It was my teammates who asked if this year’s Mother’s Day was my first.I said yes, beaming. BDW  however quickly corrected me and told me it was my second. I couldn’t believe that I’ve been a mom for two years now. It only seems like yesterday that I was in St. Luke’s crying over my son, completely overwhelmed.

My teammates gave me a huge chocolate cake with caramel sauce for mother’s day. It was awesome and I absolutely appreciated the gesture. More than anything though, I felt awkward,I’m a new mom and I feel that I have yet to earn that “title” yet. Being a mom is a role I took on without any expectations and preparation! I never realized how hard my mom really worked until I became one and now my mom absolutely adores DW and is a great lola to my kid.

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Hellooooo everybody!!! This feels good, typing in a post, hitting save draft or publish. This week has been nothing short of amazing. The blog was down for 5 days so I had to  learn a lot of stuff about restoring my database, looking for another home for manilamommy and just letting go of things that have gotten way out of hand.  Then on the weekend, BDW and I went on a sort of vacation with DW.  My family hied off to a hotel in Makati and I just realized then and there how much DW has grown *sniff* and how BDW and I are so much more in synch now. I think we’re finally acting like parents

However, everytime I think I’ve got things figured, something goes terribly awry. It’s probably His way of pushing me to do more, to see more, to hear more. And with that,I’ve taken countless leaps of faith and have forged on without any grand plan or vision of the future.  I only know that I want to live the life I have now to the fullest, without any stress and to embrace the inevitable breakdowns and failures.

When  I was on a break at work, I saw this video. Life = Risk it says. I hear ya loud and clear.

Who knew a server attack would result in me being so reflective? Haha! Not me for sure!

*I wanted to title this post with an “I’m back” sort of thing but I don’t want to jinx my blog (it’s still on recovery mode).