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9 years na kami ni Jeb noong Thursday, at first wedding anniversary na namin next Sunday. Watching this video made me cry because (well hormones, obviously but also) I am thankful to have found someone to share love with across greying hair, wrinkles, years, and memories. *singhot*
Hello, baby. :) (Photo by Pops Jeb, of course!) (I will blog more about our little blessing when it has sunk in more. For now, we are happy, and grateful, and overwhelmed with love!)
3.30 Joy: remembering Lola and praising God for renewed mercies. ❤️
Wala pa ba?
Matapos ang “Kumusta ang buhay mag-asawa?”, iyan na ang pinakamadalas na tanong ng mga tao sa amin. At hindi sweldo ang tinatanong ng mga tao ha, o announcement ng walang pasok.
BABY. Anak. Supling. Spawn. Junakis. Jeb Junior. Mini-Jojie. (Ngi. Heart attack!)
Ito ang pamasko ni Papa Larry at Mama Miriam sa amin ni Jeb. Subtle ‘di ba!
So far, ito ang mga sagot namin ni Jeb: 1. In God’s best time po. :) Ipinapanalangin naman namin. 2. Ay wala pa po. Mataba lang talaga. 3. … sino nga po kayo uli? (Biro lang. Pero nakakatawa talaga ‘yung hindi naman namin nakakausap nang madalas e ‘yun ang bungad. Ang sagot talaga namin sa mga ganoon ay…) 4. * matamis na ngiti* sabay *mabilis na lakad palayo*
We get it. We get the natural order of things, the natural progression of questions in Filipino interactions. Sunod-sunod naman talaga ang question and (awkward) answer portion: May boyfriend ka na? Kelan kayo ikakasal? (Matagal pa ba? Ang tagal na ninyo a!) Imbitado ba ako? Wala pa ba? (O tumatanda ka na.) Hindi pa ba ninyo susundan? (Malungkot ang isa, damihan ninyo.) Grumaduate na ba? Ikinasal na ba? Wala pa ba kayong apo? … hindi ka pa nakakasagot, may bago na uli.
Wala naman sa amin ang matanong, ok lang. Ang sagot naman talaga namin ni Jeb, ang totoo naman talaga, ay ipinapanalangin naming mabuti. Naniniwala kaming papangyarihin ng Diyos ang biyayang iyon sa pinakatama Niyang panahon. (Tapos may follow-up na “Pero gusto na ninyo?” kasi nga bagong pa-load, unli magtanong. E NAMAN! Nakita niyo ba kung ga’no ka-talented si Jeb? Sinong ayaw paramihin ‘yan?!)
I say "pinakatama Niyang panahon" kasi, kung payak na kakayanan at kakayahan ng tao ang pag-uusapan, ano nga ba ang tamang panahon? Nagtanong-tanong ako sa iba’t iba kong mga kaibigan (may nanay na, misis, single and looking, single and happy) at iba-iba rin naman ang sagot. “Kapag nakaipon na kayo, mahal ang may anak!” ang sabi ng isa. May sagot na biology ang basis, “Mga mid-20s ang best!” —- e 30 na ‘ko, so pa’no na?! Mayroon namang “Kung hindi pa ngayon, kailan pa? May mga bagay namang hindi mo mako-control lahat.” At ang paborito ko, ang sagot ni AteDokBeeshop Aia: OGK.
Only God knows.
Hindi naman ibig sabihin ay hindi maghahanda, o hindi pag-iisipan. Hindi biro ang magsimula ng pamilya! Mahalaga rin ang makaipon, maghanap ng mapagkakatiwalaang doktor, magbasa ng mga libro, at humingi ng payo sa mga (sabi nga nila) pabalik na habang papunta pa lang kayo. Pero bago pa maunahan ng takot o kaba o sangkatutak na pag-aalala (”Anong kakainin niya? Libro ko? Drumsticks mo?”- JPG, 2014), magtiwala muna. May mga bagay na sadyang ikinakalang sa Kanya. Tandaang paulit-ulit ang katotohanang Siya ang nagtatakda ng lahat ng pagpapala. Ang para sa inyo ay para sa inyo. Manalig.
