16 Years and Counting

 Welcome to the official anniversary! Tobie and I have been together for 16 years now, although we've been living together even longer, and we've been making each other happier longer still.

This is also the one day I make sure to post an update on this blog. LOL

And you get...bullet points!

• NetRunner
• Valentine's Day Party
• Fandom Live!
• O Bar
• ENIAC
• Wheelie
• Pamilya Egg
• Cubao
• Puerto Galera
• O Divas
• Singapore
• Clark
• Poi
• Yoshi
• Bob Fosse
• O Boys
• Hashtag
• FGTC
• BGC
• Palawan
• Bali
• O2Men
• Taiwan
• Crimson Resort
• Parañaque

Like with the photo collage above, I can only condense so much in the space I have. But it's a lot of many things, but also missing a lot of things.

I love Tobie. I love my life with Tobie. I love the love we have to share with those around us. I love our families and the people we choose to call family. I've learned new ways to love because of Tobie and I'll continue to love as best as I can.

The Anniv Month is Here!

 Yeah, its been quite a while since this blog has moved.  Admittedly, blogging fell a bit out of fashion for me but there is a desire to find a way to make this specific blog active.  Rocky and I are nearing our 16th year together and today got me thinking about families.

Rocky's family has always been tremendously welcoming and kind whenever we visited them or joined them for a meal.  And likewise, ever since Rocky and I moved back to Paranaque to live with my mom in the familial compound, my mom has always made Rocky feel welcome and part of the family.  It even amazes me how the two can share moments even while I'm busy.  

But since gay couples don't have the option to get married in the Philippines, there's nothing existing that formally or traditionally declares you are now family members.  Our families have not "officially" met yet, despite our many happy years together.  I do get its not something easy for our parents despite how much they love us both.  In many ways, both are still finding their way.  And for that, we love them both.

We also have our chosen families.  Our collection of people from different walks of life whom we hold close in our hearts and always keep in our thoughts. When we can, are there to offer support, advice, assistance, and if need be, be critical and remind them when things need to chance.  And when necessary, they to the same for us.   We have lost some of them, but we hold them alive in our memories and our stories. 

I guess I just really wanted to say how full our life feels right now.  So full of love. Of wonder. And it just seems to constantly flow outwards.   I love you so much, Rocky.   I love the life we live together.  And I love the families we have surrounded ourselves with.