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I don't normally look at the statistics Blogger gives me but it's funny to see how many view I have on each post, hahaha - from low at 117 (last week) to the highest at 758 (when Mom passed away).  It reflects the true "urgency" of Mom's battle period.  Should I feel disappointed seeing the number of views drops?  Yea, maybe just for one second, hahaha but the purpose of this blog was for Mom and her friends.  Now that she's gone, the original purpose of this blog has already gone.  Sometimes I really don't know if I should keep writing but I guess the purpose is now changed.  Most importantly, I want to make prayer requests through this blog and selfishly, I guess this is my way to express my feelings on how much I miss Mom.  So, if you are still reading, THANK YOU!!!

There is a lot of things about Mom I can share.  In fact, everything I do now can relate back to her somehow.  From the mouth washing mug that I have just broken to the V-neck undershirt that I'm still wearing, they are all related to her.  Having interactions with Jake and Jonah while enjoying my parenting lessons and when seeing them with Gloria, can always click me back to the relationship of Mom and I.  Jake, as mentioned, would mention Mah Mah once in a while.  And when we asked why he misses her, he would say, "I want her to come over for dinner so I can show her all my toys.".  Sorry Jakey, that won't happen unless God plans to take you away soon.  I used to be in tears sooner when hearing things like that but lately, I'm more calm I think.  Maybe I'm getting used to it or maybe I'm recovering stronger or I'm too busy...I don't know.  But regardless, I won't stop counting our blessings and try to treasure everything at present, not our past and not our future.  

Jonah is getting more and more troublesome these days but he's still very cute even when he's so MF (ma fan).  I sometimes wish the boys would stop growing and stay as cute as they are now, hehehe.  I know the biggest lesson to learn as parents is to know how to let go.  But I won't just let them go to the world full of temptations.  I will let them go to experience God on their own.  Pray that Gloria and I are well equipped for this life time challenge so that J1 and J2 can rely on the Holy Spirit when they are on their own.  

After finish planning our trip to Hong Kong, we now are busy planning what Jake should do in the summer, like enrolling him to swimming class again is probably a must.  What other summer camps, full time, part time, which weeks, etc. are all questions we need to answer.  Being parents are not easy but yet it's all fun.  It's quality time between Gloria and I going through different camps and activity booklets from the Town/City, church, Chinese School, etc. (while busy crushing candies, hahaha).  But summer is just a one time thing, September will be a brand new chapter for this guy and to us cuz' he'll be starting JK in September which means we'll need to decide where to send him, public school, Acorn, private Christian school or home school.  I'm just joking about home schooling, haha.  We are definitely not the home schooling type of parents, hahaha.  If financially manageable, we probably want to send him to a Christian school (yes, not just Jake, we need to include Jonah in the equation, haha).  We prayed about it for the longest time and we'll see if our plan is His.  We visited a couple of them and it's now down to the final two.  We will keep asking for advises from parents, friends, etc.  And of course, we'll continue to pray and seek for His direction. 

Speaking about the boys, maybe it's a good idea to write about them or actually, something to them so that in the future, they will have more to read when I'm gone.  They will have a more understand of this Dad of theirs and how he things and feels about them.  Hopefully, they will understand how much Gloria and I love them and how hard we are trying to prepare a righteous path for them.  I'll leave it for next time as it'll probably take more time.  

March break is here in no time and so far, we went to the maple syrup farm on Saturday.  It was quite boring to the adults but the kids had fun (they love anything sweet I guess, haha).  To me, the most interesting was the guide tour but our double stroller and the big crowd was keeping me away from the tour guide, so I only heard about 30% of what he said, hahaha.  The pony ride and the wagon ride was great for them.  

Thank God for the warm weather though.  It reminds me about His great creations.  I know I will miss the snow.  God let me find this woman who also loves snow as much as I do, hahaha.  Well, I know it can be messy, dangerous, not comfortable and it'll give you headaches and back pain but somehow, Gloria and I just love it so much.  We always get super excited whenever we see white stuff coming down from above!  No matter if it's flurries that falls slowly or snow storms that comes from the side; we just love it so much, hahaha.  

Sunday, we went to see Safari Jeff again.  Jonah was too young last year and he showed great interest to all these reptiles, hahaha.  We'll have more activities for the boys this week, like nothing on Monday and more animal/zoo free shows on Tuesday.  That's right FREE is very important, especially when Gloria is working hard preparing for her tax thing, hahaha.  No matter if it's winter or spring, maple syrup trip with admission fee or free animal shows, we'll continue to give thanks and enjoy each moments from God.  Pray hard and stay close with Him!!!

^"3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." (2 Peter 1:3-4)