At sabi nga ng imno: Gumawa, gumawa.
HAHA!
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Mayroon rin akong extra na mga sagot sa mga nagtatanong ng “Wala pa ba?” na minsan ay may matching haplos pa sa tiyan ko. (Whyyyyyyy? I don’t do that to yoooou. Whyyyyyyyy? Huhu.)
1. Limampu’t isa na po ang anak ko sa school, Grade 7 hanggang Grade 10. Kapag Linggo, may Rainbow Choir rin ako. Mahabag po kayo. 2. Nakita ko itong pakalat-kalat sa internet noong isang linggo:
(Ang dami-dami palang medyas ni Jeb. Mga tatlong milyong PIRASO. Pero walang PARES. Sorcery!!!)
A thankful ex-bride's ode to Pinterest
(I skipped #weddingwednesdays for a couple of weeks! Huhu. Ako ay susubok bumawi with this post.) A few years back, Mocs introduced Pinterest to me. (“Introduced” is putting it mildly. I think the exact words were “Daliiiii gawa ka tapos follow mo ‘ko. Daliiii.”) It is the blackhole-of-a-website (it can suck you in for HOURS) that allows you to create pinboards, or curated spaces, of your interests by pinning/ choosing your favorite ideas, forever safekeeping it for easy reference. Like many swiftly-transfomed Pinterest addicts, I got into the groove of pinning my favorite photos and websites of things I love: music, tv and movies, preschool lessons, recipes, Harry Potter, make-up and nail polish… you get the idea. But to hopeful romantic daydreamers like me, its most potent lure was its wedding feed.
Imagine, no more flipping through bridal magazines and jumping from one website to another! Hellooo, craycray girls! Full disclosure: I raked in pin after pin after pin waaaay before Jeb and I got engaged. My Pinterest wedding board was originally named Assumera Files. It’s not as if he didn’t know about it, I showed him pins from time to time, and he just nodded and smiled when I did (probably fighting the urge to run away from me). After he proposed, one of the first things he told me was “Pwede mo nang palitan ‘yung pangalan ng Pinterest board mo!” (Pihado ko, hintay na hintay rin siyang asarin ako no’n. Salamat ha.) And so I did: it then became Mrs. JCG for his initials. (Click to the jump if you’d like to check it out!) At that point, the board already had 400+pins. (Heeey it wasn’t that bad!) Tippy of googlygooeys, in one of our early meetings for the invitations, wisely gave me a very important wedding pinning strategy: start pruning your board as early as you can. Sure, while you’re still brainstorming, be open to different ideas. But once you’ve already decided on the key elements of your wedding, delete pins that contradict those elements, however pretty they are. The reality is, you can only have one wedding, and the more solid the idea behind it is, the more it will reflect who you are as a couple. Oh what pegs to pin, to pin? - Theme/ color palette - Styling inspiration (from attire to shoes make-up to hair-do… it’s all there!) - Venue dress-up - Music/playlists - Wedding favors/ souvenirs - Photo poses/lay-outs Of course, because they are just pegs, don’t kill yourself by copying the pins to their very last detail. Keep their big idea, yes, but still put your personal stamp on it. For example, because there was really an explosion of Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed events in 2013/2014, Jeb and I made sure that the element of music was prominent in our choices. (I also insisted in mixing the Downton Abbey touches kasi nga, MATTHEW AND MARY FOREVEEER huhuhu.) The Pinterest board also helped a lot when we were coordinating with suppliers and members of the entourage. Because all our ideas were in one place, it was easy for them to get our wedding vision. Here are just some of our many Pinterest pegs that saw the light on #jebjojieday! - Our wedding colors: coral, navy, blush, and gold - I was smitten by Jenny Packham gowns at the time, and my friend Richie Torres brought to life the prettiest thing I’ve ever worn! This dress has her (yes, she’s a girl) own story to tell, and someday soon, I will share it.
