News
My apologies for my lack of posts these past couple of months. Being busy is no excuse for not returning phone calls or responding to emails. So I won’t even use it for my inability to post more often. Instead, let me say that I have been pleasantly distracted with recent goings on that I am too excited to keep still and write. But then that will be too selfish to keep this excitement all to myself so let me share with you the highlights:
Parents in Town. My Dadey and Mama are in town and staying with me for 4 glorious weeks. 
I have not seen them since our vacation in the Philippines in August 07. So to be able to see their faces as I talk to them, or to be able to hug them whenever I feel like it, is just making me deliriously happy! Mama made halayang ube yesterday. With the cool Fall air and the delicious ube, it feels like being transported to Pinas on Christmas Day.
New Niece. The whole family is celebrating the birth of my new niece, Vera Cielo. Yeah- we’ve made jokes about how her name sounds like the name of a new subdivision or a classic contrabida in a Mexican telenovela, but she is one precious baby and she is loved.There will be one more niece coming anytime now. Two new babies before Christmas, what a blessing!
Gwen and Goji. These two precious kids were born into the Mayrina family a week after each other 10 years ago. Happy birthday to Goji on the 14th and Gwen on the 20th. My gift to both of you… Club Penguin memberships so you can play with each other as you have always done even now that you are oceans apart.
