Posted by Lani Gador-Johnson on August 18, 2013
Now that I’m still in the United States
I miss the things that are only
In the Philippines, their novelty
Old familiar places and faces
Festive celebrations with my family…
Exotic meals prepared in the open air
Sunny days almost the whole year
Varied species of seafood
Tropical flowers that brighten up one’s mood…
Crystal-clear pool-like water
Along powdery white shoreline like no other
The sight of the mountain meeting the sea
Oh! The paradise that it’s meant to be….
When we will relocate in the Philippines
Many things in the U.S. — I will surely miss
Exercise of freedom, good customer service
International cuisines, convenient life, cleanliness…
Beautiful landscaping in our neighborhood
Mature trees along the cemented road
The pleasant months of June and September
The different beauty that each season has to offer…
As if with certainty that I conclude
There’s no perfect place to live
Wherever we are on this side of the globe
We long for the other side for what it can give…
That perfect place is yet to be
Until we reach heaven- our ultimate destiny
Because when we’re still in this life, so earthly
“Our heart is restless until it rests in Thee.”