WOMAN

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said, "When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,

yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

MULI by DINGDONG AVANZADO

Ave Maria

     This is one of the most beautiful renditions of the most beautiful song that i have ever heard.

IN MEMORIAM: MAY YOU REST IN PEACE

for my parents who have given me life,
nurtured me to become me,
given me the knowledge that i have,
defined what life is all about
who endured the pains, trial, challenges
for my own sake.

for a dear sister whom i adore
who shared unselfishly herself
for my sake,
who has taken care of me when i am still a babe
who had spent her life gloriously.

for the most important persons in my life
who knew me since my existence
MAY YOU REST IN HIS PEACE.
AMEN.

For Tatay, Nanay and Ate
Eternal Rest grant unto your Souls

And let His Perpetual Light
shines upon you...

May you all rest in Peace. Amen.

May your souls
and all the souls in Purgatory rest in His Peace.
AMEN.