The Second Man Who Became Part of Our Family



    My eldest daughter, Charmaine just got married, the last of my kids to do so. And her husband, Michael Magsaysay, became the second man to become part of our family. ChaMike, as they are popularly known, became a couple months ahead of Georgina and Erich. But it took them several years to finally tie the knot. I find Mike to be a very charming man, pleasant, polite, attractive, affectionate. I thank God for giving this man to my daughter.

     Like Erich, he talked to us first before he proposed to Cham. He called me up to say he's going to pick us up and have dinner somewhere. It was in Lola Cafe where he asked our permission, no not actually asked but told us that he will be proposing in Australia. Mixed feelings again, happy for my daughter and afraid, or rather sad, thinking that the time has come that it will be the two of us, Tommy and me, again in this world. 


Taken at Lola Cafe where Mike told us that he will propose to Cham.
    
    We began to get familiar with Mike through several family affairs. The more we are with him, the more we like him. 
ChaMike in Bali
                                    
 Papa Tommy and Mike in Bali



From left: Tom, me and Papa Tommy. From right: Georgina, Cham and Mike

Coffee tasting in Bali
Mike with monkey

Dinnertime

ChaMike busy with each other. Hello Papa :)


Celebrating  our Wedding Anniversary at Victorino's


Family Reunion in Bataan
Christmas in Makati
At Bellini's 

                                                                   
Art in Island


      I can say that Mike had been a man any girl could ask for. Cham and Mike are an example of a near perfect couple who planned their lives from day 1. They have a place of their own, a condo, carefully and beautifully designed by Cham, fondly supported by Mike.
                            
      As of this writing, they are blessed with a baby girl whom we are excitedly expecting in February or March of next year.     

      They're on their 9th month now and Mike has been doing the role of a husband admirably and I know he will be a good and loving father to their first daughter. I pray that God will bless them and guide them all throughout their married life.  Let there be respect and understanding between the two of them. May the love that started it all be nurtured by nobody else but themselves. They cannot do that without God's guidance. Life is beautiful and seeing Mike and Cham makes it so.



Ephesians 5:31, 33

...a man will leave his father and mother
 and be united to his wife, 
and the two will become one flesh.

However, each one of you also
 must love his wife as he loves himself, 
and the wife must respect her husband.












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