Celebrating Christmas Abroad
This year marks my second time to celebrate Christmas with my mother here in the United States. It's been almost two years since I left my career as a sportswriter for a popular tabloid and be with my mother in California who petitioned me for many years to finally join her here. I admit, I do miss those days when I was attending a lot of Christmas parties because of my job as a sportswriter. Aside from my office Christmas party for the tabloid I was working for, I was also invited to attend similar holiday events put up by my friends in the PBA and other sports. Here, things are extremely different. I am at home most of the time trying to guard the house while my mother is working and my sister is living in with her boyfriend in San Francisco. When my mother is on a day off, I help her clean the house on Fridays then we go to Costco together to shop for grocery items. Then on Saturdays, me and my mother go to Mass together at a nearby church. Sundays are usually spent wi