a mother's prayer

Dear God,

It's been some time since I last prayed through a letter. This time, through my blog.

First, I want to thank You for all of the blessings You have been giving me and my family, and my beloved Philippines also. I know that we do not get what we want always, but You give us what we need.

Second, I thank You for giving me another chance at pregnancy. I thank You because You're giving us another chance to be parents to another baby.

Third, I want to thank You that I'm still fine, even though I've been through a lot of difficulties for the past eight weeks. I thank You that I'm getting the support that I need from my family and friends.

Fourth, if it's not too much to ask, I hope that You give me enough strength to manage all of the hardships that comes along with this pregnancy. I hope that I'd be better on the coming days and be freed from my sickness that has been making things more difficult for me for four weeks. I hope that my illness will go away as I approach the last week of my first trimester.

Fifth, I hope that I'd be healthy by the coming days so that my baby in my womb will also be healthy. At the same time, I want to be healthy to be able to help my spouse in our responsibilities as parents to our Boris and our little angel. Again, if it's not too much to ask, I want to go back to work to have enough savings for our future expenses.

As always, I thank You for a very loving kid that I have in Boris and a spouse who loves me as much in Barry.

Lastly, I promise to keep my covenant with You the other night. This time, I'd make sure that a promise is a promise to be kept.

Your child,
Ruby Anne