turning lead to gold... turning disappointments into blessings

I had high hopes for this weekend past... we were going to go to Big Bear and stay in this huge, $1000/weekend cabin... then, of course, came Murphy's Law. The mountains were then exchanged to the beach... my sister said that it was going to be a beautiful warm day and so we decided to go to Newport Beach. The marine layer in that area was thick and so it wasn't sunny @ all; it was sooo windy and it carried the cold with it. We, thinking it was going to be sunny [per my sister] didn't bring any heavy jackets and were wearing kinda-sorta flimsy ones. WHAT A MESS WE WERE.

But despite everything else, we found that we could laugh at our misfortunes... we find that the cold can tickle us to the bone. We pretty much were stuck inside the tent we put up but we ate, took pictures, drank and exchanged Easter gifts like we didn't have any care in the world. It was drizzling and our tents were shaking by the force of the wind, but we delighted in opening up the Easter eggs that my niece collected. Life tried to make a joke out of our weekend but we were too BLESSED TO BE STRESSED! Hahahaha....

Despite the cold weather, or maybe because of it, the birds were everywhere... Kingfishers, I'm thinking. Now, don't take my word on that since I'm no avian animal connoisseur! I've taken some good pictures of the cove we stayed for about four hours:

The park we stayed at is called Crystal Cove in Newport Beach... it's really lovely there. The path to the beach is a bit steep but it's short and so, doable. I bet there are other alternate paths, just that I didn't want to go down alone since none of my family members wanted to go down with me. The birds were just flying around like they were having an aerial performance and since we were pretty much the only ones in that spot, we felt that the show was meant for us... [talk about self-importance, huh?]

So there it is... a perfect imperfect Resurrection day... and I have to say: Lord, thank you for that day... and all the days that followed and will follow. You are the reason we were able to enjoy our lives; you are the reason why we have to strength to live in this world day after day after day. When you know how things are meant to become, where life ends and eternity begins-- living in the present is much calmer, enjoyable and we definitely know we have something to look forward to.


Lord, You've always been good to us. I would never see an adversity the same way I used to before I knew You. And I've learned that knowing You Jesus had opened my eyes to what really is important in life... the people--not the things nor the places. Jesus, You taught us that when LIFE throws us lemons, we should be thankful, for lemon has several uses. It's a disinfectant, a degreaser, a deodorizer and a flavor enhancer; to not immediately try to make lemonades [other alternatives] but to take time to see the lemon and what it can offer by itself.

My Family