Choose To Love

When I met Ayen 23 years ago not in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine we would be where we are today and have our beautiful children. Now before you start wondering why, the best thing to do is to Google it to find out more on our love story if you have not heard of it yet. You can also check out one of my earliest posts https://francolaurel.com/i-love-being-a-dad/

When Ayen and I got married almost 20 years ago I became an instant father to two beautiful children Mariella and Hasan. There was no doubt we had a connection from the moment we met. Mariella was 8 and Hasan was 3, they were so adorable and who would not fall in love with them.

I knew I was getting into a family set-up that was out of the ordinary. Again if you Google our love story, you will now why it is extra-ordinary.

I legally adopted Mariella within the year fulfilling the promise I made to Ayen before we got married in 2001 that we are going to be a complete family. A year later Angia was born, eleven years later Sofia was born and three years after that our baby Lucia completed our family.

It was not an easy journey we had our ups and downs, which comes with a modern family like ours. But the greatest testimony to our family being whole and filled with love and joy is God. He is the center of our marriage, the center of our family, the center of our home. He is the one that holds us together.

We choose to LOVE every time. In our family it is always unconditional love that prevails.

I hope this inspires you to always #ChooseToLove with all your heart. Watch and listen to the music video Pag-ibig Ang Pipiliin by Moira del Torre brought to you by PLDT Home.