WE'RE NOT OVER YET.. NOPE

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Oh I know, you get tired of this particular subject thrown at you by the government,  the health authorities, the police, family, and well-meaning friends. But I too will run the risk of taking your displeasure with this post. Because it has to be done.  We are up against a vicious, mean, heartless, and very real yet invisible enemy. INVISIBLE! 

How do we fight that..  or protect ourselves against it!??

We are being taught the mandatory health protocols. Now it's up to us to do them:   face mask... hand washing... social distancing. Both a responsibility and a task to save lives -- your own and of others. And ..of your country. 

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There is a proper way to wearing face masks. Sez the UNICEF.  So let's do it right. Do it wrong or do a slip-up on this...  and you may be costing somebody else's  life:  your family, your friends, or your own.  And on a bigger scale:   your country. 

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I see many mistakes out on the streets and even in my own neighborhood. Aminin! .. Some people keep forgetting that the covid threat is still very much around.

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Covid ...... It's like a crouching tiger ready to pounce on you soonest you let your guard down. Showing no mercy  leveling the ground .. rich or poor,  gorgeous creature or one wearing a screwed lopsided grin,  driving a Ferrari or a tricycle,  wearing an Armani or a  divisoria,  having steak for dinner or tuyo.

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 Yeah....it just loves humans whatever the size, age, shape, or gender. It just loves to mess up humans. Physically.. emotionally.. mentally..  intellectually.. socially.. AND in their wallets! Period.

👉So wear your mask.....properly!!!!!👈

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Also, know how to dispose of your mask properly, correctly. 

Hindi yung basta-basta lang itatapon sa basurahan o sa kalye! Remember... potential catcher ng virus yan. Kumbaga possibly contaminated na. Wag haya-ang kumalat sa daan at makahawa pa ng iba. Saka hilahin o bunutin ang earloop muna bago itapon.

👉Keep safe, friends. Care for self and...for each other. We can beat this together. And with tons of prayer..  God bless everyone. 👈

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LUCKY AND ME

Hi, folks! Meet my Lucky. AJ's sis....lols! 🐶🐕🦮Both are the loves of our life. I think I've already told you this story in a post before. Lucky was a street dog who got hit by a vehicle out on the main street (this was in 2016). Eldest daughter, Amy, walking back home from an errand saw the incident..rushed to the rescue...carried Lucky home in her arms.. later we took her to the vet (Pendragon) who took care of her till recovery. Although the accident took its toll on her right hind leg but she's just fine with everything else. Since nobody came to claim her at all, we decided to bring her home. Her forever home. She's a joy....loving, fiercely loyal; don't be misled by that sweet face cos she's  a guard dog that could scare you out of your socks!😊

Here's something I'd like to say.... when you bring a dog into your home, that dog becomes family. You care for it like you care for the rest of the members of your family. You give it  love and care, food and shelter, medicine when it gets sick, play and exercise (they need it as humans do), comfort when anxious and scared.  Nope, you don't leave it chained to a dog house/cage. No!  So if this sounds like such a huge responsibility  ... I will tell you IT IS! 🙂

But all that becomes easy, is a joy.. when the heart does the loving. Somebody once said  .. " Dog spelled backwards is God."  Funny, but hasn't it been said that in all of creation... is God!?🤗

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BE YOU.....AUTHENTIC GENUINELY...YOU

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My eldest daughter came home (from her errands) one day with this gorgeous beauty in her hands. This family loves..adores..flowers. all kinds. Yes, we also have our favorites too just like everybody. But our hearts particularly go pitter-patter everytime we see one at the countryside, or on the sidewalks, or in somebody's home or garden, or in flower shops at the mall. Include exquisite photos of them all as seen in magazines, too.

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Well, this one still stands so pretty even after several days in our living room. Holding its own beside a sparkling Christmas tree. Quite a feat,  if I should say so myself. 

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Reminds me of some people in life. These individuals standing a head above the crowd they hold their own in the midst of such huge diversity who are as equally interesting in their own, and are as flawed and imperfect as the other.  Yet there they are ... individuals standing quietly yet shining brightly with who they are happy, content, and feeling good about life and the world. Looking at life's flaws and imperfections with this quiet ease and understanding of how those things work (both good and bad)  in the general scheme of things. The tapestry of life, by divine design. 

I get it. As these lovely flowers stand quietly in my living room, they convey this simple message:

💐Be you. Authentic genuinely... You!💐

By DIVINE DESIGN. 

God bless you, friends! Have a great and blessed day.🤗🥰

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NEVER FORGET HOW FAR YOU'VE COME

When things don't happen as you hoped it would,  this certainly puts you down so bad it changes everything. You have put in some expectations, some huge some small. But no matter its size it hits you real hard where it truly can hurt. You begin to wonder ..... is it worth all the heartbreak, the misery, disappointment, the broken dreams??

I don't have the answers to that. Except those of my own. And this isn't a one-size-fits-all kind of thing or answer. The struggles, heartaches, or the highs and lows are as diverse as the myriads of stars in the evening sky. One may or could be hugely overwhelming than the others  ...  or another could be so ordinary with nary a bat of an eyelash raised. And even a lot more diverse in between all that.

But this I know --- we don't forget  ... never forget  ... can't forget.  It gives us memories forever etched in the heart, both good and bad. It gives us our trophies or our scars. No....we can't forget all that. We won't. 

I know I never will in my own. Because... all of that, everything, was -- is me. It shaped, molded, grew me. Most importantly,  Someone up there had a hand in everything. I wouldn't be here at all if He didn't!

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