happy birthday ann!

"Friendship is like wine;it gets better as it grows older"-Sirach9:10

I met ann in singles for christ.I thought, what a way to find friendship...to me its more like a sieve that sifts through a nugget amidst the impure dirt or clay.That's how rare a person annabel can be...to find one like her,one might just as lucky as a lotto winner.Along the time i have known her...she's way so advance in her chronological age.She has so much wisdom in her that kept her resilient and strong.Funny whilst being so young she often times acts as my counselor.She listens,she points out things i may have missed seeing...and always have such level minded approach.She's a rare find indeed!We share secrets that i could never share to anyone at all.She had proven herself trustworthy and reliable and for me to find someone like her is a blessing.What i found in her is something unique and genuine;our Faith has made this friendship lasting.That understanding and sharing of the love we have for our Great Creator.I'm proud to be one of her well chosen circle of friends.Annabel would always be my adopted eldest child.(hehehe...ok lang ann?)Happy birthday to you my dearest friend.You will always be a one in a million!i wish you plenty of happiness and love to live,share,and give.I find joy of knowing that you are becoming the person that you wanted to be...its a journey,i know but i see you as one great wonderful nanay to abe and gorgeously beautiful wife to rene.You are one cherished friend i could never live without.

Here's the top ten reasons why we're friends:


1.We love God. Sharing our thoughts,our struggles to become worthy christian will always be our top subject to talk about.
2.We love poems.Im an avid fan of hers:ann you are the best poet ever!
3.We love singing!we like to dig deep to the meanings of the lyrics.(sentimentalist,as in)
4.We are an avid fan of Fr. Niall o'Brien.
5.We are deep thinkers.Well i think so,because noone had been putting up with my profoundness except her.
6.We value the importance of family and friends.
7.We complement each other.She looks up to me like im her mothergoose,i look up to her as my counselor and advisor.She's my wise owl.
8.She has the best ability to play and use words and phrases...very talented poet,which i wish i could be one day.
9.Sometimes..ann and i are bunch of worry warts too.There would be a time that i would whinge over my worries and she would put up with my whinings and vice versa.
10.well....i guess the best reason most of all is that God made ann and i friends!He paved the way for it to be possible.

Reminiscin' our past:

Back in our SFC days...particularly that faithful stormy weather we brave through just to attend and support the baptism in sum-ag parish church.It was signal no.3 and yet we were adamant to go.I remember while the speaker was tackling his talk on repentance and faith...it had been almost eery to its effect because of the maddening sound of the wind and the gushing of the rain.All power was out,so they had lighted some candles but in dismay it was all blown off by the strong wind blowing through the church.Even the participants were scattered and few had remained sitted in the pews..holding a strong grip of thier umbrella.What was so impressive was the attitude of the speaker..he kept on standing and moved on with his topic,undaunted as if with the whole scenario.Come hail or storm as they say,the show must go on.
Well,here's the bit that had remained in my memory:
As the storm had calmed down and as well the baptism had been succesfully undertaken..We head home...as any SFC knows that God will always provide...He had provided for us (me,ann n meow)Brothers who had offered us a ride home to Bata.As we were heading home,passing through devastation...trees and power posts were all lying down the ground some blocking the road.We got down to the corner block in sawmill...we held each others hands and walked blindedly through the darkness.It was total darkness...could not see even a spark of light.Silly as we were...we walked on while singing "God will make a way".To our surprise we got home...not that everything was alright from there.NO!Mommy was so upset at me leaving home and taking my kid sis with me in such a bad climate.Mommy had a go at me for almost 2 weeks after the storm.Anabel had seen and heard mommy gone mad at me at least seen the ugly side of my life,I suppose.But i live and learn from that experience.Ann was there with me and meow.I think we all have learned from it.For me it was that understanding and knowing that we can rely on God on any type of circumstance we are in.He will be our light to guide our path when we cant see a thing.And i have a friend and a sister to hold my hand when i get scared of the uncertainties.