Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 23 | Page 17

December 1-15, 2017
Life etc.
by Jun Cordero
It was a couple of
months ago in October yet
when my wife had me bring
the Christmas stuff down from
the garage attic storage. We
were going away on a more
than a month-long vacation
so she reckoned we’ll get a
good head start in decorating
once we get back from leave.

Wrong. We came back
totally spent and exhausted
with jetlag that all we did for
a week was sleep. By the time
we could readjust, December
was already around the cor-
ner. And so were our grand-
kids who, having their own
decorations already up in their
own homes, were now ever
so restless to redecorate our
living room for the season.

Every day our little ea-
ger minions called, bugging
and begging us when they
could come to start decorat-
ing. We were only able to suc-
cessfully put them off for a cou-
ple of weeks but finally we had
to succumb to the pressure.
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Joy of the season
I had to drag and
force my lazy body to clean
the house and prepare for
our little elves. Funny, I told
my wife, why do I have to
clean the house when they
would just practically mess
it up in no time anyways.

And so, they came
and boxes and cases of deco-
rations being ripped opened,
ornaments dropping and
crashing, little guys falling
off the ladder, basically cha-
os all over our living room.

I was resigned to just
watching our little elves do
what their best at - turning
our house upside down. But
despite all these there was
something different with the
chaos - we were actually en-
joying every bit of it. The little
voices singing carols, giggling,
dancing, screaming and jos-
tling while trying to hang or-
naments that would drop and
break. It was just so magical.

In time, the decora-
tions were up and surpris-
ingly they did a good job. Un-
like the previous years they
now were able to reach the
top of the tree, which sim-
ply reminded us that our ba-
bies are actually growing up.

At the end of the day
when everyone left my wife and
I sat back, glaring at the magic
that our grandkids did. It was
a messy aftermath but we still
can feel the joy that was there.

There was a bit of
sadness as we realize that it
won’t be long when these our
little grandkids would not be
little anymore, and who knows
how many more Christmases
will they come and decorate
our tree. Don’t think about it
for now, I cheered up my wife.
Let’s enjoy the moment and
hopefully we’ll be around a lit-
tle bit longer to see them grow
up. When the time comes
we’re sure they’ll be enjoying
Christmas in their own way,
with kids of their own, and
lovely memories of their Nono
and Nona specially when they
see their own Christmas tree.

A bit of advice and en-
couragement to all - let your
little ones take care of your
Christmas, and don’t fret about
the mess. Life’s just too short!
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