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1. I am thankful to my friend for reminding me about one of the joys of the Christmas season--the beautiful lights. I should put up some Christmas decor for the spirit of "it" tomorrow.

2. I am thankful for my pets for keeping me company when I am lonesome. Here is Velvet who would squeeze herself in the same couch I am sitting on, her favorite seat in the house.

3. I am thankful, my tearful daughter got calmed down over her favorite ice cream. See, my son, his brother, ran away more than a week ago. Last Friday was his 17th birthday. My daughter, and I, celebrated a little, as planned. We left the parlor without tears in her eyes anymore.


4. I hope to have many more years of this Philippine Nurses Association of Colorado. Spending another Christmas party with these volunteer nurses serving the community was a joy. We played fun parlor games and I admit, I forgot my problems for a while. 5. We also had a potluck of mostly Filipino food. It is a day to get to eat dishes from my home country aside from what I cook. We had Puto-bumbong too. It is a a purple delacy covered with coconut and dipped in brown sugar served on Christmas season in the Philippines. It is something I never made but really like. YUM. 6. I would have worn red but thinking of my late father, I shouldn't. I wore black instead. It has not been a month since he passed away. I am still thankful he was not suffering in sickness anymore.

7. I am ~~not so~~ thankful to my neighbors who make me ~~look bad~~ want to conserve on energy so I can be more efficient. I will do better using less energy, I think, next year.

8. I am thankful for this quote. It pushes me to move and do something good.

9. I am thankful for my health and my continued availability to my teens regardless how they act at times "not needing me."

10. I am thankful I can be of service to increasing population in the intensive care unit this cold season.

I really hope my son goes home soon. My son. My 17 years and two days old first born.

Continuing education, volunteer group
meeting, and dinner on a Saturday evening.

I have confined myself inside lately except for running chores and doing tasks I could not do remotely (online) because of the cold weather. I have been writing and reading more, cooking, cleaning . . . Yes, cleaning the house.

Tonight, we celebrated Halloween a day late with my nursing group, Philippine Nurse’s Association (PNACO). As group members and families dressed up in their creative costumes, I, the one who rushed from 12-hour shift did not have time to change and kept my royal blue party scrub-pants (and top).

It was fun just the same. Paul and I made it to the last hour and helped cleaned up after the party. Seeing my friends and their families played games and danced made my evening. The night broke my diet but, heck, it is a party. The Filipino food, the authentic pancit noodles, cassava cake, and other food were just hard to resist. Food should be enjoyed. I can take a break with my diet.

PNACO nurses dancing Colorado Halloween Phillippine Nurses Association

Nurses from PNACO can dance, just them, not me.

Even my iced tea, along with my
son, reminds me to smile.

oday, my daughter and I visited my son in the Juvenile Hall. This is the second visit this week. Newcomers like him can only have one visit a week but because he earned enough points from good behavior and listening attentively in academic classes, he can receive two visits now from me.