Not the blog, but the author.

Today is my birthday.

As always, I have 2 options. One, feel depressed because at my age, I’m still going through financial and emotional issues. Two, feel grateful for the things I’ve been blessed with, so far.

I choose the latter.

So at 28, what do I have to be thankful for?

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I was chatting with a friend earlier and we got to talk about some of the foundations of marriage.

See, she’s getting married early next year and she’s encountering some, err, challenges with her fiance.

I strongly believe that one of the most important foundations of marriage is transparency, an open communication with your partner. Of course, love and trust are on the top of the list, but those two things are already a given.

Anyway, before we started planning for our wedding, the husband and I laid down all our cards, everything about ourselves, on the table. Expectations, personal goals, priorities, family values, EVERYTHING. Doing that gave us a deeper insight of who exactly are we marrying. I love him more after that baring of our souls.

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There have been too many things in my mind lately. I wanted to write them all down here, but for some reason, I don’t know where to start.

A member of our support group had miscarriage about a month ago. She’s fine, but she’s wondering why she’s feeling “normal“. “I’m supposed to feel depressed, right?” she asked the group.

Below is part of my private message to her. I’m posting it here because I believe that what I said can be applied to everyone who have suffered loss, to those who are enduring hardships, and to those dealing with dismal episodes in their lives.

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