- Jeb was confident that he can rock his own version of Leo! (Siyempre kakampi ako sa kanya, asawa ko ‘yan e.)
- Coral and navy gowns for the ladies! My girls looked beautiful in their gowns too! (Ayan rin ang salarin ng pagpi-Pinterest ko: si Mother Mocs, first lady from the left!)
- Instead of cloth swags for the aisles, Jeb and I chose flowers and candles in lanterns. Our flowers were in small buckets wrapped in music pieces!
- (Shorter and sweeter) Thank you cards + place cards, also by googlygooeys! (iG photo courtesy of Kateshkyloo!)
- And finally, stringed lights lovin’. Those little glowing bulbs helped create one of my favorite photos of that day. (Again, raks on, Catilo photography!) This was during our first dance, and Jeb was singing to me because, uh, we didn’t dance well. When I look at this photo, I remember how I felt at the moment: also blazing, brightly lit up from within.
And so, thank you thank you thank you, Pinterest, for all the wedding inspiration! Together, we proved that time spent on Pinterest is time well spent! High-fiiiiiive!
Now, on to homemaking and babybump pinning, shall we?
My airplane read on the way to Hawaii last June was Neil Pasricha’s Book of Awesome. It’s a compilation of the small instances in life that give sizable joy like peeling off a new phone’s protective sticker, the smell of crayons, BACON, burrowing in fresh sheets, Saturday mornings… the list goes on and on. (Literally. The blog has 1000+ items on that list so far. Hahaha!) It was perfect for the post-wedding, happy-like-walking-in-fluffy-clouds mood that Jeb and I had at the time. One AWESOME thing in the book that I really loved was seeing the food you ordered, poised delicately on the waiter’s hand, make its way to you. Somehow, you just know that that was it. It was what you wanted, it was what you asked for, it was carefully prepared just for you… and then it’s finally yours, and you reach your peak of giddy kilig. AWESOME! —- With almost 9 years in and a few months away from celebrating our first wedding anniversary, I’m really really reaaaally incredulously amazed that Jeb is still my crush (and I think will always be). As in. As in nakakainis high-school level na kapag nakikita ko siya e parang may slow-mo effect tapos (ika nga ni Lola ‘May) halihi lang ako nang halihi. Sometimes, an “I love you” doesn’t cut it. I really have to tell Jeb that “I CRUSH YOOOOU.” ([email protected]) One of my favorite “Ay crush ko nga ‘to.” moments was way back in 2006, during EMC’s Hexagon Camp at Jabez campsite. It was right before the morning sessions: I was in my room, by the window, and I saw Jai and Jeb walk across the small grassy field towards the session hall… at sinisilip ko siya talaga. Twenty-two years old na ‘ko no’n. Sinisipat ko pa ‘yung crush ko. Berigud Ate Jojie! (Para sa ‘kin yata ‘yung camp don’t na “Don’t make the camp a boy-watching/ girl-watching venue.” Sorry na.) And I still feel the same. Kinikilig pa rin ako kapag… - nasa marami kaming tao tapos bigla ko siyang makikita. - kapag nagtata-tambol siya ng kung ano-ano: drums, kahon, manibela, kawali at kaldero dahil… - … ipinagluluto niya ako! yummy yummy there’s a party in my tummy! - iginagawa niya ako ng joke (kadalasan corny pero wag ka, wagas ang tawa ko). - kinakantahan niya ako, o… - … may ipinaparinig siya sa aking kanta at sasabihing para sa ‘kin ‘yon. (ang kasunod no’n usually e “irecord natin!” pero hindi naman namin nagagawa kasi what is so busy why are you like this adulthood?!) - bagong gupit siya. o bagong ligo. - nagmamaneho siya nang mabilis. pero maingat. haha! - tinitingnan ko ang mga pictures na kuha niya o pinapanood ang mga video na gawa niya. - nagsasalita siya habang tulog, kasi ako ang maswerteng nakakarinig. (This deserves a separate post. *self-reminder*) - itinuturo niya sa akin kung gaano kaganda ang langit, mapa-dapithapon man ‘yan na gradient blue to orange, o malaking dagat ito ng itim na maraming bituin, o tahimik na backdrop ng napakagandang buwan. - hawak niya ang kamay ko nang mahigpit kapag nananalangin…
… at marami pang iba. Araw-araw. Iba’t ibang paraan. Hindi naluluma. Ang saya! Somehow, God deemed Jeb to be it. He was what I wanted, what I prayed for, carefully prepared for me… and now he’s mine for always, and I am constantly at the peak of my kilig.
