Friday, May 26, 2006
Coming Home
Greetings from South Hadley! Ten years to this date I graduated from Mount Holyoke College in this lovely town in western Massachusetts. It's great to be back, to see old friends and walk familiar paths of times past. My journey here in the United States started in this place. I can't help but to shed a tear or two as I reminisce where I have been and look forward to where I am going, excited about all the promises of the future that still lie ahead. I was sixteen when Mount Holyoke gave me a life-changing scholarship. From a small town in the Philippines, I was given the chance to cross the seas to a new world. I look to and draw upon that 16-year old self whenever the going gets tough, whenever the future seems so uncertain. I remember how I was back then, so certain that I will get to wherever I want to go, certain that the path I am taking is the path that God wants me to walk on. They say that to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been truly blessed with so much. I think I am ready to give as much as I can now. Maybe this is what growing up is all about. I can feel within me that I am ready to be transformed to be a nurturer after years of being nurtured. I am ready to share and live my faith unapologetically. I am ready to strive for what is best for all concerned. I may not have the answer to the problems of this world but I surely want to be of help to you as our paths cross. I know it's hard to reach this ideal self but I just want to say for the record that I am trying :).
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hey mhy, i emailed you my contact info but my email bounced... sorry about that. thanks for stopping by my blog.
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