Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Losing More than a Maid
This is a post I wasn’t particularly looking forward to write. In a couple of posts back, I wrote about my misadventures with our 15-year old maid, Cyril.
She left last Monday after I found a couple of things of mine in her possession. This was not the first time but this time, I [...]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Turning 45
February has arrived. It’s my birth month and I’m turning a whopping 45 on the 23rd. It’s still puzzling to look in the mirror and see a middle-aged woman staring back at me. How did this happen?
It’s not that I’m vain about my physical appearance although ALL women are - at least [...]
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
My Spouse
I’ve been contemplating writing this piece for sometime. Since it makes me a bit uncomfortable to let others in on our relationship, there was reason for hesitance. There’s also the risk he might not like what I have to say and we could end up in a huge mess. But…if I [...]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Call her Sheryl…
…although it’s spelled Cyril. She’s our 15-year old housemaid who joined us last month.
She’s the daughter of our ironing lady and helped clean the house for the past year. Things changed when her mother told me how her husband went after this daughter in a drunken rage. There was no rhyme or reason for his [...]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
A January For the Family
The past year was not so good for my side of the family. My mother was hospitalized a couple of times. Her last stay was the day after Christmas through the 30th. She’s recovered nicely but we had to postpone a planned party for my parent’s Golden Wedding Anniversary that fell on the 20th of [...]
