Highlights of 2005
2005 has been a blast for me! These are my life’s major events and reflections on the year that was:
Relationships galore!
After a long distance preparation of our Catholic wedding/renewal of vows, we finally made it down the very long aisle of Basilica Immaculada Concepcion (Manila Cathedral) on a sunny Tuesday, 25 January 2005, followed by a joyous banquet at Wack Wack Golf & Country Club. That day marked another beginning in our relationship as I treasure the blessings we received from the Holy Church. I felt that in 2005 our marriage was truly strengthened, deepened and enriched. Four couples who are all my friends have also tied the knot this year. I wish them all the best!
Career
After some discernment on where I wanted to take my career, I finally decided to take the plunge and go for my 2nd attack of job application and interviews after 7 years. In no time at all, I was successful in gaining a position which is where I really wanted to be career-wise. I now work with great and fun colleagues who are professional and fun at the same time.
Baby boom!
Alas! God gave us a miracle. This year my husband and I fell pregnant and currently expecting the birth of our first-born on May 2006. Nothing compares to the feeling of carrying another life in your body. What’s more is that our marriage as husband and wife and future parents have given us a bond so strong, so fortified and so loving. It’s in this I can conclude that a truly loving relationship is elevated when it bears fruit. We are so looking forward to parenthood – the joys and pains it will bring. Many of my friends fell pregnant this year as well.
Friendships
As they say friends come and go. It was in this year that I realised who my true friends are. Friendships are also like loving relationships in which you want what’s best for the one you love. From turns of events in my life throughout 2005, I have been able to pick who are those people whom I truly love and without a requited demeanour, those who love me and my family as well.
Faith
It is in this year that I have gained deeper understanding of my faith. It sounds ironic doesn’t it because faith is a belief of what’s unknown yet I was able to understand it? It was in this year that I was able to do a lot of self-study and research about my faith as a Catholic Christian. I was able to learn about other faiths as well especially other Christian denominations. This I believe, has strengthened my faith in the Church, especially that of the Catholic church.
I believe that all things happen for a reason and we also have the gift of free will. Whatever happens in our life, whether good or bad, it is because God wants for us to learn and to reflect on these based on the results of our actions. I believe that God is good and all He wants for us is to experience this goodness. Yet we ourselves sometimes turn away from this goodness because of our own human weakness. This is a whole new topic which I will discuss in my other blogs. Ever since I found out I was becoming a mother, my devotion to our Holy Mother Mary has also been more profound. My grandmother once told me that I have to believe as if the baby inside me is the same Jesus that Mary carried in her womb. Thus, she said to reflect on the mysteries of the rosary. If there’s any correlation, she ended up having 8 obedient children (including my father) who are all doing very well for themselves, have great careers, close-knit families and well-ingrained values. Now that I’m spending more time on His word and on the words of the rosary, I believe that there is so much more to be done in order to truly fathom the wonders of the mystery of our Christian faith – again another topic of discussion.
Overall, 2005 has been a truly blessed year with heaps of eye-opening experiences which has made me a better person. I thank our Lord for allowing me to lead a borrowed life and that I am able to share His blessings with others. I’m already thankful for the blessings that He has prepared for me in 2006. May God be praised always!
