My Favorite Holiday of the Year (LOH #159)
HOLIDAYS are everybody's favorite for this is the time we can spend extra moments with our family. This is the time we can bond with them and create good memories.
MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY?
Here in the Philippines, we celebrate a lot of holidays like Independence Day, Teachers' Day, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and more.
Among the holidays, my favorite is the Christmas Holiday. Not because it is the longest holiday celebrated here in the Philippines but because it is the holiday when I had the best memories of my late Tatay( an endearment for my father).
Meet My late Tatay😇
Back then we used to decorate our DIY Christmas Tree every first day of September. Tatay used to select the best Jackfruit Tree to cut for our Christmas Tree. We decorated our humble home with Christmas lights and decorations together.
For the whole "ber" months, we used to sing Christmas songs every night before we went to sleep with him playing the guitar as our accompaniment. Every Christmas Eve the whole family dances together happily while waiting for the clock to strike at midnight, and I am his favorite partner. Among the family members, we spend more time on the dance floor together dancing to the tune of cha-cha-cha.
THE TRAGIC NEWS
In
December of 2005, Tatay was diagnosed with stage four liver cirrhosis and was told by the doctor that he only had three months to live. The family was shocked and a bit lost because we were so dependent on him in terms of the food we eat every day because he used to cook for the family.
THE BELIEF
The Nine Mornings (Simbang Gabi) is a well-known Filipino Tradition wherein parishioners must complete all the nine days of the nine morning for his or her wish to be granted.
Though I know about this belief, but I never tried to wish for one. My 2005 nine mornings were different because I had a wish, and never missed to mention every day of the nine mornings. My wish? Is to grant my Tatay a little longer life, enough for us to accept that he will depart from us without coming back.
IS THE WISH GRANTED?
YES! God grants us more than enough time to accept Tatay's fate. We were able to celebrate two Christmases happily before He departed from us.
The doctor said it was a rare case, to survive in that long period for his diagnosis, but for us, it was a miracle granted by the Christmas Season. A time when we can remember our Tatay at his happiest.
Helen Keller
Thank you so much Ladies of Hive for this opportunity. God bless us all.
Hola! I am deeply symphatize with your feelings, I've lost my tatay also last 2006 so sad.
Yes ma'am @simplybil, it's so sad to lose someone dear to us, and that is why I choose to remember the happy moments to lessen the sadness.
Thank you for your time.🙋
Christmas is my favorite but it'll be different for us this year.. My father passed away just recently.. It'll be the first Christmas without him. 🥲
Sad to hear, I knew the feeling. Just hold on to happy memories, surely you all get through it.
God bless.
Thank you for sharing the good memories of your father ma'am @nanayko. Enjoy the moment and keep safe.
Yes, Thank you so much.🥰
I strongly believe in the power of prayers and I am a firm believer of completing the nine mornings at Misa De Gallo or Simbang Gabi during Christmas. All my prayers and wishes are indeed granted. How amazing that prayers really work!☺︎♡
Yes, prayers with faith do work 🙏🥰 thank you for your precious time.
That's why it's more fun here in the Philippines because during Christmas the people are enjoying so much with their simple food on their table and listening to kids who do caroling. They even enjoy designing their Christmas tree in a creative way together with their family.
Yes, mag kuyog nya tag panaygon😅 @annetimistic
Hahahaha wa cguro tay madala kay mag yagaw ta
Hahhaha! Mo sayaw man ko😅
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you so much!
Christmas is the season of giving. I also love to celeberate this day because people are enjoying caroling and sharing their blessings with one another.
Yes, it is the happiest season. Thank you for your time🥰
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Thank you!
Indeed Good works miracles and I am glad it came during the Christmas season, a period when the best miracle of all took place. The saviour's birth.
May your dad keep on resting in eternal glory
True, thank you so much.
You're welcome
Any extra time is a blessing, my best friend and roommate lost her battle against cancer just this September, I hoped she would make it for one last Christmas but it was not meant to be, so this Christmas will be without her.
Thanks for sharing @nanayko
Sad to note and I can only wish for your best friend to rest in peace.
Thank you for dropping by.
Oh,I'm sorry for your lost @nanayko😢I lost also my loving father but life must go on.Memories with them still fresh although several years passed.I know their souls now rested in the Kingdom of God🙏🙏🙏Good luck @nanayko for your entry🙂
Indeed life must go on. Thank you ma'am @lovinglymers sa support.
Christmas is my favorite holiday to for so many reasons. But I understand why it is yours, what a miracle to be able to share 2 christmas holidays together with your Tatay ❤️ he looks so kind.
It is hard to loose our love ones so to get extra time together is a true blessing. Happy you could experience that and I am sure he smiles down on you from heaven.
Thank you for sharing and have a wonderful weekend. Cheers 🌹
Truly a blessing, thank you so much for the kind words. I hope he do smiles on us from heaven.
Happy weekend❤️
Its so nice to hear about your Tatay. Miracles definitely happen when prayers get strong..
True, thank you so much.