two decades

Life sucks indeed, yet sometimes the more we sulk the more we devoid ourselves the chance to see the totality of it.

For the longest time now, I have been my life’s staunchest critic. Not until last night while taking a dip to cool our roasted armpits from this country’s uberly hot climate.

I never wanted to tag along because I wanted to just study for the upcoming CPA board exams. But hey, parents are parents so I ended up studying at the resort. No I didn’t want to take the plunge really because the pressure to pass the board creeps up into my system. I didn’t mind if was looking like a geeko last night.

Pissed as she may have looked, mama approached me and said, “try mo namang mag-enjoy ngayon 23rd anniversary namin ng papa mo eh.”

Really? Is it that long already?

Twenty three years of family life. Twenty three year of love and hate; of successes and defeats; of jealousy and security; and of hunger and abundance.

Everyday I drown myself with bitter thoughts that life has never been fair to me. I was dead wrong…