praise You Lord. perze called me early this afternoon bringing great great great news. they extended his visa until January of 2005. this is such a miracle because his working visa is really only active until this may 2004. there was no way of extending it because it had already reached it maximum time. for many many months now, we’d get somewhat despondent because of our situation, knowing how hard it is going to be if he leaves, just because of the visa situation, wondering if he’d be allowed to come back to the US, which is our expected date to marry. a year ago, we had decided to pray for three specific things. 1. for me to get into a school a. God exceeded this request by allowing my acceptance into a university, plus giving me maximum credit transfers…90 cr. which only needed 36 more credits to graduate. 2. for my parents, in marriage a. God answered this next. Feb. 14, perze proposed to me and i had accepted. God went beyond our expectation when Perze confronted my parents with such honesty that he loved me and wanted to marry me. They were a little bit emotional about the […]

I had a brush with Jealousy today. She probably noticed that I was a bit dazed with what is going on in my life recently. So she stayed a while and decided to have a chat. We talked about “things”. As the conversation progressed, she tried to convince me of not waiting for things to just pan out the way God wanted them to be. She showed me the glitter of what I’d have once I succumb to her wiles. For a bit there, I must admit that I paused and thought about the short term external effects if I indeed go with her. In the middle of all that pausing and thinking, Contentment dropped by to check up on me. I tell you Contentment has been my on and off friend. In as much I would have wanted to remain and even promised to always keep in touch, Jealousy has been the huge distracting factor. What can I say, Jealousy for some reason is more appealing when compared to Contentment. She always has more things to show than what Contentment has to offer. The three of us had a fairly interesting conversation. Listening to the both of them ague […]

I bought new shoes today. A pair of Giorgio Brutini’s. It’s been quite a while since I bought my last pair of black “work” shoes. As a matter of fact, I still remember that particular day, and every little detail that happened on that day. If my old pair could talk, it would have told me how, in the span of 486 days, my whole life turned around. It would have remembered that on day 24, both our worlds stood still. At least mine did. That was the day when she told me that she loved me. The shoes probably didn’t feel needed at that point because the shoes knew that I was floating. Yes, he would have remembered that day. He would have laughed at my antics on days 55, 86 and 114. Trying so hard to be romantic and at the same time trying so hard not to be noticed that I was trying to be romantic. Today is the 486th day and my old pair has to retire. He served me well. A new season is about to begin. Today is coincidentally the 17th chicken day. This day also celebrates the 1096th day of which I have […]