Family

"You cannot choose your family. They are God's gift to you."

Thus said an old saying. True. However I may like to choose good sisters and awesome brother, plus perfect parents, I just can't. Whatever I am provided with, I am accepting it with all my heart. My family is not perfect, but we all can smile and laugh together the odds that life brings.

That's a photograph of my incomplete family during my recent Pinas homecoming. Taken after church on a beautiful Sabbath noon, we all were delighted to pose one more time before leaving CDO once again some days after. All of us six sisters were seated on the middle line. We lacked Ate Eve who is in Hong Kong, Ate Gina who didn't join us for church, our only brother L who already left for Davao a week before, and Mama who went didn't join us in SPUC as she has responsibilities in Carmen.

I'm just posting this picture as I end my week today. I so missed everyone in the family and looking at these photographs that are stored in my portable hard drive are the easiest way to have a glimpse of them and be able to smile. Even with the imperfections, I still love my family 100 percent! :)