Day 8: Call a Friend

I guess I would call it fate when I decided that I should call my friend Irene (who just had a baby and who I have not talked with lately) and then read Day 8's task. It was such an opportune moment that it made me think that being days late in doing the 30BBM challenge definitely has its boons. Anyway, I decided to call her because it has been months that we talked and I just learned that she already delivered her baby.

So, we got in contact with each other although just through text. It was then that she told me that she wanted me to be one of the godparents of her daughter. I was amazed and glad and excited! It will be the first time that I will become a godmother ...and godmother to a baby girl! I suddenly had a vision of Sleeping Beauty and her fairy godmothers. Haha. So we got together this Sunday to attend the pre-Jordan seminar and I went over to their house after. It was really good to talk with my friend again. We were college friends and have been good friends for four years now even if she transferred to another school during our third year. It was fun listening to her experience of puerperium and about it bringing a big change in her life. I listened to her funny and emotional stories and I said some of my own experiences recently like taking the board exams and etc. I was really proud of her to go through with her baby even though there was no support from the father of the baby and she decided to become a single mom. I feel sad but proud of her all the same and I told her so. Her mom (Tita) was also very happy that I was one of her grandchild's "ninang" and told me that I would become a very good example to the child as she grows up. It was very nice to be thought of as such. And the baby was so adorable! She was really tiny and sleepy and making small squeaky sounds. She easily became my favorite goddaughter, not only because she's my only goddaughter so far. Hehehe.

I was happy on how well the day went. I was able to do Day 8's challenge and I got myself another challenge: the big responsibility of being a good "ninang" to my goddaughter. And as for my search of a purpose in life, I can gladly say that I now have another one. Now, I will not be surprised that as I go on with this 30BBM challenge, I will find that there really are many more aspirations or purposes to motivate me further. They are just waiting for me to realize that they are there. And the real challenge begins in working to make these aspirations into reality.

Although it rained hard when we attended the pre-Jordan seminar, I thought of this song at the end of the day ---> Brighter Than The Sun.

...who am I to tell fate where it's supposed to go? ;)