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For Jaycelle on Hearts Month 2022

20 Feb 2022 11:25:12
20 Feb 2022 11:34:43
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Jaycelle
A triptych of Jaycelle, posing and holding flowers. 13 February 2022

There are countless things I am grateful for you, both things you do for me and our son, and things I don’t even know of or realize. For things that I can confidently speak of, your presence in my life is that of positivity and love which keeps me learning and growing to become better each time we encounter stumbling blocks. Even when we find ourselves in a duel, you allow that space for us to reconcile and become better for each other.

There are three remarkable things that I am most appreciative of you. You may already know these by my sprinkles of “thank yous” and kisses here and there, however, I express in words to wrap them up in a thoughtful little package. Here goes…

First is the yummy food you bring to the table

During the start of this year, you have expressed becoming better in what we eat. Preparing and cooking our own food do the trick perfectly. I appreciate the amount of effort you put into this: from sourcing the ingredients to dedicating blocks of your time to cooking. It is a feat being able to balance this and the many other things that you have lined up within your day. Thank you for a healthy lifestyle that you foster for us.

Second is your many pakulo

From card games to new places to visit, I appreciate you for preparing these activities that strengthen our bond as a couple and as a family. I love it when we do things together because I discover new things about you and at the very least, we get into moments that draw us closer. You inspire me to be better in making efforts with my own pakulo. In the horizon, I’m glad to be looking in the same direction as you towards our next adventures.

Third and the most recent, your will power

As they say, “save the best for last”. I wanted the third one to be — aside from being the most recent — the one with the biggest impact for you and our family.

Pushing out to new frontier

I admire you for exploring many areas of your life, towards self-improvement and towards finding business opportunities. You, trying out many things and deep-diving into what interest you set out an example for me and for Bryce, to go out of our comfort zones in order to grow as an individual. Whichever exploration you may be in or set out to do, know that I’m here to support you all the way.

Well-balanced diet

I admire you for successfully reaching the end of your seven-day bone broth fasting. For one, I didn’t know how it tasted while you were in that challenging week. Most of all, despite being there with us in the lunch or dinner table (oh, the temptation!), you were steadfast while drinking your food (Bryce would say, “that’s not food!”).

No matter how many times you said, “Break the fast! Break the fast!” and me, “Hold the door! Hold the door!” you stood your ground (with legs shaking). Seeing you accomplishing your mission while experiencing hunger and loss of strength, enlivens me with the thought that anything is possible. Not because of the idea of “if you can do it, so can I” but more of “I thought only bible characters were able to do it.” You’re my hero, is what I’m saying. The badge that you have on your chest means that you’ve single-handedly restarted not just your diet, but ours also. I appreciate you taking us in this journey of a well-balanced diet.


Jaycelle and Brian
A triptych of Jaycelle and Brian, posing and holding flowers. 13 February 2022

There are many other things about you that I appreciate and am grateful for. Your mere presence in my life, is something that just feels right and I always want to make right. As Sam Smith sang, “You’re the one designed for me.” So, let’s cheers to more loving moments, Koreanovelas, Loleas, and keto-friendly desserts! 🥂😘💕

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Brian and Jaycelle’s 8th Wedding Anniversary

14 Nov 2021 01:18:05
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Brian and Jaycelle's 8th Wedding Anniversary
Photobooth-style pictures of Brian and Jaycelle’s on their 8th wedding anniversary.

When we say “happy wife, happy life”, how passive or active it is really depends on who’s saying it. Being translated literally — a happy person will most likely contribute to happiness — it is as obvious as you can get. Being ominously interpreted — if a wife isn’t happy, she will wreak havoc in her husband’s life — but this may just be about the difference between beings from planet Mars and Venus. Finally, being stated by a husband as a mantra, puts the onus on him to make it happen. You want a happy life? Make your wife happy! Sustain your wife’s happiness (at all cost) to keep living a happy life.

It sounds so simple until when that “happiness” becomes a zero-sum game (your happiness is not my happiness). What I really meant by that is I only got so far in pleasing my wife until I erupted like a volcano. The gap between the smoke and the spewing lava was really short, but the brewing time was long. It was brought about by a concoction of my misinterpretation of that witty phrase and my silly belief that I can make her happy on my own. I was wrong, damned wrong.

How could anyone blame the Husband Beach Bootcamp where the phrases “yes, dear”, “you are right, I am wrong, I will do better next time” will be etched onto your husband heart and soul — when it works perfectly fine for some?

I choose to be only one person with my wife: the husband, the father, and the guy who likes most things opposite from her likes, are one and the same. So far. it is the best way I know how in riding through the smooth and bumpy road of our marriage.


She emptied a blue luggage and hurled it to the floor. “That isn’t my mine,” I thought. I reached for the army green one and emptied it myself and took all my remaining clothes from the cabinet and dunked them into the open zipper. How unfortunate that most of my shirts were dirty in the laundry basket. I darted out of the bedroom and stationed the luggage near the front door and beside it I prepared a pair of shoes. That was a picture of someone leaving at 11 p.m. Except that I chose not to leave because I admitted to myself that I wasn’t ready to be away from the people that I love. Explosions like these were necessary to relieve the pressure in our relationship. As the night got deeper, the clouds over our heads got lighter. Sleeping in separate rooms brought us into a morning of forgiveness.


Can you really make someone happy on your own? Or do they need to bring in some effort themselves? How we sometimes wing it, how we find the groove, how we tread the murky waters of our relationship is when we carry our own weight towards the center. When we pull out a chair and sit down. When we lay all our cards down the table. When we warm our hands around our own comforts. When I take a sip of my coffee and she, her tea. When we start with “I’m sorry” and continue with “I love you.”


Jaycelle is a tremendous force that I allow into my being. I’m grateful for always finding common grounds wherein we help each other grow and live our individual hopes and dreams. And in this life that we share, I wish to always remember to pull myself back into the now and squeeze the juice out of each moment that we are given.

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