Prayer to God

In the evening my son talked to my dad over the phone. He said something about October 15 as his birthday and he's been counting down the days to that, my dad kept teasing him by saying it's his/Opa's birthday. So during the bedtime routine I heard him prayed, "Please God make sure Oct 15 IS MY birthday."

Kids update

It's been one month after the school started, and I have to say I am very relieve, my son are enjoying the school so far. I thought dragging him every morning to school would be a pain, well getting ready and rush 2 kids yes still a pain, but I haven't heard a single peep, and we found out it's all thanks to soccer. He's looking forward to play soccer with some boys. He already has his group buddies. He chit chatted with my husband this morning and I heard he said, "I like playing soccer during recess, lunch and recess again."

We were aware of the trend nowadays to hold the early baby for kindergarten since we are in CA, and the cut date is way off in December, but still I was shocked when physically I can see that clearly, I can hardly see my son in the crowd. The good thing is he adores older boys, he think they are way cooler. So he mingled with them with no problem at all. My son's best friend in the class right now is a year older than him, and a whole hand taller than him.

When it comes to homework, I have a mix feeling, some days I think he's right on the spot, some days I sighs. We'll see how he grows this year. I keep telling myself, maybe once he has his 5th birthday which is next month he'll have the maturity that he needs, don't know how one month will make any different.

hardly can see him in the crowd.

And surprise to myself too, I am a co-room mom for my daughter's class, and my daughter is super excited, she even have ideas for this coming fall party. 

September

Yeah it's September, the first day of September. It gives me hope and it gives me chill. Just hear very sad news last night that our closest friend's husband who's been struggling with liver cancer just passed away. It was just 1.5 months from when my dear friend found out what her husband had. Too quick, too sad, I really can't imagine how she's feeling. I called her last night, she was pretty strong on the phone, she was about to go home and pick up his clothes for his last bath.
My mind went back thru our high school time, we knew each other thru high school, we giggled, laughed, cried, gossiped, and all. It was a group of 10, and I remember how we always share who we were flirting with, who we had feeling to, but this particular friend was always there for me. I could always ask her to go and hung out with me anytime, even after we got spread out thru college years. She'd always been the one that I call for Saturday lonely night, she would always said sure come by and let's go somewhere. It's kind of sad when this happen I can't be there for her, for at least give her hug and support.
I never really had a chance to know her husband, I remember only one time about 11 years ago when I went back to Indonesia and about to get married, she just had her baby girl, I met her husband right then, but it was a very quick one, and never after that had any chance to know him more. He worked out of town, he'd always been away for months and came home for a couple of weeks and back right after that. These last 6 years that I've visited, I got together with her and the other friends, but never saw him. This last June when I told one of the friend that I'd be on vacation there I actually asked if we can have a get together with all of our spouses, too many of the spouses that I don't really know, I didn't even go to any of their wedding, but that didn't happen, only the girls that made it, I should've pursued that, I would probably be able to get the last chance to know him.

I will pray and hope that she and her daughter will be able to go through this tough time.