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Cookie Says an inspiration to share

Last week, I viewed a video ad from a link posted by a Facebook friend. The  video  featured a new commercial of Lemon Square that  "gives us that warm, fuzzy feeling with an unlikely love story that ends with a twist..."  as written by   Isa Rodriguez . What's so special about this video other than the fact that it has been generating good r eviews ? Well, Mariel, the female endorser is the daughter of my long lost friend, Vicky. That, I discovered after watching the video, and browsing through the thread of comments while stalking (ssshhhh....) the FB friend's timeline (sorry, Willie, I couldn't help it!). Now, that struck my chest point-blank. Viewing the video over and over again suddenly made me miss Mariel's mom.  Memories of the past came alive once more. That's Vicky, my best friend in college. It's been years! But then after all those years, I now realize, I am not the best of friend for her. How could I be, after missing

Thank you for rejoicing with us in Our Moments Together

Billy, in his anniversary post in Facebook yesterday said, " Now I know what it is to grow old together with someone!" Well, that inspired me to write this.  This is another late post. Hmmm... not so late though... it's only a day after our 27th anniversary. As usual, I planned to make this two weeks ago but giving priority to caregiving and household duties, especially in the absence of our Manang who has been sick for almost three weeks, has taken its toll once again.  The weekend routine--- late breakfast, preparing and giving nasogastric tube feeding to my 90-year old father, bathing, bringing out the trash bags for the garbage truck to pick up, folding clothes after laundry, preparing for another batch of clothes to wash... Oh, thanks, dear hubby, for attending to the doggies morning and evening, everytime you're home! For helping me with the dishes when my legs seem to crumble and my eyelids are ready to drop at night. Thank you for sweeping awa