MIDNIGHT SNACK

MIDNIGHT SNACK

Well...at least, once a week...usually on a Saturday...at about 11:00 or 11:30 p.m., I go down to the kitchen, sometimes with Mary Nicole, but usually with Niccolo, to cook or prepare our midnight snack....it usually consists of either Hamdesal with Egg and Cheese with Roast Beef Spread or Longganisa Fried Rice with Spam or Vienna Sausage....then we have Apple Ice Tea for the kids and Jasmine Tea for me and Dinah.....it doesn't sound healthy...but we do it only once a week, and Dinah and I eat very little...and then we watch a film on dvd or just laugh at each other's jokes, while eating.

You don't need to go on extravagant trips, or eat out, esp. if you are on a budget, to have quality time with family....you can do this anytime and anywhere....I don't cook extra-special meals....but I've been doing this for my family, for quite a while now...Dinah prepares the official meals...and I do the midnight snacks.

I read this somewhere......some adults were interviewed about what they remembered the most about their parents....very few said anything about lavish gifts or trips...most of them said...."I remembered my dad reading to me every night. I remember watching tv with him almost every night. I remember us spending a lot of time together."

I may not be able to give my kids expensive gifts....but I do hope they remember the ordinary and the simple everyday things that daddy did for them.....and I hope they remember our midnight snacks with fondness.

GOD BLESS ALL OF US!