Thanksgiving! We have finally moved in to our Dream Home.😇😇😇😄😃😍😁 We came to know of CSC just when then Father William (Archbishop) had taken over the spiritual directorship into a year or so. When Chelsea was old enough to join the Kidz ministry, Brad and I went for the Friday Growth Night almost weekly. Chelsea enjoyed her time spent at the weekly nights out at CSC too. We lamented if only we could live nearby, so that coming for spiritual food here would be so much more convenient and oh, how lovely it would be to be nearer to nature (Punggol park) and that I could go for Perpetual Adoration everyday! When Chelsea entered primary school, demands of family needs took us away from availing ourselves for Friday Growth Nights. Although Providence did allow me to Adore before the Blessed Sacrament at CTK during those years. We were (still is) very particular about finding a home that is near a church. We were looking for flats near CSC and Chelseas school. However, at that point of time, there was no new housing development in sight at that area. We tried getting a resale unit near her school but to no avail. We tried a few BTOs in Sengkang and Punggol but could not get one. Yet, the year I gave birth to Christina, Providence came. By His Grace, we managed to purchase a unit at a HDB plot opened for development opposite CSC. These three years had been a torturous wait for us. We finally got our keys on the first week of December and moved out by the second. We choose to unpack quickly and finally settled down by the third week just so that the Christmas celebration is not affected. No. There is no party. No feasting. No open house or any similar sorts. We have lost focus during Advent 😓because we were moving. We cant lose out on Christmas too. We are thankful because our God/Lord understands our needs and desires to spend a Holy and Silent Night at Christmas. He Provided Graces for a smooth transition for our relocation. There were much frustrations, but at least the only thing we lost was $$$ and not our Peace or Joy or Hope. However, there was some love lost as we relocated when we found out we wouldnt be missed much! (How sad 😔) I guess it will be love from a distance then....... But, life goes on as we move on. Thats the Reality. Thats the Cycle of Life. I have allowed myself time to reminisce the good old times at CTK. I have also allowed myself time to grief of my attachments there and having to detach myself from there in order to move forward. It was hard but not impossible. God made it possible. ~~~~~~~ My first wonderful encounter with the parish priest at the Nativity church was when I went for my Advent confession last Sunday. I was first in queue. With his usual gentle, relaxed and smiling demeanour, he joked as he approached the Confessional that he thought that there would be no more business when he sighted the long queue. I guess he was happier than not, to see more people coming to be Right with God than not! Chelsea knows Father Henry Siew more than we do. He ministered to the girls at CHIJ-OLN next to the church. I am grateful that he has guided the girls well, daunting as it may have been! I believe we will all adjust and adapt well into parish life here at the Nativity. I am thankful, grateful and totally enjoying our new home and environment as it will provide us the serenity😇and freshness🍀🌻🌳we need so badly from the mundane. I am Happy😄and Joyful👼that we are able to spend our Christmas and New Year Thanksgiving at the Nativity Church to celebrate our new phase of Life come 2015. +++++++ God, Emmanuel, Come. Infant Jesus, Prince of Peace, Come. Spirit of the Living God, Love, Come. Amen. youtu.be/aKSU9Dbxvrw youtu.be/aKSU9Dbxvrw
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:50:06 +0000
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