occupation: SAHM

Hubby, son and I attended a Christmas party of our new household. “Household” in this case, means a group of people who are members of the ministries of Couples for Christ who gather together weekly or at any time agreed upon by the members, to pray together and to hold discussions on various matters on a spiritual basis.

I was kind of apprehensive at first because we are new to the group. There has been some reorganization over a year ago, and we were separated from our old group. Hubby and I became inactive for over a year and has just decided to be back in the fold, this time in this new household.

On the way to the party venue, I was kind of bracing myself for a boring night. You see, this was the first time I was going to meet them. I do not know anyone, except for the household leaders who most likely would be very busy. Hubby, on the other hand, has met them only once, when he attended one meeting alone because I was too weak to join them. I was also aware that this household has been together since that reorg, so they must be very close by now. I acknowledged the fact that it might take some time before I could be comfortable with them.

But to my surprise, almost everybody went out of their way to be nice to us. They didn’t treat us like they were walking on eggshells around us so to speak. Thus, it was easy for us to warm up to them, too. In no time at all, we were joining the banter and the laughter like any old member of the group.

I admit I was saddened by our separation from our former household. You see, they somehow found a way to stick together in one group, while we had no choice but to join this one. But change is something we all have to face. While I miss my old group so much, I think we’re going to like it here. This change is not so bad for us after all. In fact, I foresee strong friendships.

This is the family picture, a common scenario in a Christmas household party. Note that my son is not with me. He is wearing a red shirt and blue maong shorts, cuddling next to another mom. My son must have liked our new friends too, that he found it comfortable to sit with her in what was supposed to be a family picture :-D. My husband is not in the photo because he was holding the camera.