the girl with the kaleidoscope heart

Ever since the 6.9 earthquake and the series of aftershocks (that went on for 2 days and caused sooo much panic) hit Cebu, I’ve been 100 times more grateful to wake up in the morning. :))

What made me realize this? Monday evening, when we could still feel aftershocks, our household help was sleeping near the foyer. We heard a loud crash and we hurriedly went outside our rooms to find out what it was. We saw that one of the picture frames hanging on the wall had fallen and the glass crashed into pieces all over the place. We watched as our yaya (always been the deep sleeper) continued sleeping with big shards of glass around her. We woke her up and helped her throw the broken pieces of glass. It was kinda funny but I realized that she easily could have been pierced by a piece of glass while she was asleep. I thought, hey anything CAN happen while we’re asleep. 

I’m grateful that the Lord protected Cebu while we’re all asleep and vulnerable in our beds that night. I know it sounds cliche-ish.. How easily we could’ve (God forbid) died in our sleep last night, but our loving Father gives us THIS DAY to start fresh. I admit, I used to wake up every morning thinking about not wanting to be late for school, what to wear (if it’s a wash day haha), the plates that needed to be finished, and 1 million other things. I forget to appreciate first the blessing of simply being awake. But since the earthquake(s), automatically the first thing that pops in my head is this, “Good morning Lord, salamat sa pagpukaw.”

(Good morning Lord, thanks for waking me up)