Christmas away from Home

"Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carreid in one's heart." 

Freya Stark

"The best of all gifts around Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." Burton Hillis

This is my third time to spend Christmas overseas and first time in Dubai. I miss my loved-ones including my Parents, Grandma, our relatives, and my close friends in Philippines especially on this holiday season. I can’t stop my tears flowing down my cheeks as I tap my keyboard and memories keep flashing back. There’s no place like home, as what others mostly said.  Christmas in Dubai is far behind as what we Filipinos usually celebrate in our own country.  I miss the food on our dinner table, the Videoke, the noise, the laughter, the Simbang Gabi in Philippines.

The distance doesn't mean to be sad this holiday.  It’s time to be jolly and thank God every blessing I received for this whole year.  Work doesn't hinder me to attend Tagalog Mass or our Simbang Gabi.  I really prayed for it. I am very grateful, even though how busy my schedule was, I still manage to attend the said Holy Mass for nine evenings.

As 2013 near to our doorstep, let’s hope and pray for the betterment. Every resolution during New Year we tend to promise to ourselves, let’s just keep and look forward to those changes.