AWESOOOOME.
Originally posted on Instagram with these captions: Facetime date with my masipag na asawa who’s just coming home from a shoot. It’s all good, mag-uuwi siya ng Andoks! Woop! Happy 105th 14, love! #chickenlove #jebjojiedays // I had to, I couldn’t resist it. Jeb’s rekindled his love for Tolkien and we’ve been listening to his audiobooks before going to sleep for the past couple of weeks. (Mautak, nakahanap ng ka-relyebo sa pagkukuwento sa ‘kin sa gabi!) This for chicken. I say that’s a good trade! #jebjojiedays #TheHobbit #LOTR
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Our typical Valentine’s Day is quiet and uneventful. Early on in our friendship, Jeb and I discovered that we are not VDay people: we like the idea that most people celebrate love that day, but we don’t like how crazy the crowds and the traffic and the “my bouquet of flowers is bigger than yours” hoolabaloo can get. So we really don’t go out. But we celebrate Feb 14 for what it really is to us, another special 14th of the month. (105 months and counting!) And last Saturday, we had a FaceTime date as he was driving home and had quiet late night Baliwag chicken dinner (30 minutes pa raw kasing mag-iihaw ‘yung Andoks na nadaanan niya, e hangry na ‘ko). I also gave him a Tolkien-inspired punny card. Haha! Good times!
*Ebe singing "Bawat Daan" for our wedding's bridal march, and his well-wishes matapos kong mag-fangirl thank you nang paulit-ulit* Jeb and I always say that our wedding was a culmination of soooo many answered prayers, and THAT right there, Ebe singing for us, is a big one. That moment is one for the books. Pinuno ng boses ni Ebe ang lahat ng sulok ng simbahan. Napakalinaw, busog ng damdamin. Bawat isang salita sa "Bawat Daan" ay binigyan niya ng bagong kahulugan noong araw na iyon para sa amin ni Jeb, at wala na kaming mahihiling pa. Haaay. Maraming maraming maraming salamat uli, Ebe. Mahal ka namin. Mwahmwahtsuptsup! (Maraming salamat rin, Caryl, our friend and Ebe's lifeline!) --- BAWAT DAAN Ebe Dancel Sa pagkumpas ng ‘yong kamay Aking landas, ginagabay Nag-iisang tiyak sa isang libong duda Silong sa iyak, at pagluluksa Kung puso ko ay imamapa Ikaw ang dulo, gitna’t simula Nahanap din kita (kay tagal kong naghintay) Nahanap kita Maligaw man at mawala Umikot man sa kawalan Sa bawat kailan, sino’t saan Ikaw lamang ang kasagutan Bawat kanan at kaliwa Kung timog man o hilaga Ang bawat daan ko ay patungo Pabalik sa ‘yo Kay tagal nang lumulutang Walang pupuntahan walang dahilan Parang ulap na walang dalang ulan Kamang walang kumot at unan Bihag ako ng pagtataka May saysay ba ang paglalakbay Ngunit nahanap din kita Nahanap kita Kung ang puso ko ay imamapa Ikaw ang dulo, ang gitna’t simula... ---
P.S. I know I said I'd talk about more of our DIY projects c/o our friends this week, but I figured that the post would be better if I interviewed the involved parties first. They were their DIY efforts after all, just lovingly given to us. Haha! But that's definitely something to look forward to! :)
TV Twosomes
Jeb and I love watching TV! Sulit na sulit ang torrent downloaders namin sa maraming TV shows na gusto naming pinapanood. (Huhu sorry po! Pero minsan we stream. Yay cokeandpopcorn.ch!) Our idea of a chill night together now usually involves a tv-series marathon, Hoegaarden, and cubed Spam. (Again, the nesting and the eating that comes with it. Signs of aging na rin.) Aaaah. Bliss! And so I thought it was just appropriate that I pay homage to our favorite married TV couples. Aside from entertaining us, these TV twosomes give us “Parang Tayo!” moments, with matching high-fives and hugs!
