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I Am Sending A Doev

I needed to see my kids and grandkids so I took a week in California!!! It was fun and kinda sad at t times but everything went well. My visit in small bits of thought:

Arrived late but what the heck. Public transit is like that. But then, why really late. I have nothing to do and plenty of time to do it so let me back up and say, "I was on time"!!

I arrived in Riverside, CA. What a city but like the sister county in San Bernardino these 2 huge counties are in the red ink and close to becoming bankrupt. The beauty of this town is in it's old age. The cafes, libraries, public transit. It's all beautiful. Unfortunately the city is rife within is terrible. Homeless and mentally ill people are in abundance. The begging is completely out of hand. But still, it's really nice.

My beautiful and wonderful daughter-in-law picked me up with my 2 gorgeous grandkids (my son is very handsome) that take after their Mom and Dad in looks!

Arrival at their home was punctuated by Weenie and Tommie. Their Doxie and their cat. After all the hugs and barking and meowing and joy we all settled down ... kinda.

I checked my e-mail and the small room suddenly filled up with the kids and the pets! Gabe was in a huge vinyl bin siting on a bunch toys and having a ball. Leo was lying down on the floor watching Gabe. And Weenie and Tommie started hissing and barking and wrestling like a couple of Sumo's. I turned away from the computer and had a good chuckle of joy.

i finally finished and sat on the couch in a slouching position and snoozed. he kids continued wrestling and filling the air with laughter and fun. Weenie jumped on the couch with me and Tommie went to the window sill thinking, I'm sure, if I could only escape for a couple of minutes!!!

Before you knew it time to eat and we had a great meal. My son came home from work and the family and I mean ALL of them met him at the door with tons of love. Did I mean the cat and the dog too? YEPPERS!!! I finally hugged him and told him much words about how things looked great!

5:30 p.m. and my daughter arrived and we hugged and smooched the cheeks til the sun set!! My sweet family was all together.

The 3 days ended and it was time to see my sisters. I took the Metrolink to El Monte, CA and from there I took the 487 MTA bus to L. A. Pershing square. I got off way before then.

I called my sister and she picked me up at the corner of Sierra Madre and Michillinda. She drives fast and brakes almost too late and I saw her whipping down the hill. I just shook my head.

We got to their house (my sis is an old maid and shares a huge 4 BR home with another old maid sister). My older sis is 93 and she's moving around in her last days ... just barely. She can no longer take care of herself so the younger sister takes care of her with nephew helping out.

The next day we help our niece celebrate her recent wedding to her love, Victor. They are a match made in heaven. They get along so well.

The food was great and the relatives were a welcome sight. They're thinning out. This group of cousins was once a young robust group that gathered frequently. Many were missing and old age was the culprit along with the cancers and diabetes. But we had fun. The celebration ended and we went home.

The next 3 days were spent just snoozing, watching TV and taking care of older sister.

The visit ended and I went to my kids home where we all met once again, had dinner together and then I went to the bus station for my Greyhound Bus Line trip home. San Bernardino, CA to Las Veags, NV to Bullhead City, AZ!!

I slept for the whole day and night. I was tired when i got home.

I love my family and I will see them soon again.

THE END!!!

I've lived here for 40 years. All my children born and lived here except one who is in the southern part of the State, I've not seen as devastating fire like this.

I thought the earthquake in 1905 was the worst but I wasn't here to witness that but this is one disaster I will never forget.

I am out of the state at the moment and my children are safe.

My middle girl lives up by Annadel heights and were evacuated yesterday.

My prayers for all those victims specially the families of the fatalities

Please join me in praying for them.

It's a sad day between Vegas and now Tom Petty has past away . Life is short be sure to tell your family you love them. Be kind to each other. My heart is broken because of all the violence in the world this is not how it is supposed be we should be taking care of each other. .

I just got back from California where I visited my niece! I know I've said this before but it needs to be said again to underscore the importance of the all around feelings of my family.

Cecilia is her name. She was born out of wedlock to a unknown family, to me anyway, and she was taken in by my older brother and his wife. My brother always wanted a child of his own but it was never to be. But when the opportunity came to finally be a Dad with this new little bundle from heaven my brother was completely overjoyed with this beautiful little girl.

My brother was a severe critic about my being. Just like the rest of the family he always criticized me about something just like the rest of my siblings. So, I just went about my business doing what I had to do. I was blessed with a great job and a beautiful family of my own. My children were the best ever. And they still are.

That said, I never really visited my brother because of his attitude against me and also because his wife was a gossiping hag. I was never around Cecilia (I call her Ce Ce with lots of love now) and not until her Mom and Dad died. Somehow, probably because she took the first step, we had dinner one night when my daughter from Portland, Oregon visited. That was the get together that transformed my feelings towards her. I found a niece that was full of love for me and my family and was reaching out for acceptance.

Over the last 10 years or so we have grown close. I would never take the "title" of Dad away from my brother but I want her to know I am her "Dad" in love for her and her wonderful husband. This couple is a dream come true in their marriage. I truly love to see them.

I am blessed with a wonderful family of kids and grandkids and now a niece I'm proud to call "Mija" (a term of affection for a daughter).

I will see her soon again just because!!!

Love of your child

The children's rights accdg to a 6 yr old boy who was brought to a barangay council

My son's little brother. We are all happy today...we are blessed with another angel



Our little Mahmoud

Important for many, especially if they are grounded and fun. But many of us have few close family. You see all sorts of preferences for characteristics here in searching for a partner. But how about their having a large, loving, fun, grounded, supportive family,..... perhaps to share with some who have few or none? A form of adoption? It does happen. Aa.

Since I was young and able to see and understand the roles opposite sex can do, I was so thankful that I was born or God made me a woman.

My loving brother was made to do so many physical works in the farms that I didn't have to do. Meaning he's in the scorching sun or in the heavy pouring rain farming while I helped my mother do woman chores in the comfort of our home.

In the old traditional values and Filipino culture, women didn't need to go to school and dream of becoming anything than that of a house wife and raise children. My father was different. He asked me what I wanted to do after mandatory schooling and I said: " I want to be a lawyer". So he let me pursue my career against the expectations of my uncles and aunts. But with the support of my great grandmother from Spain and my mother, I rose above that traditional value. And so I became a University professor and traveled the world. I could only be thankful that my father deviated away from such a limited thinking and yet never heard of feminism.

In today's society, it's a fact that women are now entitled of rights that were not available before.

I, too am thankful of that, but I don't use it to ever claim that I'm better without a man and or I can do it all without a man.

Still I'm so grateful that I am a woman. Wear skirts and cry whenever I want to if I have to.


Thanks all for your peruse and comments if any.