Fran & Flo Family

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I'm back. Kudkud na saaaab 😂

Day 1
📍 Tarsier Sanctuary
📍 Manmade Forest
📍 Sikatuna Mirror of the World

Day 2

📍 Panglao Beach

Day 3

📍 Chocolate Hills

Blessed to have experienced and witness these beauty.

I've always wanted to experience the buffet lunch at the Loboc River Cruise but it might not be ideal due to the headcount. So might as well skip it. Dolphin watching and island hopping isn't ideal with our time frame either. What else did we miss to experience in Bohol?

Nevertheless, it was a very great and memorable time we had here. Thank You Lord! 🙏

Mao jud ni akong plano buhaton ay. Kay di man ko mapugos ug save for travel expenses kung wala koy klarong destination daan. Sige rakog kaon. Gasto gasto gasto. Mao mag book na ko puhon ug plane ticket na dugay pa ang travel date. In God's will and time ✨✨✨

Hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

EARTHQUAKE CAN'T BE PREDETERMINED WHEN IT WILL OCCUR, MUCH MORE ITS MAGNITUDE. WHAT WE CAN ONLY DO IS TO PREPARE HARD FOR THE WORST, AND PRAY HARDER FOR THE SITUATION TO GET BETTER. STOP SPREADING FAKE NEWS.

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Last week, I worked 12 days straight as per schedule I made myself — an overtime work which is, as of this writing, still unsure to be compensated.

It was easy the first week. The weekend, even with the increasing volume of admission and discharges, was tolerable because the clients were somewhat understanding.

Come the second week — my body started to feel tired but I had a good laugh at a one day seminar, had to get through a day solo in the office despite my badly aching head which occasionally blurs my vision, my mother was admitted in the hospital, my youngest son got sick. My emotions were already all over the place, my back was already in pain, but I had to get through the 12 days because... just because.

BUT I WAS ALREADY ON MY BEAST MODE AND REKLAMADOR ERA.

So God, being the only one who knows what we're going through without even telling anyone, sends someone to just make me get through the week with a lesson and a realization I will forever bring with me.

There was a day when I met a mother of three. Her husband was about to be discharged and I interviewed her. We were halfway through the intake sheet when I realized that she has three children. One of them just recently graduated college and the two are also college students. So there was a time when all three of their children were in college and their only source of income was... their rice field.

So I, amazed, told her, "Sana all, nay, naay kayutaan. Ako ani unsa kaha akong hitsura pag mag college na akong anak. Duha raba jud pud ang magdungan."

She said,"Kaya ra na nimo ma'am, naa man kay trabaho."

I shook my head because I am being stubborn and I am already on the verge of giving up because I just want to be a full-time stay at home mom.

"Dili gihapon nay oy, nauna na jud nako ug gasto akong sweldo. Inig abot, igo nalang ipamayad ug utang. Elementary pa gani akong mga anak, nagkautang-utang na ko. Mag unsa nalang ko ani inig mag college na sila. Amazing kaayo mo, nay. Kaya ra man diay. Kalami na jud nuon moundang trabaho."

She smiled,"Nagkautang-utang pud baya gihapon mi ma'am. Hantod karon sige pa mi pangutang kay ang nigraduate, wala pa man nakatrabaho."

"Pero at least nakapahuman na mo. Naay future sa pag panguma jud diay. Maypa mo. Ingana sab tana ko oy. At least wala pa jud magbuot saimo kanus-a ka mag trabaho, wala kay kaulitan nga kauban na mag tinapulan, wala kay—"

"Pero inyoha ma'am, wala may failure." she cut me off, "Inig quincina katapusan, muabot man gyod inyong sweldo. Kami ug failure, wala na gyod. Walay mutapal."

Nahilom ko.

Nahilom ang reklamador self nako.

I laughed awkwardly and just said, "Bitaw pud nay noh. Iyahay jud diay ta ug struggles, iyahay sab ta ug way of survival. Pero proud kaayo ko nay, naa na mo'y isa napalampos sa college."

Ni-smile ra sya,"Naningkamot man gyod sab akong mga anak ma'am kay nakita man nila amoang kapait. Akoa sila giingnan nga kung dili mo gusto ing-ani ang kahimtang ninyo sa ugma, paningkamot gyod mo. Bahala'g dili na para saamo nga ginikanan, para nalang sailang kaugmaon."

Kahilakon napud ko.

Mao to, gipauli na nako sila nanay oy kay dugay na kaayo nako gichika.