5. Matthew and Mary, Downton Abbey
While this is mostly my vote because I am the one addicted to Downton Abbey, I always make Jeb watch Matthew and Mary moments para maintindihan niya kung bakit ako nagha-hyperventilate. I love that the first thing that Matthew told Mary when she stepped on the altar on their wedding day was “You came. To be honest, I wasn’t completely sure you would.” to which Mary replied ” I’m glad to hear it. I should hate to be predictable.” Haha! I love how they argued, and how they always made up, because they realized (well, Tom Branson reminded them) that they will never be happy with another person as the other one walked the earth. I LOVE them so much that their wedding was one of our biggest inspirations for ours—- my bouquet was one big shout-out to my favorite Crawleys! (I still haven’t forgiven Dan Stevens for leaving the show.)
4. Brad and Jane, Happy Endings
Brad and Jane remind Jeb and I to love each other through ANYTHING, be it dreadlocks and pink hair, fake fights, and forgiven solo staycations. These two are ah-mah-zing together.
3. Chandler and Monica, FRIENDS
Like Chandler and Monica, Jeb and I started out as friends. That right there, when Monica said that ChanchanMan wasn’t boyfriend material? I distinctly remember telling Jeb this: "Ang sakit mo siguro sa ulong maging boyfriend." But you know what they say, you make plans, God laughs. Haha! In his proposal, Chandler promised that he will always try to make Monica as happy as she makes him feel, and Jeb said similar words to me that happy morning of August 11. In her wedding vows, Monica expressed gratitude that she found in Chandler her prince, her soulmate, her best friend. I found the same blessing, and I am as thankful as her.
2. Marshall and Lily, How I Met Your Mother
Of all the couples in this list, I can say that personality-wise, Jeb and I are MOST like Marshall and Lily. He’s the sincere goofball who loves everyone and everyone loves; I’m the teacher with scary quirks. Haha! There were many M/L moments that we spot-on related to: when Ted said that they tell each other everything and as in everything, Jeb and I do too; when Lily enjoined Marshall to coach her kids’ basketball team, I often ask Jeb to share his talents to my kids too; and that photo? That big spoon and little spoon moment? That’s our story every night.
1. Burt and Virginia, Raising Hope
These two take top spot because when I asked Jeb for his top 1, he instantly said Burt and Virginia. That warms my heart because these two are the sweetest. That also scares me because they’re crazy. HAHA! And you know, Jeb’s it for me forever too, and someday, we also hope to raise a little Hope.
I know real life is a lot more complicated than TV, and a lot more beautiful too. But like I tell my students, writers make solid characters and genuine stories when they base it on real people or personalities. These five couples make me hopeful about married life because it means that their creators saw glimpses of them in real life somewhere out there! What a lovely thought. —- P.S. #1 Click on the headers of Chandler and Monica, Marshall and Lily, and Burt and Virginia if you wish to read more about them on Buzzfeed! P.S. #2 Hindi naman sa hindi kami nanonood ng tagalog TV shows, wala lang akong naisali sa listahan na pareho naming gusto ni Jeb. Pero siguro kung meron, si Sir Chief at Maya ng Be Careful With My Heart. HAHAHAHA. Wag lang si Victor at Yvonne ng Two Wives kasi may masasaktan.)
