MAKING THE “GOING OUT FOR PIZZA” THING A HABIT
I was reading my regular doze of “soul food” at Bro. Bo Sanchez’ the other day and as usual, I was glued hanging out there for a few hours (or more?) just clicking and reflecting on Bro. Bo’s insightful posts. One thing I love about Bro. Bo’s posts was that no matter how old his posts were, they’re just simply thought-provoking and would most likely motivate readers (at least in my case) to dig back to those posts and then perhaps, move me for my own quite time to reflect.
An old post of Bro. Bo that got me reflecting once more was that post where he relished the good old days he had with his late Dad. Bro. Bo’s Dad, at that time he wrote the post, just passed away, thus, it was quite one of those emotional but insightful post that I’ve read so far of his Blog. But a part of that post that struck me was how Bro. Bo best recalled his Dad of—”the Dad who brought me out for pizza”.
Of course, what he meant by those words should not be interpreted as exactly the literal pizza going out thing. Reading further the following lines in his post, he meant to say that his Dad spent a great deal of time with him, and that was the point he was exactly stressing at–that the great father he remembers is not merely the one that has great achievements, but the father that is remembered how he showed his love in little ways.
Looking back and reflecting, if Hubby and I will be allowed our way, we wished the same Nico (or our kids?) will remember us by. Pardon me for being sentimental and a wee bit mushy once in a while in this online journal, but a close relative who has been missing for more than two weeks now (how I wish I can already tell the story of that close relative but we’ll have to wait a little more when hopefully, she’ll be found really really soon) once more moved us to realizing we ought to keep our bonding time an integral part of our family mantra, no matter how grown up Nico (or our kids?) are.
Am not saying we’re having less (because no matter how busy our lives get, we’re trying as much as we could to have that “quality time”), but it’s short to saying, we should keep it as a habit–the same way Hubby and I used to maintain what’s in a taxi business called the “boundary and quota” deal. Yes, we’ve had that. It’s a deal that we’ve agreed before that even we’re both busy, we would still find time to bond with our son; his boundary would be to join Nico for breakfast and bathe him in the morning and his quota would be to spend time playing with Nico when he gets home; my boundary meanwhile is to at least join Nico for dinner and bathe him and my quota is to be the one to put Nico to sleep at night. But that all changed through the months as Nico discovered being a little independent that he doesn’t even need our help when he takes a bath or eat his meals. He has grown really, really fast. 
And I won’t be surprise if sooner or later, he’ll go on and initiate his way to sleep in his own room or go out with friends on weekends.
Maybe, we should make the “going out for pizza thing” a habit–a habit that Nico (or our kids?) will never ever outgrew and a habit they’ll remember of us by how we loved them in so many little ways.
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(Yay, writing and reading this post made me really senti and kinda sad! How about some feel-good, cheery photos to end this post on a happy note? Taking the “going out for a pizza thing” literally, here’s some photos of us at an afternoon merienda at Pizza Hut last Monday, a non-working holiday.) 
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nalungkot ako for myself, ndi na tayo sabay 
Feng, Bro Bo sure is a very wise and practical with his inspiratinal messages. He is the owner of Julian’s home school provider, Catholic Filipino Academy.
These “going out for pizza” event is also a family bonding time for us. Though we may not always go to the trendiest restaurants, we still manage to go where we would have time to be together outside the house. Yun lang, sometimes, the kids get used to eating out (sometimes we have no choice since we always have them with us) that they “fail to appreciate” what these mean to other families who can’t do this kind of things together. We would end up telling them “Be thankful you are able to do these things unlike other children” I know it may sound not good but we have to remind them about these things. Kasi parang common na lang sa kanila yung ganito. But if truth be told, they would rather we eat at home
P.S. Ganda ng photos, waaah! I heart your cam
tuwang-tuwa ang pizza hut ngayon kay bo
i saw that post. i too am a regular reader of his blog.
i find inspiration from his writings. sana mahanap na relative nyo. parang without a trace yan ha. you must be all distraught. but keep the faith
Teacher Julie, I’ve heard very good feedbacks re: the school where Julian is enrolled.
remember that friend of mine na kinu kwento ko sa yo? she’s considering to enroll her son there too, depende what the devt would recommend.
and sometimes din, kahit hindi naman kakain sa posh restaurants, spending quality time with the whole family on weekends, even plainly at home lang, is simply the best. sa amin, we call that our “exclusive weekends”.
re: the cam–ey, bili ka na rin!
Cess, very inspirational naman talaga ang site ni Bro. Bo kaya Catholic or non-Catholics, they go hover his teachings online.
onga eh, sana mahanap na talaga sya, para naman mapanatag na ang loob ng lahat. pang tatlong linggo na syang nawawala ngayon. di bale, may awa ng Diyos.
Happy Sunday Cess!
Hi Feng, when I first saw and heard Bro. Bo in our Emmanuel Community at the Greenbelt Chapel (he was seated next to me, praying before the start of his talk), I was really in awe. I was like, Who is this guy? He speaks so well and he really speaks from the heart. From then on, I read all the magazines and books he published. I was telling my friends, swerte mapangasawa nya. And I found out he married my college classmate. Inggit ako, he he…just kidding. My only son Pio is also enrolled at the Catholic Filipino Academy as prep. He will have his graduation on March 28. Hope your friend can try their home schooling program too. And I also pray that you’ll get to see your relative soon…
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hi Wenchie!
ewan ko ba what’s with Bro. Bo, napaka charismatic. and yes, I so agree, he really speaks from the heart.
LOL dun re: swerte mapapangasawa nya. haha, he’s not just a good speaker, cute din. heehee.
good choice for having Pio in CFA! I’ve heart very good feedbacks about the school.
thanks for the prayers re: our missing relative. sana nga makita na sya.
have a great weekend Wenchie!