hello to my dearest Wondergirl sisters!
please allow me to share this with all of you...:)
Today, I woke up to the whiff of my Papa's perfume, rushed downstairs, bursting open their bedroom door exclaiming "Happy Birthday Papa!!!" and kissed him. :) He was busy dressing up to hear mass first thing in the morning and Mama was busy cooking in the kitchen because she wants me to still partake of the special breakfast that she prepared for my Dad...papasok pa kasi ako pero today, I can afford to be late .
As Ma was about to finish, Papa came back with a stranger in tow...a man whose name is Carlos Barboza. Papa was saying that he went to the church, but realized that there's no mass service, saw the man, asked for his whereabouts and knew that he hasn't eaten for 2 days. As he was explaining, he staked out on his own 4 days ago from Naga, on foot, to try his luck in the city. Later on, he realized that the city's just too harsh on him and he wants to return home, to his family ...his 3 sisters. He is single and their family is quite poor.
It's just funny how, as I was peeling off my shrimps (which is like a "major" meal for breakfast...kasi mas bagay talaga sya for lunch eh..hehehe!!) ...I was just so moved by my Dad's compassion that my vision suddenly got blurred and tears were streaming down my cheeks...kakainis! napaka iyakin ko talaga! :) Pero, you know, it's Papa's birthday today...how apt it is for him to teach me a lesson on kindness, compassion, mercy, love for your neighbor (for somebody ...a total stranger)...ang galing!. God speaks thru my Papa and para hindi nya ma-obvious...I said, "Ang hirap namang balatan nitong hipon! late nako! hehehehe!!!". As I gulped the last few parts of my coffee, with tears still streaming down my cheeks, and rushed to take a bath...I just wondered in amazement how truly personal God is, how wonderful and how earnest is He in giving the simplest yet most essential message that He has for each of us. For truly, it is in the smallest of details, that He will magnify His greatest work, his most perfect plan...as it unfolds in our lives.
Godbless your day!!!Love you sisters!!!
carla
p.s. I will miss you all tomorrow in our prayer meeting because I have to attend to an important engagement, but rest assured that I will see you on Saturday for our DOP and Korean Day!!! Yehey!!!...can't let this moment pass me by without letting you in my thoughts now...God is Good always always!!! :))
COMMENTS:
By Marvs: "I think you should not eat shrimp for a while.. especially in front of your dad..hehe..
May God bless your compassionate father.
Happy birthday to your Dad! :)
Ang dami nyong nag inform na wala bukas :(
See you on Saturday.
-----------------------------------By Luke: I'm a wondergirl too?? hehe… YSB na lang sis… thanks sa sharing.
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By Niña: Wow. What a wonderful sharing from a wonder girl. Thank you ate for sharing this. I admire how compassionate your family is. We are extra blessed to have a sister like you. You really are a sensitive woman of God and I honor you for that. Thank you thank you thank you… I love you!
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By Ants: Thanks for the sharing, pards:) Hindi biro yong ginawa ni Daddy mo bringing in a stranger into your home...mana ka sa kanya in your generous heart! God bless your family! And pabati na lang kay Tito ng belated Happy Birthday...
Tama ka...that it is in this small everyday personal messages from Him that we get strength from and makes us know He is always there caring for us.
See ya Sat, wonder girls!
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By Ate Ketty: Thanks Carla for sharing. I was touched while reading your message. God really showed that He is a loving God to the man and used your father and your family to show it. May the Lord bless your family even more.
Happy birthday din sa papa mo.
….. sorry Luke pero ano ung YSB? Boyband din? hehehe
Thank you and God bless
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By Geh:
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Posted by: "Michelle Robles"
Wed Oct 6, 2010 9:41 pm (PDT)
Awwww.... naiyak naman ako sa sharing mo for today Carla. It is
indeed wonderful; and your Papa reminds me of our BIG PAPA above. My
boss gave me a book last week entitled "The Shack" and your story
today reminded me of what I read in the book. I'll lend it to you
after I finish reading it; I'm sure you'll love it.
Send our birthday greetings to your dear papa. Warm regards to your
Mom too! We miss her cooking... :)
Thanks for prioritizing Yas' party tomorrow. I know you're very busy
and I appreciate you taking time to join us.
Love you dear!
See you tomorrow,
Michelle
P.S. Anniv dinner on Monday!!! Yey! I'm excited to see you all.
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Posted by: "Tina Bulchand"
Wed Oct 6, 2010 9:59 pm (PDT)
Wow, Carla, thanks for sharing this wonderful true experience. I thought things like this only happens in inspirational movies, but it's good to know that goodness and kindness is still IN. It's really nice to hear this because life sometimes gets too fast or too tough and then there's nothing left in the day to be consciously kind or even reflective of your actions. Just want you to know that I welcome such cheesy stories because I need it for my spiritual sanity. :)
I love you, girlfriend! I super duper miss you all and I'm bummed that another whole year passed by without us being together. But to be honest, I don't feel the distance or the absence, because you all are ever present in my life.
On a side note, I've been re-watching the entire dvd collection of SATC just for kicks lately (i'm now on season 4 hahahha) and so I am actually in a daydreamy mood, kind of imagining that i'll be meeting up with you guys after work or making up situations in my head and then thinking what one of you might have said in such situations. It's food for my soul really. I know it's juvenile and childish to be daydreaming constantly, but hey, who can blame me for reliving the best times I've ever had in my life???
love you all!-tina
Posted by: "HCMI PADER, Audine P."
Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:30 pm (PDT)
Hay naku!... I'll start missing you guys na naman... :-( :-( :-(Makataya nga sa lotto mamaya, baka manalo ako ng jackpot and if ever I
get to win hundreds of million (hundreds talaga ha!) maybe we can all
meet up at the Bahamas or even Marrakech (no visa dun and in honor of
SITC ) and have the best vacation ever :-)
-- Audine
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Posted by: "Lourdes Grace P. Daluz"
Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:45 pm (PDT)
Good morning world!Oo nga kaka-miss kayo....siguro mas feel natin ngayon kasi it's our
anniv month - 20 years na tayo!!!!
Lam nyo, nung weekend nagpaka-video queen na naman ako and yun basta
lagay lang ako ng lagay ng mga songs and kanta lang ng kanta....tapos
biglang "points of view" na tapos feel na feel ko and tulo nang tulo ang
luha ko! Grabe feeling ko nasa ASAP ako grabe ang performance level kasi
Trying to sing the song and mega emote! I was reminiscing Tami's party
nung kinanta natin yun....
Nway, I'm thinking of doing something very special for our anniv...sana
we can record the song together tapos gawa tayo ng MTV ekek....si Gino
kasi medyo nahihilig sa mga AVP .....so start gathering our old pics na
tapos ayusin natin this December....
Posted by: "benefrida"
Thu Oct 7, 2010 1:06 am (PDT)
Gud am friends! :)
It's nice to wake up with your wonderful messages...
Yvet, in case you didn't notice in Tami's 18th bday, I didn't actually sing my lines... Hehehe... So pwede bang backup dancer na lang me or something... :)
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