{"id":8616,"date":"2018-01-07T03:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2018-01-07T03:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T19:21:09","slug":"5th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/?p=8616","title":{"rendered":"5th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 5 years..\u00a0 since I last hugged my Ayumi.<\/p>\n<p>I miss her everyday!<\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t know how I made it this far. Maybe by God&#8217;s grace I was able to survive. Maybe I am trying to move on because I know there is nothing left to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8612 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5142-e1515261329883-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My life after her is still way different than usual. It would be better if she is still around.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I am just acting normal because it is the right thing to do but still there is part of me that is missing.<\/p>\n<p>No one can fill it up.<\/p>\n<p>I will forever long for her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8610 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5144-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe having Xavier is a big help for my survival. But he&#8217;s not a replacement. Iba iba sila. Iba ang pagmamahal ko kay Ayumi at iba din kay Xavier.<\/p>\n<p>Iba iba din ang nafill nila sa puso. I know some grieving mom can understand me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5149-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I just hope that she is still with us. I really miss her so much! If only I can have her back. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8611 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5152.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5152.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5152-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5152-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5154.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5154.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5154-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5154-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everything seems so fresh. It&#8217;s been 5 years but still feel like yesterday. I still remember the pain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8614 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5164-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So many things happened.. there were good and bad things since she was gone.<\/p>\n<p>It really tested me as a person, specially as a mom.<\/p>\n<p>There were times that I thought our family will never be whole again. I wanted to give it up&#8230; I&#8217;m just glad that God really guide me in everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8615 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_5168-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not an easy road. I have to deal with the pain every now and then.<\/p>\n<p>I just hope that I will never lose my faith along the way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Ayumi&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wherever you are right now.. I hope you will continue to guide and watch us always.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We miss you so much!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Love,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mom<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 5 years..\u00a0 since I last hugged my Ayumi. I miss her everyday! I still don&#8217;t know how I made it this far. Maybe by God&#8217;s grace I was able to survive. Maybe I am trying to move on because I know there is nothing left to do. &nbsp; My life after her is&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ayumi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8619,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions\/8619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}