0 Christine-1 Anne Villareal

Music, Computers, Having Fun with Friends, Net Surfing, Collecting Poems and Quotations, Reading Cartoon Books, Playing Badminton, Leisurely Bike Riding, Karaoke, Videos and occasional visit to the Cinemas, Spending Time with my Family and just living life to the fullest the way i choose to and of course thanking God for all the Blessing he has given to all of us.

Something Wonderful, The Rainbow Season, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gulliver's Travels, Great Expectations, Leaves of Grass, The Magic Mountain, The Old Man and The Sea, Pride and Prejudice, Things Fall Apart, Morning Glory, It Had To Be You, Paradise, Almost Heaven, Dragonfly in Amber, A Place to Call Home, Honest Illusions, A Rose in Winter.

My Best Friend's Wedding, The Princess Bride, Jerry Maguire, American Beauty, The Chronicles of Narnia, All About My Mother, The Usual Suspects, Jurrasic Park, 50 First Dates, If Only, Shaolin Soccer, Finding Nemo, XMen, Shattered Glass, Spiderman and all Harry Potter and Lord of the Ring Episodes.

Hillary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Avril Lavigne, Pink, Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Utada Hikaru, Leona Lewis, Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera, and of course our local artists and bands of today.

Friends, Sex and The City, Supernatural, The Simpsons, Jekyll, Grey's Anatomy, Seinfeld, Heroes, The Sopranos, Traveler, Ed, South of Nowhere, Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Fruits Basket, Sailormoon, Cartoons and Animes.

Cancer

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Recently, I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together.
The gate agents had announced her departure, and father and daughter were
standing near the security gate.

They hugged and he said, "I love you. I wish you enough."

She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed. "I wish you enough, too, Daddy."
They kissed and she left.

He walked over toward the window where I was seated.
Standing there, I could see he wanted and needed to cry.

I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking,
"Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of
expressing my love and appreciation for all that my Dad had done for
me over my life. I recognized that his days were limited, so I took the time
to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. . . . So I knew what this man
was experiencing.

"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever goodbye?" I asked.

"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the
reality is, the next trip back will be for my funeral," he said.

"When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.'
May I ask what that means?"

He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from
other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."
He paused for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail
,... he smiled even more.

When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person
to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain him or her."

Then, turning toward me, he shared the following as if
he were reciting it from memory :

"I wish you enough sun
to keep your attitude bright.

I wish you enough rain
to appreciate the sun more.

I wish you enough happiness
to keep your spirit alive.

I wish you enough pain so that
the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

I wish you enough gain
to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss
to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos
to get you through the final goodbye."

He then began to sob and walked away.

My friend…., I WISH YOU ENOUGH...




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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.













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