Fourteen Days

I left Manila for BC on March 2, and returned to Manila - supposedly for a "brief" period for my brother's and best friend's birthday - exactly two weeks later, on March 16. Those two weeks up there felt like two months of restoration, relaxation, and rejuvenation...I had many, many hours of quiet to myself, to think, to write, to create, to begin my art again, to reconnect. Some friends came to visit me, and I reveled in their company, for the hours together seemed to go by in peaceful slow-motion. And I made some friends up there as well, spending equally fruitful hours with them, getting to know what kind of person thrives in the mountains I love.

I return to BC, God-willing, on March 30. Exactly two weeks, or 14 days, after I'd first come down. I was held back by family and foundational concerns and the lethargic heat of this city that tends to lull you into some kind of stupor...but at the same time those days sped by so very quickly that I don't really know what I wasted my hours on. But I am grateful that while I was down here I managed to work on my relationships - really unintentional, but all turned out well - and spend time with many people I really care about, and needed to reconnect with. At the same time, God has given me new relationships that I consider to be blessings, especially at this time when He has made me realize the value of the people He has sent into my life. I think BC does that - it makes us realize what things and people we truly consider important in our lives, to appreciate and value them, and nurture them, even more. And I do.

See you in less than 14 days. :-)