Then-And-Now Photos Of 19 Couples Will Make You Believe In Lasting Love
Counting decades doesn't seem so far-fetched now. ❤️
Our ringholder is my favorite DIY project that Jeb did for our wedding. Thanks to the intarwebz/Pinterest, it was easy to find tutorials (like this one, and this one) on how exactly he can make one of my dream details happen. :) Because we love music, we always knew that we'd use a hymnal and not just any book for this project. We ended up using (one of their many extra copies of) "Hymn of Our Faith", the hymnal that Merryland Publishing Corporation printed a few years back. When Jeb found it difficult to cut through the book with scissors/cutters, Papa Jessie saved the day with his usual, excited "MAY TOOL AKO PARA DIYAN!"... and you better believe that he does when he says that. Off he went to his man-cave and he came back with something similar to the compass we used in school to draw circles but instead of a pencil, it had a small blade at one end, and it allowed Jeb to cleanly cut through many pages in one go while making a perfect circle! Amazing! (Hirap na hirap akong i-explain 'yun a.) It was easy for us to choose the landing page too. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee is one of our favorite songs for two reasons: 1- Lauryn Hill sang a beautiful version of it in Sister Act 2; and 2- the music is the final movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony. (I love Beethoven because my favorite movie St. Bernard is named after him. Crisscross references, I know, but whatever, welcome to my brain.) Jeb didn't cut the hymnal all the way through, he left a hundred or so pages as the bed of the rings. He then cut two vertical slits where we could insert the navy blue and blush ribbons, aaand tada! Our DIY ringholder by my very creative (and patient to my pangungulit) husband! --- REMINDER!
It's DIY for Do-it-Yourself, and not DYI for Do-Yourself-In. Pick the right amount of personalized projects that you want to dive into when you prepare for your wedding, and pace yourself well. It can get overwhelming if you want to paint and cut and build everything by yourself... tapos biglang one week na lang ang natitira! Baka malagasan kayo ng buhok! Visualize, design, and ask for help; who knows, your friends might even have an improved vision of your ideas, and if they're as talented and amazing friends as ours, volunteer their labor of love too! I'll talk about that next #weddingwednesday!
"How is married life?"
People always ask this question now, and our first answer is “Eto, tumataba!” Haha! (I believe I’ve come up with a logical explanation for this, I’ll discuss it in the next paragraph.) It is, however, a question worth pondering, with several answers that I wish to think-and-type-outloud with you now. (Disclaimer: I tried to veer away from the more obvious, big adjustments that you kind of expect going into married life like navigating through money matters, personality quirks, in-laws, etc. These are observations, “Gan’to pala!” moments I’ve experienced 8 months in.)
