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Day Thirty Six

Welcome to the World, Franzea “Frankie” Cosette Cruz Robles

Hi Frankie! I swear to you when you turn 18, I’ll be showing you this blog entry.

So as your Nana writes this, I’m 21 years old, working for Ed Link as a Reading Therapist and currently without a boyfriend (we’ll get to the details, honey) and you have been added to my otherwise less colorful life and we are more than happy to welcome you in it.

We are all excited to see your first steps, hear your first word and just see you grow up to become a wonderful lady.

Your parents are wonderful people and they are so excited to see you. The entire family was there to witness your first day in the world and we were all happy to see you, such a healthy baby.

So what can I share with you now?

Well, i’ll share with you what’s happening with the world now.

For one thing, Twilight is probably the hottest thing that has ever happened to vampires, Hotel Dash probably the coolest game on the computer and Facebook is the best way to connect with friends (I cannot believe that 18 years from now this would all sound baduy to you).

The hottest thing in fashion is boyfriend jeans and shorts, shorts, shorts since it’s extremely hot these days.

On a more serious note, a presidential election is happening in two months and that’s what everyone is chattering about.
Also ask me about John Mayer. I’d be more than happy to share my ipod with you (i wonder what the ipod would become of it in 18 years!). Do you have music just glued in your ear by a chip?
But, I don’t think those these are as important as what i’m going to tell you next.
At 18, you probably just graduated from High School and on your way to College. This must be an exciting time, well, I hope you know in your heart that you are beautiful and nothing that people can say or do can take that away.
I hope you also know that you are well-loved. You are loved by your parents, you are well-loved by your grandparents and most importantly, you are well-loved by your Creator. Without Him darling, true joy is not possible 🙂
And I really hope that at 18 you don’t have a boyfriend, eventhough I’m pretty sure that you have a truckload of suitors just waiting for you to say yes. (Again, this makes me think, what has become of courtship and dating?)
Well darling, learn to wait and trust in God’s perfect timing. Trust me, the things you want at 18 isn’t the same thing as the ones you want when you’re 21. The right guy would come in the right time. I wish i understood this sooner.
But, it’s too early to talk about that.
But I hope as you read this you know how much we love you the moment you were born, especially your parents.
There were a lot of roadblocks before you came into our lives, but I’m more than happy to tell you that you are the reason why three families came together and became closer.
The main reason is to celebrate your entry into the world.
On your first day alone, you have brought us so much joy and so much love.
We love you Frankie. Thank you for adding that sunshine into our lives.
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Real Men Belong To Jesus

I was inspired by this man today, Kaka.
Scarlett tagged me a link to a blog that spoke of Kaka’s amazing testimony and wow, real men should be like him.
Based on the blog, Kaka was a virgin when he got married to his high school sweetheart and every time he won, he showed of this shirt for the entire world to see.
What an amazing testimony of His goodness!
That got me thinking. Hollywood and pretty much every other avenue of media always reminds us that a real man must party every night, drive a spankin‘ car and have every single girl hanging on to his every word. He must also be a “sex” maniac and must bed a number of girls in order to be considered cool.
Especially if these men are of the same level as Kaka. you know celebrities, athletes and all those other “branded” people.
Kaka’s testimony just proves that real men belong to Jesus and that guys who tend to prove their masculinity otherwise isn’t worth our time.
Real men don’t wave their banners of masculinity, instead they focus on giving glory to our creator by living lives that reflect His glory.
Come to think of it, everyone’s been blessed with something and that’s a great opportunity for us to manifest His glory through us and yet, we are absorbed with the standards of the world and with all these great talents, there’s not an ounce of humility.
And to add to that, we seem to admire it. We seem to admire the irresponsible nature of men and at the same time, applaud promiscuous behavior.
Us girls must stand up and start to act, to stop “crushing” on guys who do nothing but get drunk, get high, sleep with girls and pretend that they’re rockstars when in reality, they’re too busy spending their family’s money, switching from one course to another.
Girls, Kaka is an example of the man that God wants His daughters to have: humble in Him and living life within His boundaries.
It’s refreshing to know that somehow, men like Kaka still exists.
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Day Thirty Five

Day Thirty Five: My latest Obsession

Gone are the days when Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Picoult invaded my bookshelf. As much as I love them, I’ve been filling my life with books by John Ortberg, probably one of the greatest authors in Christian Literature today.

