✿Violets Murmur ✿✿♫

One of my titas asked my cousins and I who'd like to say something about her, this lovely woman we called lola. They all turned to look at me, but I just couldn't bring myself to stand in front of all those people without picturing me embarrassing myself. I found myself speechless and just shook my head vigorously. Of course they'd look at me. I was her favorite, relatives tell me. And definitely, she was mine. She was the mother I knew for years, when my mom had to go back to work right after my teeny toes and fingers made an appearance. And even when she left to be with another set of her grandchildren, she would always come rushing if I needed an ally. She was more than great. She was beautifully amazing! Caitlin with Great Granny Fortunata People keep telling me, she's all right now and at peace. But it's still hard to swallow the fact that I have to speak about her in the past tense now in order to be grammatically correct. It plain sucks. I can't,

I've been spending an awful lot of my lunch times at this prettily landscaped shopping mall. And this is not the first time I took pixies of this place, of course. But I must admit, this is one of my prettiest shots to date. :D How about you? Do you often hang out here, too? Maybe we've bumped into each other here but just didn't know it. Makes you think, doesn't it? Hmmm...

Had a much-needed coffee date with a friend last week. Was so happy to catch up and hear news from friends... despite the fact that some of the said news were not so good. :( Still, it was a nice weekend, what with being able to finally see a good friend and hang out with her. Made me forget the horrors of the week previous to that. Hopefully, everything will work out for the best. Good talk with a good friend + yummy coffee and scrumptious muffin = wonderful Saturday ^_^

The months of May and June have come and gone. The days for celebrating both our parents have passed. But it doesn't mean we stop being grateful and respectful children. Or that we stop acknowledging the fact that we owe both our parents so much for sticking by us all these years, patching our wounds, and consoling our broken hearts. So let us find ways to always remind them in small and simple ways that we're lucky to have them. To my Mama and Ninang, You are both such wonderfully awesome people and beautifully strong women. I'm so lucky to have you both to emulate.  May God bless you both always. To my Papa, You are my best friend and I thank you for always understanding my numerous quirks. And you introduced me to books, music, and movies--three things I've cherished since I was a little girl. I'll be forever grateful. Besides, who else taught me to recognize  the voices of Elvis Prestley, Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand, Madonna, The Beatles, and al

Friends have been randomly asking me to make knitted or crocheted thingies for them. And I usually comply because I love doing projects for my fave peeps. It doesn't hurt either that a deadline makes me wanna move my butt to finish projects on time. These are my most recent projects. The pretty mommy of this cutie asked me to knit giveaways for her first birthday. I had so much fun doing these I've been wishing since that someone else would ask me to knit more. Hahaha. Gracias bonita Mama and pequeña Hailey for the pretty project. :) Then a few weeks after that, a much-missed beauty suddenly left me a message that she needs berets for her trip. I excitedly acceded. I've never crocheted berets before. I thought it would be a great time to test my crocheting powers. Hehe.  But man, I had to work these awkward fingers overtime because the said friend gave me a pathetically short time frame! Luckily, I finished and sent the thingamabobs to her