How Valentine's Day went for me. .

Well it seemed like just any ordinary day for me, as I've been single my entire life.

But for this year, it's quite special because we were going somewhere as a family and it's to my mother's hometown. We were there to attend at my cousin's wedding. But that's not all, it gave us a chance to visit my favorite uncle of all time.

We travelled late in the morning since the ceremony starts at 2PM, and just exactly before lunch time we finally arrived at Hindang, Leyte. First, we stopped by the town proper to buy food for lunch, then we bought bread to ease our hunger and finally went to my uncle's place.

It felt like a very heartwarming reunion because, we don't travel here way to often now unlike when I was younger. When we would go to Hindang many times in a year.

As soon as we arrived, my uncle and my mother immediately prepared food for our lunch, together since it's like their bonding as siblings and that they share the love for food. And while they are cooking, we had time to chat about how our lives have been. And after we had lunch, we sat and relaxed outside their front door. Then our little chats continued and my mother took the chance to videocall her niece and nephews who are from afar, since my uncle could barely reach them because he had no phone and no close relatives of ours live nearby.

And after few hours of staying at my uncle's house, we bid him goodbye as we still have a wedding to attend.

Just as when we arrived, the ceremony has started to commence. We get to witness our cousin in her wedding ceremony, feeling very happy for her as it such a special day for her. But since many people came to their wedding, we just sat at the chairs provided outside the church and just listen to pastor's message for their wedding and their exchange of vows. But oftentimes, I get distracted by my father as he is noisily talking with someone beside him, haha that sometimes I cannot clearly hear the message being portrayed by the pastor. The ceremony lasted around 3 hours and luckily, we got a chance to be included in their wedding's photograph as the relatives of the bride were being called.

Not much after, the one thing that we have all been waiting for,eating time, took place at the reception near the church but a prayer was offered first before we got the chance to line up for our meal. It was then during that time that we get to have a chance to talk to other relatives of ours while eating, making our stay even more joyful. It sure was a happy day, but then as the evening is getting near, we greeted the newly weds with congratulations and then we bid farewell to them, as well as to our relatives as we are still traveling back home.

As we were traveling back home, I can't help but miss that place again. As it might take us time to make it back again.

Our travel was long one, it took almost two hours because we had a short stop at Baybay City to buy something and immediately after that we continued our travel back home. We were extremely cautious on our way back home as it is so dark, and my father's eyesight is not as good as it was then. But then, we were thankful to God for the safe travels and I prepared myself into bed because I want to sleep early because it was long day.

As soon as I opened my phone, a lot of sweet posts and stories popped into my feeds, and damnn, it's another sana all night. Haha

I may not have a date like any other people my age, but I sure am happy for all the things that happened at yesterday's Valentine's Day.

I hope you had a great day also.

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