My interaction with her was an eye-opener. I mean, at the end of the day, I became very thankful for my job because in spite of the small corners of our office, my job makes me see the reality of the struggles of real people in the real world I am in; that the world doesn't simply revolve around my struggles, that we should not invalidate each of our struggles because we are surviving in our own ways, that we should appreciate what we have, and that beyond the four corners of our office — there are lives I could change or could change mine.

THANK YOU LORD! 💗

Thank you also to my workmates who helped me get through the 12-day-work week easily. Love you guys!!!

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11.03.2023
Happy eighth month old, love! 💖

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Fathers have unique access to their children's hearts. Their tender love and intentional leadership can build confidence and instill character like nothing else. On the other hand, harsh words and emotional distance can devastate even the most resilient kids.

Men...husbands...fathers, the most immediate and potentially impactful way you can love your children is by loving their mother well. They watch, they listen, and they feel the way you love her.

They hear how you speak about her when she's not around. They learn how you respect her by observing directly - even when you don't think they're watching. They see how you love her when she's hurting, after you've had an argument, and when you laugh together.

Husbands, love your bride with everything you've got. Give yourself up for her, sacrifice your agenda if it means serving her more selflessly.

It's not an easy job, but it's how God calls you to love your wife; and he's called YOU to the task. YOU.

Paul writes, "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish." (Ephesians 5:25-27). You are called to give yourself up for her just as Christ gave himself for you; with grace, patience, love, joy, and so much more.

Love her fiercely always,
Ryan

Ing-ani gyud pag mag sugod pa. Mao nang business is not for the faint hearted gyud. Muingon sila nga mag negosyo kay para wala kay makalakaw ra kag kanus-a nimo gusto kay wala kay amo pero, actually, dili jud. If you personally handle the operations, unya naay mga laag na kalit lang og unplanned, dili ka makauban kay masayangan na ka magsara ug pila lang kaoras or bisan isa lang kaadlaw. If you pay someone para mag manage or mag bantay saimong tindahan, it's another item in the undending list of expenses to be deducted saimong income which is mao ang ideal for some people who wants to embrace the mag negosyo para makalaag ra anytime gustohon nako and which is applicable pa lang sab sa nag boom na nga business.

Amoang bugasan sauna, we started at 10k na regalos akong parents that time. Pila lang ka-sako ang first kumpra namo. After a short period of time, it was booming already. Daghan na ug customers. Daghan na ug suki. It was easy for us because we weren't paying for rent kay sa space sa akong husband's family mi nag display. Imagine the businessmen who still has to pay for rent, and utility bills. Akong bana, who is uyab pa nako that time, manages the store kay naa pa kos Davao nagskwela ato na time. Pero naka-try pa ko'g tuyok2 sa mga tindahan sa san franz and bahbah para mangumpra. Dili lalim while you could think na kani akong gituyok-tuyok diri, I could have spend this time sleeping or going out and about. Until sa mabiya-biyaan nya kay muadto man jud sab ug Davao. We had to give it up despite its booming success and he said na nanay nalang nya ang magpadayon kay dili na nya ma-focusan. I just agreed because, the young me that time realized that having a business is rather exhausting.

Nonetheless, akong point ra jud is business is not for the faint-hearted na dali ra mag give up sama namo para walay ‘what if's’in the future parehas nako karon. Kay ‘what if’ wala mi ning surrender, supplier na siguro mi karon. Kay looking back, I regret gyod giving it up. Although as it turned out, naa jud pud diay purpose kay nagamit namo amoang income ato paras amoang kasal although gitabangan man mi both sides of the family for the wedding expenses. Pero mao to.

Stay strong, business people. Kami lang sa'y palit sa baligya ninyo. 🫶

aw nagkadayon raman sab mi, bisan nisurrender mis among bugasan nga kusog tana kaayo unya among ginansya ug puhunan nakadungag raman sab ug panggasto sa amoang kasal hahahahaha ♥️♥️♥️

NLTSGO September 2008 with highschool classmates and friends. 16 years old ko ato. First out of town without my parents. First time nako nisakay ug airplane. Sa SM Baguio ko first time nakasulod ug sinehan, unya ang gitan-aw namo na movie kay For The First Time. Ang ako ra nadumduman sa training kay ang pangalan sa among group kay KabaNoy. Kabataang Pinoy or Kabataang Abnoy. Ang tsokolate kada kaon. Kaon is life gihapon adtong panahona. Tapos ang hotel kung asa mi ga-stay kay horror vibes. Hahaha. Awww, and the rest is laag. Unya nagbitbit kog isa ka dakong bag nga strawberry jam pang pasalubong. 😂

Lami kaayo mubalik, now with family. Puhon? Puhon.

Anong kwentong BAGUIO mo? 🙂

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Celebrating my 3rd year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