24 December (Eve and Anniversary)

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The much-anticipated Christmas eve is here.  Are we ready?  Have we bought all the gifts?  Wrapped them yet?  Christmas menu finalised?  So many things to remember!!!

And the eve is also a wonderful day for us as it is yet another anniversary (done and dusted).  While we have lived apart for some years, we have always found the way to be together for our anniversaries and also Christmas.  

Somehow this year has been the most meaningful for us.  We have moved surreptitiously into the golden years (so to speak).  Life is slower, kinder, quieter even!   

Bless our love, Lord.  Keep us close to You.  Send angels to watch over us.  We thank you for everything.  🙏

Stephen Felix Grosse, Thank you for everything. I love you.

 

Christmas Eve Anniversary!

 

We are blessed to have each other!  

Happy anniversary, Stephen Felix Grosse!

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Christmas month - Day 28

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Last full day in Manila.  What memories we would have accumulated during our stay here.  From all the hotel reviews, I am certain that we chose well.  Shangri-La doesn't disappoint so I know we would have been well taken care of by the lovely and loving people of the Philippines.

And after the coffee, we have to carpe diem!

Christmas month - Day 27

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I hope that by the time this is published, I have done all that I hoped to do, visited all the places I hoped to see, shopped for all the things I hoped to buy, eaten all the food that I hoped to taste, and seen all the people I hoped to meet.

As this is a scheduled post, I sit here and write about the future. 

It will be our fifth morning in Manila, and I imagine that the time here has filled our hearts with joy, love and peace.  I will check my blog, remember the sweet and little pleasures of life while I sip my coffee at breakfast, enjoying the beautiful view at our hotel club lounge.  

Christmas Month - Day 26

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It's midnight now.  What will the new day bring?  While we sleep, God is awake and we rest in this knowledge.

This is a scheduled blog post but I am sure that our time here since arrival has been nothing but memorable and I confidently write this in advance.  Why not eh?

Christmas month - Christmas Day 25

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 It is our first Christmas outside of Singapore and Malaysia ever!!! 

Truly it doesn't really matter where we are because to have each other and to know God together is what counts.  I couldn't have asked for a better life partner, soulmate and prayer warrior by my side.

Maligayang Pasko, Baby Grosse!

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Christmas month - Day 24 Part 2

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Indeed, I do feel very blessed and I also feel loved and cherished by my husband.  

Today is our wedding anniversary.  We decided on this day, the eve of the birth of Christ, so that we would always be together and so far we've made it!

Until now, we enjoy telling people about the date because it is so special in so many ways.

Happy Anniversary to us!  Cheers!

Christmas Month - Day 24 Part 1

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And we're in the heart of Manila!

The homeland of my ancestors.  

Christmas Month - Day 23

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And we're leaving today.  We're probably catching some shut-eye, as this gets posted online.  Or maybe we're unable to sleep because we have to be at the airport by 4 am.  

I've scheduled posts for the rest of this season so I won't miss a day for my Christmas month series.

Christmas in Manila!

Even if you haven't already guessed from the picture!!

Christmas Month - Day 21

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It's 4 days to Christmas and 2 days till we fly off. 

How are we going to contain the excitement!!!

I can't remember when I was so happily anxious like this.  It's the most wonderful time of the year to be carefree!

I'm making a list and checking it twice!!