marriage

Caught In Between a Rock & a Hard Place?…. Lean on The Rock

May 7, 2013 / Filed Under: marriage, Marriage Mondays, mommy thoughts

There isn’t a single outing or microvacation that I didn’t feel guilty about. I guess that’s one of the things I signed up for when I allowed my husband to go away and work overseas.

Since he is away, he isn’t be able to go with us on outings/swimmings/ malling 90% of the time. And that sets off most of the guilt.

And with a sister who just has to see every infinity pool the world has to offer and me her eternal companion, I find myself feeling like I’m caught in between a rock and a hard place…

It’s not an easy feeling. It gives me a nagging feeling that I’m enjoying myself while my husband works his days in foreign soil — except I’m NOT… because my family is incomplete. I’m sad my husband is away. He is sad because he is away. I hate driving longer than 30 minutes… I find the list going on and on and the negative feeling kept on piling up –guilt, sadness, anger.

But I couldn’t possibly let that eat me.

I’ve read somewhere that “If you find yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place…lean on the rock”

During times like these — because I’ve had many, I struggled looking for a rock to lean on.

So what to do during times like this?

I make my Gratitude List and say Thank you.

This is the rock that I lean on —

I am grateful for my husband who does everything he can for us.

I am grateful for my sister who takes time to plan out these microvacations.

I am grateful that I am being challenged with situations like this because it makes me grow.

My peanutbutter♥

December 5, 2012 / Filed Under: love, marriage, peanutbutter♥

I believe I haven’t done a single post that is all about my hubby– the one I call peanutbutter♥ across all my blogs. I’ve written letters to him, I’ve cooked for him and I may have included him in some of my post. He has a portion at The Peach Kitchen but I believe that’s it. Well, that’s because he is actually a very private person and he doesn’t want being published too much.

Being with me, the blogger wife, he just got used to it along the way.

I downloaded the photo above from facebook. No, the car isn’t his. I think it just look so cool he decided he wants to have his picture taken with it.

It’s 108 days to date before he goes home for a vacation and I miss this guy terribly.

God is just so good and is continuously showering our family with so much blessings.

Just today, my peanutbutter♥ told me that he passed his interview for a higher position at work. He passed the exam a few weeks ago. Knowing my hubby, he really didn’t want to go for these kinds of things. I don’t know why but with enough coaxing to give it a try, he did. I know him enough that I believe he can get in.

And he did. Too bad I wasn’t there to celebrate with him. Ykaie was very happy when I told her because we pray about it every night

I’m a happy and a proud wife….

Call Me Mrs.~ a post recovered from an old blog

May 22, 2011 / Filed Under: love, marriage

I deleted my friendster account five or six months ago. Everything was deleted with it, of course–my photos, my blog, my info. Then I remembered this post that I wrote on my old blog the day after peanutbutter♥ and I got married. I thought I wouldn’t be able to recover this anymore but I just did this morning.

I wouldn’t have remembered everything that I said verbatim. But now I do.

This is my old blog URL: http://peachkisses.blog.friendster.com. Some of my other posts were already deleted and this post remained for me to find….

May 27, 2007 by peachkisses

I just signed the rest of my life away…..

I hope the shock never wears off so we’ll always remember how we brought our lives together. I hope that through ours and everyone else’s prayers, we grow old and happy together. I remember how our faces were all serious during the first part of the ceremony.

I remember how we couldn’t keep from smiling at the latter part, and even giggling at a certain point, during the ceremony. I haven’t seen the video yet, but I assume that I looked like I was about to burst out laughing anytime.

It was a very simple ceremony, with our parents and siblings and half of my clan. It was done at our house. I wore a white dress with some blue & dark blue design which me & my sister bought only that morning. I wore it with denims. He wore a dark blue shirt with some white so we would match what each other was wearing. We had dinner at our small garden. And then we’re off to a hotel later. (to make babies!)

I did have the jitters,maybe three days before the wedding. I was up very late everyday. I’m not thinking about whether I made the right choice because I know I did.I’m a little scared,though. A lot of questions are running on my mind.

Well, my answers were still the same. There are no guarantees. Who we are now probably won’t be who we are tomorrow. We won’t always be happy. We will fight and argue about a lot of things.But if I don’t marry him, I know I’ll regret not trying to make it work with him because he has completed my life in a lot of ways. I know I would always want to share life’s little & BIG adventures with him.

So I did it. He has convinced me to swear and sign my name.

It doesn’t really feel very different. What’s most noticeable is the ring on my finger. Other than that I just really need to get used to fact that my name has changed.

So starting today, call me Mrs. Adarne

Four more days and it’s exactly four years ago when I wrote this and I felt this way…..