Saving something for future use

I want to use the phrase “I am spring cleaning” but since our country has only two seasons, the wet and the dry season, it is not applicable. So I will use the phrase “I am Lent Cleaning”.

In the Philippines, the much awaited time of the year is the Lenten Season for it is a long vacation for most working bodies and the end of the school year for students.

Since we live in the province, a lot of vacationers will be going back to the province to take a break from their busy schedules. Our children will be coming home for much needed rest from all the hustle and bustle of school & work life.

So, we have to prepare the place. All the cleaning will have to be done. Prepare their beddings and clean the surroundings for our granddaughter to play with. There was so much cleaning to do.

As we were cleaning, I found a dilapidated small brown envelope and written in front was “Churches and Scenic Spots in the Phil.”. The content was newspaper clippings collected by my late mother. She is so fond of collecting things that should have been thrown away, but kept them for future use.

I can say she is a hoarder and I think I took after her.

I scanned the contents of the envelope and found clippings of old churches & tourist spots in the Philippines. I was supposed to Google how many churches there are in the Philippines for she had so many clippings, I lost count.

The clippings looked so old, but when I looked at the year, it was only 1986.

It was so heartwarming that the things I considered as waste, was in fact, so informative. I will assume she cut it out for she dreamed of visiting each and every churches and tourist spots here in the Philippines.

All of us are free to dream our dreams. I think she was able to visit some of them in her lifetime.