i've been keeping diaries since i was in high school, in the written form, in cute notebooks i buy. my objective was, like everybody else who does this, to keep my memories on ink and paper. just in case i get alzheimer's someday, i'd be able to read back.
then came the world wide web. i started this blog as an online diary. and it was timely that my hubby and i, with our then 2-year old son were going to move out of my parents' house into our own home. thus, the title of this blog "our dwelling."
below is my very first blog entry on December 24, 2004 that started a major change in my life.
"today is my last day at work before i go on vacation for the holidays. within this vacation, me and cesar and migo will transfer to our new home. it will be just the three of us and our nanny. this is a major turning point in my life since you all know i've lived with my parents, brothers and ima all my life. i've never lived anywhere else except for a few days when i go abroad for work or the weekends i spent away when i was still a team member of sade.
my life has always been intertwined with my parents, brothers, ima & tyrone. things will be so, so different now that i will officially become "a homemaker". i will be in charge of everything now, there will be nobody to depend on but me, myself & i. i will do the cooking, shopping, laundry... gosh, a jillion things... and it does seem so hard. my boss asked me why i wanted to live on my own when i had it so easy with my parents. i said it's about time i did. funny but however frightening it seems to not be with my parents, i am pretty excited to plunge into this new phase in my life. i know it will be hard. but i chose this new life. come to think of it, i should've chosen this 3 years ago when i married cesar.
today, 6 years later, i could say that i've grown into a different but better person. independent of my parents, i now draw strength from my own little family, with 2 adorable kids and a loving hubby. through it all, goldilocks took part in every birthday, anniversary and any occasion this little family had to celebrate.
looking back, my life would've been totally different had i not decided to live on my own. and i come to realize that change, no matter how difficult, is something that is inevitable and all i have to do is accept, cope and face up to the challenge.
looking back, my life would've been totally different had i not decided to live on my own. and i come to realize that change, no matter how difficult, is something that is inevitable and all i have to do is accept, cope and face up to the challenge.
here's to more happy years ahead!
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