It’s pretty cool how he tends to talk about the important things about life without having it made to look like a hard thing. And he doesn’t invoke on what he believes in. His easy way of writing makes his material more lovable.

I also started writing today. I promised myself to write at least one hour a day and it has given me so much relief. Going back to the things I love.

<3

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Day Thirty Four

Day Thirty Four: Truly, an Umagang Kay Ganda

Woke up early today to help out Ate Chesca with Umagang Kay Ganda’s Live feature of Cassandra Care.

Too bad Toni wasn’t there 🙁 but at least this yummy one was.

I have a thing for SMART GUYS! OH MAN, I hope I marry this guy one day. HA HA.

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Day Thirty Thirty Three

Day Thirty Two: Meet “Ow-sum” Josh and Mr. Big Egg with sidekick Mr. Sonic

I couldn’t help it, I just had to take a picture of it.

While Josh was supposed to spell on the board, he drew Mr. Big Egg and Mr. Sonic instead.

This kid is hilarious and absolutely fun to be with. He makes my Mondays brighter.

March 15,2010
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Definitely in a committed relationship

Eversince I began my serious walk with Him, it’s been an on going battle.

It hasn’t been easy because there are so many forces to reckon with and sometimes, you forget of the power you have inside of you and you tend to do things that don’t really reflect His glory.

And I’m ashamed but then I realized that if I were perfect, what would God’s grace mean in my life?

If life were perfect and if I never made mistakes how would I be humbled by His goodness?

This doesn’t mean that I’m taking sin lightly but it just means that there are days that even when we try, we do fail and it doesn’t make us less deserving His love because in reality, can we really do anything to deserve that?

That’s why it’s called a great love. It’s because we could never really do anything to deserve that kind of goodness and mercy.

And yet everyday, we’re freely given that, all we have to do is accept it.

So whatever it is, I’m standing firm on my ground. I’m committing myself to this relationship.

For it’s the only relationship that matters.

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Day Thirty Two

Day Thirty Two: This Picture Has No Relevance Day

Carl and I were in the car from church and since we all slept late last night due to mama’s birthday, I was cranky and tired.

I don’t know why I took this picture and what the hell carl was doing but it was funny.

Oh and Pacquiao won again, anything new?

🙂

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Day Thirty One


Day Thirty One: Mama’s Birthday

My family and I have never been a big fan of parties or such engagements during birthdays. What matters most is spending quality time with the family and this year we had several trips to Iago’s (where else?).

The important part is that my mom enjoyed her day with the people closest to her heart.

A day filled with laughter, good food and love, love, love.

What else could one ask for?

Happy Birthday, Mom! Thanks for raising us well 🙂 I <3>


March 13, 2010

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Day Thirty

Day Thirty: Mirror Image

It’s an ongoing battle.
It really shouldn’t matter and I always have self-esteem rah rah rah, but there are days when you just really don’t like the person looking back.
But I must constantly remind myself that the person in the mirror isn’t as important as the person on the inside, nobody sees the scars, the healing and the light vs. darkness, there’s a greater battle in us and that’s what should matter.
And at 21, I should stop relying on the aesthetics and just keep focusing on the beauty of the world and how could i add to it.
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tag, you’re it.

There was something that I wanted for the longest time.
I’ve been praying about it and waiting, waiting, waiting for it to happen.
My life didn’t circle around it, but it was just one of those things that you knew in your gut that you wanted to have, that you must have.
So imagine how I felt when I woke up today and I felt in my gut that “uh-oh, something’s going to go wrong today”.
You know if this happened a couple of months back, it would have broken me to the core. It would have made me wallow in yet again another session of senseless self-pity.
But instead, through His grace, it’s the other way around.
It’s like pulling off a band-aid, you really don’t need the pain of pulling it off but you’re just glad it’s over.
And besides, being gutted over something that wasn’t meant for me to begin with would simply be a bad move on my part because in reality, there’s nothing to be sad or depressed about.
Life’s good now. From where I was and the people I used to be with, I’m just a better place.
So i’ll keep being faithful, i’ll keep loving life because maybe tomorrow, I’d wake up and it will all turn around.
Or even if it doesn’t, well who said life was all about me anyway?