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Hello Leanne,

Last Saturday was your first true encounter with a school. We went to a nearby school to enrol you in their Kinder program - at least we hoped that you could be accelerated to Kinder already, skipping Nursery. Anyway, you were called to undergo a screening exam to determine if you could skip Nursery. You took the exam in the library together with a teacher who administered the exam. I was pretty confident that you'd do on it, while your Nanay seemed more stressed that you were while waiting outside the library. I told your nanay "sisiw kay Leanne yan," after I saw you wrote your name with all confidence. That is only a week after I taught you how to write! Galing mo talaga anak! :)

You were able to sit down, behaved and listened to the teacher through the exam (whew!). The teacher approached us afterwards and told us that you are excellent academically. In fact, you scored 11 out of 15 questions. You had mistakes on the reading items on the exam...di pa naman kasi kita natuturuan ng husto na magbasa. Pero that's fine. To me, that was indeed exceptional! I think there would be few 3 years old kids who can do such feat. Mana ka ata sa tatay mo. :)

Anyway, in a couple of weeks, you'll be off on your own...for the first time. We'll always be here anak for you, don't you ever forget that. I know that you'll do good wherever you will go.

God bless you my dear Leanne.

I love you.

Tatay

Now is the end...

Hello Anak,

Two days ago was my last day at work - April 30, 2009. I had mixed emotions, but it seems that sadness filled me more than anything. This is the reason why I havent written for quite some time...I've been disfigured on what I'm going to do next. This uncertainty has been killing me, especially when I was collating stuff for my clearance. Each of the line on my clearance checklist that I prepare reminds me of something - the good old days which at times led me to tears. When I was looking for your HMO card, I bumped into something which made me feel differently. It was your Nanay's stack of memory verse card. The very first card on the deck was a verse from Isa 41:10 which reads "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Oh me of little faith! Yes, for awhile, I thought that I was on this alone. I forgot that our Lord is my strength and that I should keep my faith for He will uphold me, that I should never fear. And yes, there was Nanay. Your Nanay has never left my side. She understood perfectly what's going through me in these trying times. She's there to support me in however which ways she can. She made me realize that my work is not my life. I love your Nanay so much!

Anyway, I am again shedding tears. I can probably write more often now as I am not busy working - of course, I'm out of job already! :)

I love you anak. God bless you.

Tatay