An Exciting Call

"Ano'ng gusto mo 'pag laki mo?" I thought that question has gone with the wind until now that my wife and I are expecting a baby. If you think that your baby and childhood days are just part of your family album, think again. As a would-be parent all these memories, all that you were taught will need to be recalled and re-assessed. Some would leave a smile on your face, others would make you blush.

Like all parents, we are very eager to the baby's coming. When news broke out that Nidz was pregnant, life for me took a different steer. It had a new hue and flavour. It gives me a smile that I have never experienced before. Indeed, the love we share is now bearing fruit!

I thank the Lord for choosing me to be a husband and a father. I hope that He will always be there to guide and strengthen me so I could nurture my future child in whatever vocation he/she chooses, be it consecrated, married, or single life.

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Congratulations to my uncle Msgr Policarpo "Polly" M Albano on his appointment as Parish Priest of the St William Cathedral, Laoag, Ilocos Norte effective this month. One thing that fascinates me about Tito Polly is that he signs his name (in his e-mail for example)simply as "Fr Polly" or "Fr Policarpo Albano". I think he wanted people to know that he is still a spiritual father to them no matter how his title in the Church changes.