This will be a short post but I just wanted to share with whoever reads this, that I had a truly lovely weekend. This time I WAS where I've always been happiest - near the ocean! The weather was lovely - warm, even hot at times, but with just enough ocean breeze to believe that though "life may be a beach" for some people, to me, its almost close to heaven. I saw old friends that I hadn't seen in a very long time and best of all, spent time with a person who had been practically the center of my life for 8 years but because of this and that, I hadn't really spent time with since, well, a long time.
Sometimes, Life, Fate, or God (when He's in a humerous mood), sends us a minute, an hour, a couple of days, or years to just be plainly happy and content. And, since we all know that there is no status quo, (things get better or, get worse), the deal is - enjoy that minute, hour, day or years to the fullest. Life does come around only once (and sometimes if we're very, very lucky, we get a chance for a "do-over"), so make the most of every minute. The glow will carry you through the rougher, darker times - really, I know, because I've been there. As Julia Roberts's character Shelby said in the movie "Steel Magnolias" - "I'd rather have 3 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."
Amen.
About Me
- Lea
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- I was born in a Japanese concentration camp in Los Baños, Laguna in 1944 and raised in Manila. I spent my grade school years in Maryknoll College and high school years at St. Paul's College of Manila. I spent most of my summer leisure time at the Army Navy Club of Manila. I married a nice American man in 1965 and moved to New York. In 1969, I left New York for Barcelona and lived there 8 years. I returned to the States in 1977 and lived there until 2011. I visit Manila and Barcelona as often as I can. I have a lovely daughter and granddaughter.My father, Hal Bowie, died in Manila in 1974, and my mother, who moved back to Barcelona after his death, died in 1995. I retired from Polytechnic University (now NYU-Poly)in 2011 after 27 years! After moving to Florida I returned to NY after 8 years and now am living again in my first home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
