goodbye, Tito Ferdie...

goodbye, Tito Ferdie...
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

-- Mary Elizabeth Frye

*** Good fight, Tito. Rest in God’s arms now. Like everything obvious, it has taken a while for us to realize that the miracle we were waiting for already happened… that miracle was YOU… Thank you for being the best uncle!

praying for tito

praying for tito
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

"He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly." -- B.C. Forbes

*** my uncle is still in coma... we are bombarding the heavens with prayer that he makes it... there are little hopeful signs but still uncertain... must keep the faith... God's hand is in all these... please pray with us...

Maligayang Araw ng Kasarinlan, Pilipinas!

google's homepage is a tribute...

http://www.google.com.ph/

aww... Filipino and proud... :)

patterns

patterns
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

“Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.” — Edward Albee

*** i see a pattern in connecting these dots before me… i’ve been here before… similar plot, new setting… same script, different players… in trying to enjoy the show… i forgot that i am part of it. -- jdt/06072010

patterns

patterns
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

“Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.” — Edward Albee

*** i see a pattern in connecting these dots before me… i’ve been here before… similar plot, new setting… same script, different players… in trying to enjoy the show… i forgot that i am part of it. -- jdt/06072010

sketching again...

tree sketch series (twenty-two)
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

"the life i touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt." ---Frederick Buechner

uninvited

uninvited
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

you came without a warning… or maybe i wasn’t looking. had nothing planned… but hoping for goodness… expecting greatness… you poured out slowly like some leaking tank… a bump in the road and you burst out… i hate you coming like that… i was expecting to press on easily today… but you dragged me on like a ball of chain… not good. i’m trying to make sense of this… you are here for a reason so i can learn something now… tell me what it is, so you can leave soon… is it about old friends or new friends? are they old lessons i have to relearn? or new lessons i’ve yet to know… soul trek still a long way off… i’m okay with you tapping me on the shoulder sometimes but i can’t let you linger…

jdt/06012010