You will be missed !!

It has been a hard and tough week for my husband family. Last week January 19, My husband and I were taking my father in law to ER and found out that he had mercer infection, combine with his Alzheimer's and lack of nutrition. They kept him in ER for about 3 hours and moved him to ICU. The next Monday we found out from the doctor that my father in law wont make it because his body starting to shutting down. They suggest to my husband family to have a meeting and make decicions either keep my father in law with life support or just let him go with the LORD naturally.

Wednesday, is the hardest day for my husband and all the families. They made decision to let my father in law be comfortable as much as possible. It is really hard for all of us to see him like that. Through all of this God teach us something, we all getting closer to HIM and knowing that he is in charge in every situation. Give all of us time to realize that he is no longer will be with us that way we all have peace to him go.

One thing for sure, we all know where my father-in-love go, he will spend eternity with his Savior Jesus. There is no more sorrow and pain over there ( Revelation 21 : 4 ) "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away "

As for now, he is still in a hospice care, just a matter of time he will enter his eternal house and celebrate it with Jesus !!!

 

 

 

Boxwood Valentine Wreath From Christmas Wreath

This wreath is made out from boxwood leaves for Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas  is over and I already took out and boxed away all the decorations. I noticed this boxwood wreath still in a good conditionall the leaves are still green, so I decided just use it as a Valentine Wreath so I just twist it into a heart shape.

 

 

 

Not so bad after all and the best thing did not cost me anything !!!

 

 

Gratitude

Christmas just passed, some of us recieved gift from  friends, families or even from our boss. My husband and I don't unwrapping gift on Christmas morning and surprise each other. You will see some gift under the Christmas tree, those are for some friends or families of ours.

Our Christmas gift to each other is, we go shopping set a budget and buy something that we like and ask each other opinion about it. When we like it then we bought it, I know we are weird or different in my language. Those probably will change when we have kids.

Speaking of gift, we are anxious to unwrap those gift. Some of us happy when we see what inside that wrapping paper or some of us just doesn't care because not something we like or expecting.

Regardless, either we like the gift or not. Have we ever go back to the person who gave those gift to thank them for the effort they make, or at least they have been thinking about us.

My husband and I receipt this really thoughtful gift from an eldery woman in our church. The gift is very simple yet so touching and really sweet. Gift is not always about the price or something that we want, but the thoughtfull behind the gift sometime is priceless.

As I think about this and ponder in my heart, I feel quilty because sometime I do forget to say thank you to the people who been a blessing to me. Either that blessings in a gift, material, or moral support.

Have you say thank you to someone that bless your life??

Most of all I want to say thank God that He gave us His only son Jesus to saved my soul which I dont deserves at all.

Orchid vs Hope

Happy New Year everyone...Hope your 2013 full of bless and exciting things ahead !! I have no resolutin and never had one :) I just want to achieve some goals in 2013 hopefully I can reach that goals:
1. Read the whole bible
2. Read a couple of books

Back to my title, back in May 2012 my lovely husband bought 2 pots orchids for my birthday. He is so nice and thoughtful on every special occasion in our life. One of them, buy me a beautiful flowers, as you my frugality ticking and tell him I love flowers but please just get something from grocery store flower cheaper and yet beautiful.

So, here he went bought me a beautiful orchids one of my favorit flower since I came from tropical island. They are so beautiful.

 

Here they are back in May

 

After about more than a month with its glory of blooming the flower fallen and I kept the stem. My husband thought that is about it and through away. I said, " I will keep it and water them and see if they will bloom again" which  I know they will if you take good care of them.

 

The last time I saw the flowers was back in late June. Since then I water them with ice cube every week. Sometime I dont have patience and kept asking when they will bloom again.

 

One thing that I learn from my orchid and God's remind me is HOPE...I just do what I suppose to do watering, make sure have expose to the sun and keep waiting and belief one day will produce flowers that Im hoping.

