[Week 25] You don’t have to knock. The door is always open.

The door of the church is a little heavy but it closes so quietly.

I have been entering this door for four years now.

I am looking forward for some more.

 

[Week 24] No rush.

The past week went like a blur that I was not able to post my Week 24. Here goes:

Have you ever tried sitting still in the city, watching all the people move around you? It seems that everybody is in a rush doing their own business.

In reality, no matter how much we hurry, no matter how much we rush, no matter how fast we go, there’s always someone in control of what or when we get the things we want. So might as well enjoy each moment, take time to stop and smell the roses. No rush.

[Week 23] The bus rides to church.

All my 5 years in the U.S., I have always been a commuter, traveling from one place to another using public transportation. It is hard to wait for a ride when there’s storm, snow storm, when it’s too hot, or when it’s too cold. For a church-goer like me, it was specifically hard waiting for the bus just to hear the one-hour mass. But we do it. Sometimes, good Samaritan would offer us a ride and for those times we were thankful.

In 2013, we were blessed to get a car (for free). Oh, how we felt the difference of getting to church easily. No more numbing feet while waiting for the bus when it’s below zero outside or no more shoes drenched in water when it’s raining. We were grateful. Relieved. Although the car is old, it is serving its purpose bringing us from point A to point B conveniently. We do still take the bus and trains to work (in Manhattan) but Sunday is different because of the bus schedule.

Last Sunday, after a year of not taking the bus to church, we had to take the bus again. Again, oh, how we felt the difference. It was a good feeling having to feel the way we felt in those years that we were taking the bus to church every Sunday. It’s always good to look back, I say, and remember how it was to have a hard time then and realize how lucky we are to have easier commutes now even just on Sundays.

This Sunday, Sky, the car, is serving another master again but one of the doctors at the animal hospital that we work in would drop us off to church then we would just have to take the bus home.

It’s almost summer and the weather is good. With or without a car to drive, this kind of day is better.

 

Have a blessed weekend, everyone!

 

 

[Week 22] Grand Central Station and Connecticut.

 

It’s been a long time since the last time I took the train from Grand Central Station to Connecticut. I love taking the train. I had to work on Saturday while everyone else are setting up their grills at their home’s backyard, enjoying some barbecue of some sort. Well, I am grateful for longer and warmer days. I was able to catch up with the family in Norwalk. We had s’mores, too. And of course Videoke when the mosquitoes started biting us.