MIA

I apologize because I’ve been missing in action! My 30 day blog challenge is a 3 day success, but I’m restarting soon, don’t worry!

In the meantime, enjoy browsing.

Happy Story: Hug Someone Today

I discovered that when I get hugged, I feel wonderful. I can attest to that more now that I am a mother, and more than getting hugged, I give even more hugs! I like to give hugs not just to my husband, my son, and my whole family but to my friends as well. Beats getting hugged myself.

There is power in hugging. I can’t begin to write about the benefits of hugging, hug therapy, touch therapy, whatever you might call it. I know only one thing. It makes one’s day. At one session of The Feast, Bro. Bo gave everyone free hugs, and everyone hugged each other.

It feels great especially if you have this cute little boy giving you a hug when you are feeling down and sentimental…

I was a bit down the other day (perhaps PMSing) and my husband gave me a hug. But that’s my husband, he knows when to give me a hug and he always does and he likes hugging already. But my son who is just around two, who still don’t know how to hug on demand, suddenly comes up to me and lo and behold, hugs me without being asked! Now this is not the common ‘Mommy carry me, then I hug you while you carry me’, it’s a genuine hug. I was standing still after N hugged me to make me feel better, then little J saw I was sad, he ran up to me and then hugged me. Aaaw. Pure joy.

Today’s my third day into the 30-day blog challenge. Have you hugged someone today? Go ahead, it will make not only their day, but yours too.

Happy Thoughts: Vision, Mission, and Passion

I’ve always tried to live my life with a vision of what I want to end up in. Through this I have come to determine what my mission is here on earth. And everywhere I go, be it to company seminars, leadership trainings, or personal retreats, I hear that vision and mission are important. We even have our vision and mission statements, eh?

But however we put our vision and mission in writing, however we reflect on it, pray for it, sometimes we still can’t get the knack of living up to our statements. I for one, more than once, twice, or thrice, has deviated beyond what I have defined as my vision and mission for my life. At one point or another, I felt that it’s just that. A bunch of statements.

Earlier today, I was blessed by a priest. He has opened my mind to what was missing in my vision and my mission for my life. It was passion. Vision, mission, and passion should go together, for us to live meaningful lives. Passion is what makes you go on, when you feel that all your effort are put to waste in accomplishing your vision. Passion is what makes you feel adrenaline rush whenever you are living your mission to its fullest. Passion.

I’m grateful for this today. I am reminded of what I really love to do. I am reminded of all of God’s abundance. I was bent on counting my blessings too much, that I forgot to share them. Passion is what drives me to share my life and love.

Oh, and this is my Day 2 of my 30-day blog challenge. I’m excited because right now, more happy things are coming my way!

Happy Food: Twister Fries

You probably know by now that Twister Fries are back! After around two years of absence in the market, this crunchy goodness is here again. I know it’s been two years because I was still fat and pregnant the last time I tasted its yummyness. Now, J is almost two and I’m just fat. Lol.

I think McDonald’s did pretty well in its marketing plan. They capitalized on the product’s loyal followers and they succeeded with making us wait and get excited and scramble to get our hands on it. If there’s one thing I’ve learned with the Twister Fries story, its that life is like that. You are here today and gone tomorrow. You can be on top one second and be at your lowest the next. You will have successes and defeats. Yin and Yang. Am I successful at comparing the fries to something or what?

I like Twister Fries because it brings me good memories. I think that’s why I like the thought of Twister Fries being back because whenever I get a chance to eat one, I remember all the fun times I had in college when Twister Fries first came out. I remember how it saw me through my first job. I remember how I shared it with good friends. I also remember the start of forever. Then I remember the fun times of being pregnant and being excited to eat Twister Fries because the baby in me was jumping up and down when I do eat Twister Fries. And now, that baby is a toddler, old enough to share the Twister Fries with me and his dad.

I guess Twister Fries will be gone again soon after the promo ends, but it sure did add up to my happy memories. And in 30 days, I would have written more about the happy things in my life. This is Day 1 into my 30-day Blog Challenge. With good friends and family with me, I know I’ll make it.

Site Overhaul

I have a new theme, a new look, and a new beginning! I know, this is the nth time I replaced everything. I almost also jumped on to a new domain because I was inspired by a good friend, but I had a really wonderful time at the Plurk Mommy EB at the Shang and they knew me well because of my blog… So, I wouldn’t want to change it.

But what I want to start doing is to change my whining, ranting, and condescending tone into a happy and grateful beat! I’m too blessed to be stressed anyway so I’m going to be overhauling my blog.

And that’s why you have Blog Happy! Welcome to my happy blog!