I’ve always kind-a wondered (and sometimes hated the fact!) why I am an only daughter and eldest to three rowdy boys.
When Raine came, I finally knew why…
If you were Raine, would you miss a father you never knew when you have the love and care of the three greatest uncles in the whole world? After all,what you didn’t have you wouldn’t miss, right? 
In photo from left to right:
1. With doting Tito Ye - here, shaving Raine’s head at home. Gerry (my youngest brother and younger of the twins) is (among my brothers) the most patient to baby-sit and attend to Raine. He doesn’t mind giving Raine a bath or even wash his bottom if necessary.
2. With bickery Tito Nat. Of course Raine’s life will not be complete without his love-hate-love relationship with his Tito Nat. Geonard (Gerry’s older twin) is the rowdiest of my brothers. He plays guitar in a band and my most “hated” because he is the typical teener: lazy, care-free and can’t watch TV and play music without the full volume. But Raine bonds with him with his computer/video games and guitar playing and basketball and other boy stuff.
3. Raine’s Papa Gary is his lolo-in-the-making: best father in the whole world! My brother Gary (oldest of the three and only a year younger than me) is a seafarer. He is currently on board a Japanese bulk vessel. Guess what?!…Papa Gary calls Raine at his every port stop, he spends more call time with Raine than he does with his almost-3-year-old son. Gary is, in my book, the ideal father: he leads by example and disciplines with a lot of love. I am just too grateful Raine has him to look up to as a father figure.
Happy Fathers’ Day Papa Gary…
…and Happy Fathers’ Day to all the fathers out there! 
June 27th, 2007 at 2:01 am
I think Raine is a lucky, lucky boy. He has a wonderful mother who has shared him with the loving family she has always had. Why reinvent when you already have perfection?
June 27th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
thank you so much Kate, what you said above really means a lot to me.