One year and onwards
May 2nd, 2006 by marialobo
May 2 marks the day when we landed at Bandaranaike International Airport to venture into the unknown. That was a year ago and when I look back through the past year, I have no words to describe how thankful I am of God’s grace.
When we came here, Steph was only 2 months old. We were both recuperating from our confinement: I, due to CS operation, and Steph, from a bacterial infection. She was confined in the ICU for a week. The post partum blues really hanged on there for quite a while. It even trailed me here in Colombo and would resurface when I thought it was already a thing of the past.
My adjustment was more difficult because housework is not easy with a newborn at least for me. No kidding, back in the Philippines, where domestic help is cheap and easy to avail, I had a helper for 7 years. Here, I am slowly regaining the ropes of doing most of the house work. I would never know how I would carry on if not for my husband who does the dishes, gives the baby a bath, supervises he kids in cleaning their rooms and so on, in times when the heap of work’s up to here. That he does so marvelously even after coming home from work. I am so thankful to God for giving me a loving and understanding husband.
My kids took it in a stride. They have gained as much friends as they have back home. But they do miss their friends and cousins in the Philippines. They also miss the frequent trips to the second hand bookstores as we don’t have them here. They miss their bikes because we don’t have that space for that anymore. We are renting the second floor of a 2 storey house. They miss their pets but they always look forward to visiting and seeing them in our next trip back home. They enjoy curd and treacle and all the Sri Lankan sweets. They love the trips to the countryside and see the wildlife. They love it here.
My son Zeph once overheard when someone asked Paul,”How long are you going to stay here?”
“Three years,” he replied.
Zeph groaned in utter dismay, “THREE YEARS?!
I thought we will stay for 10 years!” and Vera agreed 
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So, I guess that gives you an idea of how much they dig Sri Lanka.