing at mistakes made
courageous in taking us to new adventures

he who had been known to fall asleep rather quickly and snored loudly -
itiu who was proud of what we have become, cheering us to continue on.
his death brought grief.

in grief i celebrate his life.