(Long post ahead)
Tokyo, Japan trip rocked because:
-After 5 years, I have finally hugged and kissed my mama
@susan_ungson . Being away from my mama is super hard and seeing her again was magical. It's the medicine I needed after being in pain for a long time!
-finally got to do one of my bucket list things to do: get a sibling tattoo with
@louisesicat and
@atomungson ! This was the most meaningful experience from the trip.
-got to laugh my heart out with my kolokoy cousins
@abelungson @riadungson @katz3den ! I missed just laughing and tearing up over nothing!
-eating my favorite foods, 3x a day, for 6 days is healing to my soul
-an out of the country vacation with my family especially having
@joiceordonez by my side felt wonderful. Especially during the time when my sibs and I had our tattoo and Joice and Mama had to follow us after. Seeing Joice and mama have a moment together like that made my soul scream with joy. Trusting Joice with my mama is such a big milestone in our marriage.
-finally getting time off and spending it with Joice was incredible! No looking at emails, or worrying about waking up for work!
This is also a time of healing for me and Joice individually. Emily, my meditation partner (my dear friends know who she is), told me that I had to go to Japan to HEAL. This vacation's theme was absolutely about HEALING. Being with my family while feeling so many emotions was my form of recuperation from years of confusion, anxiety and depression. Emily told me to actually allow myself to feel loved, valued and to be genuinely happy without second guessing if I deserved it or not. So that's what I did, and boy did I feel extremely healed.
Of course it was hard to do this trip too without our Gavin knowing that it is also his favorite place on earth, but there are moments that are needed to be done at the right time. Those who are dear to us know what we are talking about. ā¤ļø Joice and I know that when the time is right, we will be able to enjoy Japan with Gavin. We can't wait for that time when we get to have our anime adventure with him!
Arigato gozaimasu Japan for a great time! Can't wait to visit again! šÆšµ