Luigi and Rafael have been on spring break since last Saturday. They have been very busy watching non-stop episodes of Ben 10, Hannah Montanna, Zack and Cody and all the shows you can think of in Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. Occasionally, on their free time, they use the computer as if there was no more tomorrow. Believe me, Pinky and I have to beg them to get off the Internet so we can do our own surfing. Hay, they are growing up so fast.
Anyway, since April 1, our whole family has been going through an emotional roller coaster ride since my nephew, Ira, fell ill during his vacation in the US of A. He needed to be confined to a hospital in Orlando and is, up to this moment, still being treated by the doctors. For all of you who do not know Ira, he is the (energetic) son of my first cousin who is also based here in Dammam. I would rather not go into details as to his illness since I am not sure how my cousin would take it. But, if you can, please do include him in your prayers.
In order to have a break from the emotional stress we were all having and to give Pinky a much deserve rest from cooking and taking care of the kids, our whole family decided to just eat out last night. We went to the nearby Al Shatea Mall and just ordered a simple chinese meal in the food court. Nothing fancy, believe me.
Despite the lack of anything special, we had a great time. The light and very casual conversation with had with our kids made a big difference. We talked about anything we could think of from how the pancit tasted better than most chinese restuarants here in the Kingdom to how we preferred to eat waffles over pancakes (by the way, Luigi ate waffle for dinner). I personally felt so happy… there was no struggle, no shouting, no forcing of things to be done. What a moment. To top it all of, we each had a scoop or two of ice cream, which we unanimously felt was the perfect ending to our dinner.
Truly, these are the moments we all live for.
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