Busy June

June has always been a busy month for me.

At the first week of the month, we prepare for the nine-day novena to St. Anthony of Padua, he has been our family patron saint for the past 100 years. For nine days, we pray the rosary and the novena. For the previous three years, my father and I prepare a simple meal for those who attend the prayers, and on the ninth day, there would be an extravagant feast to celebrate the feast day of St Anthony. This year was different because I was not able to help in the preparation as I could not go to the province due to the pandemic. The novena was more solemn for me this year as I prayed with my mother.

Now, it also happened that my dear daughter was born on the very feast of St Anthony, so this in turn becomes a double celebration for my family. Despite the limitations due to the pandemic, we were still able to celebrate my daughter’s birthday with our family. My nieces were here to celebrate with their cousin. Preparations were a little nitty gritty - diy decorations, food and balloons - but I manages to pull it off and my daughter was ecstatic about it. 😊😊😊

At the end of the month, it my niece’s birthday. She is a year older than my daughter. Again, due to the pandemic, celebration was limited to just my niece, her sister and my daughter. I helped my sister prepare for my niece’s birthday - food and decorations.

I’m starting to think I might have a future in diy decors. Hehehe just kidding. 😝😝😝

June always seems to fly by so fast as I am constantly preparing for something.

This has got to be my most productive month for this year. 🤣🤣🤣

That’s all for now~