Just a few hours ago, I ended a day that turned out to be one of the most beautiful days of my life.  At about 1am, my mom called me up and greeted me with a wonderful happy birthday.  I was so happy!   The very person who brought me into this world was the first person to remember my birthday!    Later in the morning, I was woken by a series of missed calls and text messages from my friends, and my bestfriend, who remembered me this day, and honestly, it felt really good.  I wasn’t expecting them to remember, since we have not seen each other for quite sometime.  

I spent the afternoon waiting in line at the Land Transportation Office at East Avenue with my daughter, to renew my driver’s license, as it would be expiring today.   I had to take a drug test and a medical exam before filing my application for renewal.  (Read about the procedures and costs of a Non-professional driver’s license renewal here).  After receiving my renewed license, we went off to pay our bills and to purchase a powerstrip that my Mr. Workaholic asked me to get for the computer.  By 5:30PM,  I was home, and really tired.  We were having dinner out, and I realized that I didn’t have that much time to fix myself up for this special date with my family.  But inspite of that, my evening was wonderful. 

We had dinner at the Panciteria San Jacinto  at Libis and the kids were excited.  Year after year, I have celebrated my birthdays with both friends and family altogether.  This birthday was special.  It was just me, my Mr.W, and my children.. the most important people in my life.  Food was great, and the service was good.  After dinner, Mr. W approached one of the waiters to ask for a cake to be ordered from Mom and Tina’s Bakery Cafe right next to the San Jacinto’s.  The waiter quickly called for a waiter from Mom and Tina’s who, in turn, came quickly with their own menu.  I was simply awed!  I chose a nice little chocolate cake, just to satisfy Mr. W’s insistence that had a cake, and, that I blew a candle on my birthday.    The cake was delivered, and they sang me a happy birthday song (softly, I asked them, so as not too attract too much attention from all the other customers of San Jacinto), and I blew the candle… take note… JUST ONE CANDLE… I’m not announcing my age here ok.. haha! 

It was just dinner, and just a few hours.  But I can’t seem to describe how I felt every moment of that experience. We shared, laughed and enjoyed each other all throughout the evening.  We were so bonded, so close, and it simply felt so beautiful.  I thank the Lord for moments like these.  I thank Him for giving me another year to live and share my life with this wonderful family.  I’m so in love with my babies… all of them are my babies.  They’re all I really have, and they’re all I ever want and need… and they truly, truly make me soooo happy! 

These are the photos we took last night on this memorable family dinner date we had at the San Jacinto.

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 cherishing moments like these..