 

According to wikipedia here  Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Despair is the opposite of hope.^[1] Hope is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look[ing] forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence" or "feel[ing] that something desired may happen".^[2] Other definitions are "to cherish a desire with anticipation"; "to desire with expectation of obtainment"; or "to expect with confidence". In the English language the word can be used as either a noun or a verb, although hope as a concept has a similar meaning in either use.

 

^{Finally, after almost about  6 months I saw a bloom come out from the stem and I am so happy. My hope for the orchid to bloom finally become reality :)}

 

Here they are now my beautiful orchid blooming and  say hi to me every morning !

 

 

 

 

 

 



Memories and Blessings in 2012

It has been a great blessing for my husband and I in 2012. The second year of living down in South after more than 10 years for me and 3 years for my husband live in NYC Queens.

2012 has teach us a lot of things faith, love, patient and hope for the future.

A couple things I want to share that happened in 2012 :

1. Start doing a little ministry in our new church volunteer in Nursery Department.

2. Moving from one apartment to another apartment.

3. A couple of project and sell it on craiglist ( Praise God all SOLD )

 

 

 

 

 

4. Our 4th Anniversary we went around Charlottville, Va

 

 

 

 

 

Our nice Anniversary dinner at home

 

Still in our prayer and hoping in 2013 God will bless us with the baby.

 

Jeremiah 29:11"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

 

Have a wonderful and blessing New Year everyone, May God Bless all of us in 2013 with wisdom and strength from Him alone.



 



Our Precious Time

This morning, as usual I woke up and have my devotion and quite time with the Lord.

After that, I have my coffee and checked facebook and email. Also, checked some of the blogs from the couponing to decorating blogs.
Put some stuff on ebay try to earn some money online. And do some house stuff, cleaning etc.

Not long after I had my lunch, I checked facebook again and so shocked to see some of friends status there is a shooting in Connecticut. The shooting happened in Elementary shool and killed about 27 people, 20 kids and 7 adult.
My eyes was teary when I put on the TV and see the news.
I still can not believe what I have heard but is true. My heart goes to those victims family and pray for them. May God give them comfort and peace.

I dont really know how to put in word but remember that God is in control and remind us He is Almighty. Most of the time we dont know why has to be all those little children, they dont know anything they are so inocent ??? Why and why...we will always have that question and most of the time we cant answer it only GOD knows the answer.

We never know when is our time will ending in this world. Our time is so precious use it wisely.
 I, myself really need this one I need more wisdom how to spend my time.
Again, my prayer and heart goes to all those victims in Newton Elementary School, CT.

MOM

It has been 10 years since you left this world and you are always in my heart. It was a cold morning on December 12, 2002, when I received the news that you departed from this world. I felt the world crumbling and falling apart. I keep telling myself that this is not true because we already lost Dad and now we lost our Mom ..? God, are you joking..? this cannot be true...there is some mistake here. Mom had been in the hospital for 12 days in a coma. The doctor said, there is nothing they can do to help her... not even if they did surgery.

I was here in the States for 2 years, since I heard you had a stroke and were in the hospital. Part of me just wanted to fly back to see you on the other side of the world, just to be there with you. Part of me said "you have to stay here because if something happens to Mom your brothers need you to support them financially". So, I decided to stay in the States because if I go back, there is only a 50/50 chance for me to come back because of my visa. I didn't want to take that chance. Don't ask me how hard it was, but sometimes in this life we are facing 2 choices that are really hard.

I kept praying and asking GOD "please help my Mom and give her more time in this world because we still need her". Once again, God said His will is not my will. His ways is not my ways.

There are a lot things that have happened in this past 10 years... "Mom, I wish you were here"...to see and be part of those stories but I know you are in a better place now with Jesus. I love you Mom and always will.

Mom you will always be part of me. You are the best mom. I wish God gave you more time, but I know you are happy with Jesus.... until we meet again MoM  !

 

 

Psalms 77:2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand