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Dy,

Come home soon...

My

Just a few more months left...we're coming home for good! Baguio or bust!

Dy,

It's been a long, hard route that we have traversed together. I deeply appreciate your being there for me in every arduous step of the way. I thank you for genuinely accepting me for who I really am - bruised, scarred, purging bouts of insanity, and all. Thank you for waiting for me these three long years. You have been so patient. Now that I am free from the chains that bound me, I give myself only to you, to God, and to my family. I don't care if it will take us another year before we are finally together in His name. What matters most is that I believe that there are still good men and that one of them truly loves me.

A

Life,

You scare the s-h-_t out of me, you with your curveballs.

Thanks for making me realize I wasn't ever meant for the corporate world, only after 12 years working in it. I ask myself if I am ready to go back to a simple, quiet life, and my answer is "yes". I ask myself again if I am really ready, and I hear a "no". Why is that?

It is because you scare the s-h-_t out of me, you with your curveballs.

Now my shrink says that I should live in the now and let go of my past, and not worry too much about the future. That I will do. I must do.

But still, you scare the s-h-_t out of me, you with your curveballs.

Ms. A

Miracle number one is about to commence on Monday. I wonder when miracle number two will unfold.

Another yearly exodus has begun...obligasyon!

'Hate spam text! It always comes in when you're waiting for a very important message.

Dy,

I thank the Almighty for having you come into my life. It's been more than 3 years since we first met, in unfavorable circumstances. We were both lost, and found our way to each other.

I came into this relationship already broken, not being able to trust, and paranoid, and it's ironic that I'm expressing my feelings for you in a place that has contributed to my brokenness. I find comfort, however, in the fact that your trust in me is untarnished, and unwavering. I only wish I could do the same for you, simply because I still have trouble understanding that there are still, good, faithful, and loyal men in the world.

As I continue with the healing process, I want you to know that I am praying to God to extend your patience and love for someone like me. I also pray to him that I may learn how to love myself purely and in His ways. I pray that together, we overcome these trying times, and that we may fulfill our duties to our families and to each other. I pray for peace of mind and everyday kindness.

I pray so hard, every single day.

My

Somewhere in the Middle - Dishwalla

I can always post and be felt in MTC without any monkey business or hanky-panky in mind.

At a bar in QC about 3 years ago? The memory's fuzzy now.

I just realized that I complain about being busy too much. I should be thankful, because right now, it's much harder to focus and keep my mind quiet when I've got nothing to do but just wait.

How things can be different yet stay the same...

Dear Teach,

Two years have flown by so quickly, and it has been two years of true love. I may not be the easiest person to live with, but your never-ending patience and persistence has changed me in so many ways.

I am praying for our trip to push through. You really deserve it, dear. This will be another life-changing experience that we will go through together and with our best friends.

Our baby awaits its birth. Soon...

My

You gotta laugh at how some things (or people) never change. It's called "finding humor in what is pathetic".

Dear K,

You really are my best friend. It was great talking to you yesterday. It's been awhile since I've been able to be myself and be in the presence of someone aside from my family and my partner, whom I can be comfortable with being my good old self.

We're lucky to have found the men in our lives right now. And you're right, they are our rewards in as much as they are our pieces of redemption from a not-so-perfect past.

As I have began to purge unnecessary people and circumstances in my life, I will never forget what we learned from Fr. E back in college: "Today is the beginning of the rest of my life." Thanks for pointing out that the day Teach and I fell in love was the beginning of the rest of my life.

I wish you lasting happiness, dear friend. I will never purge you from my life.

A

It hasn't even been 24 hours and I'm beginning to think about how I'm going to survive until Sunday.

Dear Teach,

I know that there's been so much going on around us lately. There's me being busy at work, out of the country, and back and forth. There's your brother's passing away, and the hustle and bustle of the wake and family members arriving and leaving. That's a lot for us to take. And yet, these things have brought our relationship to a whole new level. I am praying that we can stay strong, faithful, and loving to each other until it is our time to finally rest. I love you, dear. You're one of the strongest men I've ever met. Hang in there.

A

Baltimore, the Big Apple, and then Chicago! Every week I'll be shufflin'!

How could I, despite knowing something so obvious, still insist on being there?

To the One who has Brought me Back to Life,

You do not do

What others seem to do

wrong...

intentionally wrong.

You do not see

What others seem to see

in me...

ugly, in, outside of, around me.

You forget.

You fall with me.

You walk, run, jump with me.

You do not do

what others do.

You are not who they are.

You are not what they are.

You do what you need to do

because you love

purely, deeply, passionately.

A

Dear Teach,

Thank you for sharing your secret with me. I will pass it on to as many people as I can. You are love.

Your Student

Shhh, dear...I won't let any mad man take me away from you. It was just a dream...

Dear Teach,

I never really thought it would turn out this way. I am so blessed.

Despite the hard work that needs to get done, the money that we need to save up for, I can clearly say that even if we haven't really taken the real, first step yet, it will all be worth it, in the end. I can't wait for us to be finally together, without any fear.

You are indeed my answered prayer.

Your wife....

Bored....tired.