A granted wish

 

Family is the most important wealth we have. They have the biggest role in our life, without them life is meaningless and incomplete. A family helped us to build our own identity and confidence as a person.

My family is consists of 7 members, a big one compared to others. My Dad, Mom, 4 sisters and me.

Although we are living in one house, still there is a hindrance that set us apart from each other. My father, usually he is the one stayed at home taking care of our house together with our three dogs, (Mikka-Apap, Daga- baka and Undo-ching) 2 cats, (Beybi and me-eeh) one bird and nine fish. While my Mother, she always go to Pangasinan with her friends and stay there for two weeks every month. My 3 sisters they all spend their whole day at the office. They are all graduates now, that is why me and my youngest sister, both of us re the one whom still studying right now.

Last 2006, when my eldest sister get married and separated from us, they are now living together with her husband and one daughter in Meycauayan Bulacan. However my second sister, she always stay late in the office because after her Over Time they go out together with her officemates. That is why when she arrived at home around 12:00 am to 1:00 am, I am already slipping. My third sister, she rented a boarding house nearest to her office place and to her five years boyfriend’s house. She is not with us everyday, If ever she visit us, she just stay overnight, and when she go to office early in the morning she will never come back at night. Three to four days when she just stayed with us, but all in all a week or one and a half week when we see her again. She really love travelling in different parts of our country together with her friends and officemates, that is her reason why she rented a boarding house, to be able not to wake up us all when she arrived 2:00 am to 3:00 am from a “Gimik”, party etc. At least she has her own place to stay in times of emergency.

However, My Sister, the youngest in our family, Go to school as early as 4:30 am or 5:00 am because her class starts at 6:00 am. When I wake up in the morning, she’s already gone. And when I got home from school, she is already sleeping. The flow of my family is like that, till now. It is really not easy to keep in touch with them. Some of my time was spent playing and talking with our pets.

          Last December 10, 2008 is my “best” event we’re in my Family re-united and completed again for how many years passed. God is really great, allowing us all to be together again. My youngest sister celebrated her 18^th Birthday at the Enchanted Kingdom in Laguna. It’s been how many years since we go out as a complete Family together. I really miss the old times when we go out all together and spending time with each other like playing bowling, go to a park, shopping, eating every end of the week before, because it is our hobby that my mom taught us since child hood. But then, it is different now, things are not the way they used to be so I have no choice but to get used on it. But still, at the back of my mind I’m still hoping and wishing, and that wish was granted that day of my sister’s debut.

          I was so happy seeing my complete family, because I really miss my sister’s we are so closed with each other although when we grow up, we didn’t have much time with each other. But still, the friendship and the memories we have and spend with one another in our childhood days, still intact with me.

          My eldest sister and her family is present in that very especial day of my younger sister, also my sister’s boyfriend is also there and my especial best friend is also present on that event. All eleven of us go to Enchanted Kingdom.

          Enchanted Kingdom is really a nice place to spend your time with your family. We arrived 10:00 am and rest for a while, then after resting we eat lunch before doing a tour inside.  After eating we rest again for a minute then we started to see what is inside. In there, we took all the rides we can. We watch the Realto show-Racing, whom my Father was really amazed by the movements of the chairs. While my Mother and my niece is so happy riding the Carousel. My sister’s with their love one, my best friend and me took the courage and the chance to experience the Space Shuttle and the Log Jump although it is very high and scary, but still we all insisted to try. We also ride on Barrio Fiesta, Up-up and away, Bump Car, Swan, Train, etc. it is 9:00 pm when we finished riding all the rides in Enchanted Kingdom we eat together again for the last time.

          It was really a blessing from God that he allowed us to have our get together again after how many months and years passed. It was really a nice feeling having your complete family with you. No one in this world can compare the happiness I felt seeing my family together again.

          In our every busy time, I know that God knows what we are craving and wishing for to happen. We just have to wait for that time to come, wherein our wish will be granted. According to the saying “God is never in a hurry or late, he is always on time”.

 

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