I Am Her Mother, She Is My Daughter

Myka Pearl surprises us everyday.

One evening, when we came home from work, we were so amazed to have heard her call me "Mother", her papi, "Father" and Nanay, "Grandma". What a change in namecalls. She wanted me to call her "Daughter" too; Although "Baby" was acceptable. She would correct me if I call her darling, sweetheart, honey, coconut or by any other name. She would even teach me how to pronounce correctly if I would tease her with mispronunciations.

But one hasn't changed. She has always addressed Baby Kismet Ax as "Baby" or "Sister". For this reason, everyone calls Baby Ax, "Sister" from the day she came home.

I would like to mention that the first word Myka had spoken when she first met her sister was "Cute".

Myka Pearl Said, "Thank You My Dear"

Last night, I was watching Myka Pearl who I was calling lately, Baby Sweetheart. She was choosing the VCD she would want to watch. She was asking help from her Ate Niña, so help was given.

Niña extended her the VCDs as she was looking at each cases she received. After several hand-overs, my baby sweetheart said, "Thank you my dear."

I was surprised to have heard her said that. I knew that she would always say her "thank you " and "you're welcome" whenever favor is given but she would have said without "my dear". I never called anyone at home "my dear". What a sweet little girl I have.

Can't Figure Out Until...

From the moment I tried blogging, I have been more concerned of certain themes . I could not really think of what write-ups may fit my blog titles until one day I caught myself unaware of getting focused on wine and food in my Friendster Blog. That was when I changed my title from the simplistic name MYLAJ to the new word, UMAMI.

In Umami, I enjoy posting anything but food and drinks. Some were done original but others were just pictures of delectable food and drink, and some were just copy-and-paste articles from other websites. I just made sure that I informed the readers where the pasted articles were sourced.

In my two other blog titles however-this Small Prints and My Lateral Journeys of the Soul, I find them very legalistic and philosophical that I could not write just about anything. The titles seem so intricate that I could not just write any chitchats. Sigh.

What would I write? For several days, I stared blank on my pages. And yesterday, I did something at last. Excited? I just changed the title from My Lateral Journeys of the Soul to Slip of a Keyboard. Nothing more. Up to this time, the keyboard has not slipped yet.

But there is good thing about the Small Prints. I thought, why would I focus on the title? Think brain, squeeze up. hmm. Why would I not write about the little punchlines of my babies as they are growing, exploring, learning and surprising me. After all, these cuties are leaving small prints in my heart.

Think God, Thank God

These days, people are busy doing anything but worldly. Time passes so fast that before we realize, our day ends without having thought of our Almighty Creator. We always tend to forget to thank Him for all the big and little blessings we receive from Him each day.

When we were young, we were taught to KNOW, LOVE and SERVE God. These verbs were programmed in our minds. Unfortunately, these remain in our minds and have not infused our hearts. We have gone a long way. We have become oblivious of our missions. The enemy must have been very glad for finally he has figured out that yes he may not make us think that God does not exist. But with sophistry, he gives us so much pleasure, balanced with pressure so we could not give a little of our time to think GOD and THANK Him for everything we have.

Now, listen myself, my family and friends. In the morning, before we rise up, let us delay no more to thank God for the nights and days of our lives. Thank God we are well, thank God we are complete, thank God for the air and water, thank God for each new day... and let us not forget too, to ask for forgiveness because in one way or the other, we have sinned against each other and against HIM who loves us unconditionally.

P.S. Do not wait until it's too late to call on our GOD. He is with us ALL the time. Acknowledge HIM.