It all balances!

"It all balances"...according to Frank Goodall.

I have always liked this quote...to remind me that always there is tradeoff in life, which also means that "you can have anything...but not everything".

When I left the Philippines in 2005 together with 3 of my four children to join my husband here in the US, I left a career, my work, which next to my family, provided meaning and fulfillment to my life.

Anyone who has moved to another country for any reason, like to work, to study, or to join family will always feel that certain longing, pining for your country of birth. There is a particular ache, something that grips your heart when you remember your country, a song, a scene, a place, a name, can trigger that feeling.

These are pictures of Bohol, Philippines taken by my daughter during a vacation in 2005.