My favorite spot in the house is our deck that overlooks our backyard. I sit out there to enjoy a little sun under the makeshift roof that Greg, David and Nick put up to keep the rainwater from dripping down the ceiling of the patio below. It was so ingenious to alternate see through plastic sheets with painted ones to allow the sun to shine through besides giving us a wonderful view of the skies above, especially the moon at night. I do my morning and evening exercises out there, and take out my breakfast tray to read the morning paper/s or newsmagazines.
I love the soft breeze blowing on my face and the leaves of my plants as I sit there and ruminate on my life and memories of my childhood . I count the blessings of family in my marriage to David. We've been together for over 52 years. That's really quite an ACCOMPLISHMENT! We've never had any serious marital fights or earth-shaking disagreements, even when I tend to be more negative in my outlook and David is the opposite, always positive in his assessment of issues that are important to us. I think it helps that we are politically compatible and view the world's events and issues with a progressive, democratic yardstick.
Even before I met David in person, I used to read his writings in a weekly column, Ang Boluntaryo (the Volunteer) which he wrote for the Naga Times, the rival paper of my family's community newspaper, the Bicol Mail, which I edited. I liked David's point of view and agreed with whatever position he took on local and national issues or events in the Philippines where he was an American Peace Corps Volunteer. This was in 1968 when he was sent to Naga as a returned Volunteer after losing his conscientious objector appeal in Utah against being sent to fight the war in Vietnam. Previous to this, he spent 2 years as a PCV in Paracale, Camarines Norte, teaching High School English.
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