Letter from Heaven

To my dearest family some things I'd like to say
But first of all to let you know that I arrived today,
I'm writing this from Heaven. Here I shall dwell with God above
Here, there's no more tears of sadness. Here is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight
Remember that I am with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through
God picked me up and hugged me and He said "I welcome you,
It's good to have you back again,
you were missed while you were gone,
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly, you are part of my plan
There's so much that we have to do to help our mortal man."
God gave me a fist of things that he wished for me to do
And foremost on the list was to watch and care for you
And when you lie in bed at night, the days chores put to flight
God and I are closest to you . . in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life on earth and all those loving years
Because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears
But do not be afraid to cry, it does relieve the pain
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
1 wish that I could tell you all that God has planned
If I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand
But one thing is for certain though my life on earth is o'er
I'm closer to you now than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb
But together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
When you're walking down the street and you've got me on your mind
I'm walking in your footsteps, only half a step behind
And when it's time for you to go . . from that body to be free
Remember you're not going . . you're just coming here to me.


Copyright - Ruth Ann Mahaffey

june 13- a night to look forward to

My admiration and congratulations goes to the participants of the HFC Independence day celebration. Whilst it would be another 4 days before we witness this event I would like to think that even now I could see it to be a huge success, not only because of the effort put into its preparation by the officers of the HFC and the boundless energy of the choreographers but mostly because of the active participation of our children. I must admit it is not an easy task getting people to get involve, let alone sing and dance. I once organized a similar event 2 years ago and I know how much hard work it entails, and to think that this time we have the little children doing a choreographed dance…not the usual hip hop disco that you see on your TV screens but dances that are alien to our children …yes our small children as young as 2-3 years old are learning the traditional folk dances which we adults probably will find it as difficult to learn. I am not an active participant in this event but my son is and I know like all the parents who tirelessly bring their children to these scheduled practices, we all take great pride to see our children perform and simply enjoy themselves on this occasion.

I must admit when I gathered how many performances the organizers are trying to create for this celebration, I found it to be a bit ambitious considering the time constraint and the manpower involve. It was only about two weeks ago when the organizers were in dire need of dancers, but now all that seems to have been resolved. There are a few HFC members who did not use to actively partake of community activities and yet now take centre stage and are out there to show us their talents. It is very pleasing to know that the community spirit lives on.

I am so looking forward to this day. No doubt, I could see that with the sacrifices the participants and the organizers are putting into the preparation of this event, we the audiences are in for a good show. Let us show support to the HFC community, if we could not actively participate in any of the presentations then at least let us be there to watch our children, families and friends as they awe us with their performances.

Let the true Filipino Spirit prevail…once in a while we need to be reminded of our roots and inculcate in the minds of our children that we will always be Filipinos at heart.

Advisory: Mass for Kuya Todd

When : 1:00 pm, 16th June 2009
At : Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Peter Chanel,
119 Cottingham Road
Hull HU5 2DH

Please wear something white.

We may view the body for the last time on Thursday (11th) and Friday (12th), of June from 10am to 4pm at Boothferry Cooperative Funeral Care, 228 Boothferry Road.

and then it is scheduled to be cremated at Chanterlands avenue crematorium right after the necrological services on Tuesday, 16th June.

kindly contact Ate Pat on tel. 01482-589514 or mobile 07824632058 for any other enquiries or if you want to schedule group viewing this weekend, (13th and 14th). Thank you and God Bless.

Poll Result: Hull Filipino Sportsfest 2009

We now have the result of the month long daily poll, to ask whether people are in favor of holding the Annual Sportsfest this year and would it be an Inter or Intra Community affair.

Out of 47 votes, only 1 is not in favor of the event to happen this year.

29 of them want it to be Inter-Community and 14 want it to happen exclusively for Hull residents.

So there you go, definitely we will be holding a Sporsfest sometime in August this year.