Never give up

I miss Nanay (mother) lately. I miss her paksiw na bangus and binagoongan. I miss her nilaga and her pakbet...lying in bed with a perennial illness (I can't disclose the details)...A teammate of mine sent an article which lists illness as one of the signs of culture shock...maybe, but part of getting older I guess.I only turned .."ty four" last December, not that old to be feeling useless as a result of not being able to do the things I used to do...My only consolation is this small note to the Corinthians to " never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed everyday. For our present troubles are small and wo'nt last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them all and will last forever! WOW...what a hope.