i am in a hotel room in covington, la…
with all of my siblings except for the oldest.
this is the order of my siblings: ciely, daisy, emer, liza.
this is the first time my immediate family will be in one place in almost 12 years.
my oldest sister is officially becoming a nun today at 2pm.
it’s kinda weird.
it makes me realize just how NOT “CATHOLIC” i am.
meaning what other people think catholic means.
but do you know the true meaning of catholic?
catholic-including a wide variety of things; all-embracing.
derived from the greek… katholikos (kata “universal” + holos “whole”)
at least that is what i will always believe
and not the religious beliefs that are connected.
and i believe in the catholic church.
universal and whole as the bride of Christ.
anyway.
today… the whole family. this is pretty insane.
actually yes… my family is pretty insane.

they have such awesome names.
haha! yeah! here’s the full names:
my mother’s name is aida. their father’s was bejamin.
my siblings in order of birth are cielito, daisy, esmeraldo, flordeliz.
which is awesome and funny because the filipino alphabet is missing the “f”.
gawd, i love filipino names.