1. Marriage+15(lbs) is not a myth. Akin to the College+10 truth, people really do gain weight after the wedding. Over the past few months, I’ve pinpointed two weight-gain triggers: honeymooning and nesting. After the stress of planning for the wedding (and the inadvertent weight loss that comes with it, hallelujah), these two phases of your life welcome you with open arms and oh-so-yummy-meals. I remember relishing every meal in Boracay (did I say every meal? I meant every happy hour cocktail.) and Hawaii (aaaah, their pancakes!). Matapos kong mag-diet, may masasaktan talaga kung may pumigil sa ‘king kumain noon. And then, once you’re home, in the new home you share, you now begin to cook for each other, cook with each other, cook for other people, receive food from other people… there is suddenly a lot of cooking and eating. Aaaand, tada. Hello 15 pounds! (Unfortunately, I am married to Jeb who is genetically thin. He is the exception to this rule, and I am the poster child for it.) 2. It is very quiet. Haha! Medyo weird kasi maingay kami ni Jeb e: kumakanta kami, tumutugtog siya ng kung ano-ano, madaldal ako. But after the initial chatter of the first few months, I noticed a silent ease that took over. In jest, I blame my chronic nap-taking and Jeb’s Clash of Clans. Still, I think it’s a gift to find someone that you can just chill with. Someone you can relish the sound of aircon humming (or during energy saving times, electric fan whirring) with. After all, it only takes random triggers that will make…
3. … conversations run for hours. While this seemingly contradicts #2, it is an amusing truth. You know you’ve chosen your spouse well when you can talk to each other for long periods of time without getting tired of their voice or getting lost in their trains of thought; OR, when you can suspend or pause a conversation, do something else, and pick up right where you left off. I love my endless, sometimes overlapping, conversations with Jeb. I know he is excited about something when he determinedly bugs me about it and demands my full attention: whether it’s a new song he thinks he’ll pick up very soon (he has this sixth sense in music, I tell you: I distinctly remember listening to Gangnam Style, Get Lucky, and Blurred Lines weeks before they became earworms, as per his recommendation ); or a new recipe he found that he’d like to try (again, the cooking and eating bermuda triangle); or random finds from his current favorite website, The Chive. (Chive oooon!) He, on the other hand, allows me to give him blow by blow recaps of books I’m reading, TV shows I’m watching (complete with reenactment), or the latest juicy chismis from all over! (Friends, full disclosure, Jeb knows everything I know.) 4. Logistics is easier. When we were still boyfriend-girlfriend, half the time was spent figuring out the following things: Saan tayo magkikita? Anong oras tayo magkikita? Sinong susundo kanino? Saan tayo kakain? Anong kakainin natin? Sinong manlilibre? (And the inevitable…) Anong paalam natin kay Mama? (Sorry po!) Now, you know that your spouse is the first person you’ll see when you open your eyes in the morning, and the last person you’ll see before drifting off to sleep at night. Wonderful! Everything in between is just a quick Viber message away. Easy peasy. (I asked him to do #5.) 5. “Marriage is difficult without love. There are unexpected things that you can only face together when you love each other. ” (Jeb Garcia, 2.2.15) Eh di wow. Ano pang idadagdag ko do’n. HAHAHA. So, if you’re about to get married, listen to people who tell you that “mag-iiba ang mga bagay-bagay!” —- it’s true. And it’s the good kind of different. It’s the kind of change that you’d be excited to go through everyday, with the best person, with your person.
It's a vintage romance kind of affair today. Jeb and Jojie's Great Gatsby meets Downton Abbey wedding is just the right amount of glam you'll need on this fine Monday morning. With beautiful muted colors and pearls woven in through every little detail, this wedding captured by Catilo Photography is something you don't want to miss. See…
Bride and Breakfast was a source of wedding inspiration waaaaay way before Jeb and I got engaged. It kept me afloat during my assumera days, when I just wanted to get lost in the world of feel-good-swoon-worthy-weddings. Visiting the website became more therapeutic when we were actually planning the wedding already and it was just too easy to get overwhelmed with the big and small details--- the weddings featured in this website assured me that all weddings are beautiful, as long as it speaks volumes of love and the couple's personalities. And so it's truly a blessed, bizarre feeling to be featured in it too!
Marry someone you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
My mum (via intractably)
awww. goodbye wedding blog. hello misis blog! :) i now dub thee jebjojiedays.tumblr.com, because after that beautiful may day, God proves that everyday is a blessed #jebjojieday. --- Write what should not be forgotten. - Isabel Allende
67 days after...
oh wow. how time flew. :) what i wouldn't give to travel back to our May day and bottle everything up for clear remembrance. days after the wedding, I remember Jeb and I talking constantly about the things we loved about May 24. i should've recorded those conversations. not because we are starting to forget, but the wedding high then was too fluffy and sweet, like cotton candy clouds. from this point on, this blog will be lovingly dedicated to sweet reminiscing. that May day will forever be our May day.
