Another magical day with the babies at CRIBS
Posted on July 20, 2008
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Babies are a link between angels and man.—Author Unknown
A baby is born with a need to be loved—and never outgrows it.Frank A. Clark
Another Sunday, another day we always look forward to. For us, Sunday morning is CRIBS Day. We see to it that we are there by 9 am to feed the babies their snacks of lugaw or porridge. Then, time for play.
Babies need social interactions with loving adults who talk with them, listen to their babblings, name objects for them, and give them opportunities to explore their worlds. Sandra Scarr
At least from 9 to 11 am and 2 to 4 pm everyday, CRIBS opens its doors to volunteers. This is a time to give of oneself, to care without let-up. These innocent babies need caring for, a caring outside that of their caregivers, nurses and attendants.
It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. Deepak Chopra
How the babies love company. The moment you get in their playroom, which is also their home, you get in an entirely different world, a place of smiles, of laughter, you almost drop the concerns of the moment.
There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.
Winston Churchill
These babies, as all babies are, are a source of joy. Hug them, caress them, kiss them, tickle them, soothe them, and all you get is pure delight, not from one but from two, three, four…as many as could fill your two hands and feet.
Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God. Barretto
Every moment with them babies is a magical moment. Yes, magical moments so pure, they warm the heart, they fill the heart, brimming with love.
Babies touch the world with love.
Children are a handful sometimes, A heartfull all the time…
Authors Unknown
Young as they are, these babies cope. They only have their caregivers to act as their pseudo-mothers. At CRIBS, you can see how their caregivers take care of them, pay attention to them, and love them as though they are truly theirs.
Ten fingers, Ten toes She’s laughter and teardrops. So small and brand new And amazingly angelic She’s sent to bless you. She’s one special Baby. The best of life’s treasure. And will grant and bless you Many hours of great pleasure. Author Unknown
Two hours was all we had. As we said good-bye, we put them into bed, gave them their milk, turned off the lights, then kissed them good-bye, with a promise to return. A promise more to oneself than to them. Time runs so fast, yet there is always another day to look forward to.
You can visit them, spend some time with them, bring them cheers. And yes, even adopt anyone of them. Babies, anyone?
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if you are sincere with others, you don’t flaunt it off to the public and show it off in photos. Charity begins at home. Fix your family first.
Sexy Mom: Hi Therese (or Tessa—is that you?)
Be assured that I am not flaunting. The reason I am posting this is to share good cheers, and to create an awareness that CRIBS does exist. Some people might want to share, give a part of themselves, or just be as positive as many people are.
As to my family, thanks for your concern—we are as blessed as could be. We are as happy as could be, and it shows naman, di ba? A lot of people can vouch that.
Take note also that this is the last time I will allow you to insult me publicly as I will not be posting your comments anymore.
I just hope and pray that you be blessed, too, and that you would also see that life is so good. God bless you, Therese. and believe it or not, I am sincere when I say this.
They are so small! I wish I could adopt one of them … Anyway, it’s really charitable to just pop in and play w/the babies!
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Sexy Mom: true, Kyels, it’s sharing of oneself, too. and babies do bring a lot of cheers.
Oh my. What fun. So touching too.
Love the quote on babies. We’re all babies too .. never outgrowing the need for love.
In Surigao, I visited a banker-friend’s own personal semi orphanage, where he takes in about 30 undernourished babies ostensibly only up to the time they recover, kaya lang ang daming parents who don’t ‘t come back for their children na. So I know what you mean when you said you (the visitor) hug them, carry them in your arms and heart … as many as you can manage at a time. So heartbreaking to turn their backs on them at the end of an hour or couple of hours. But then we can only do so much.
Sexy Mom: hi, Annamanila. really fun. i can’t really fathom how mothers can leave their babies, but I’m sure each mother has a story to tell.
I want to play with babies. I am sure they need the loving hugs. I will visit one day. So near the house pa.
Sexy Mom: They do need as much hugs as one can give. Just give them a call before you go there, and bring your white shirt and socks.
What a beautiful way for your family to reach out and help those in need. Spending time with those babies is a wonderful act of love.
My, my, how sweet
I would love to hug a dozen of those babies. It’s easy for the volunteers kasi come & go lang, but I’m sure the caregivers get tired & do need help, too.
Thanks for sharing this as I know CRIBS need all the help they can get.
BTW only y-day my 4-year old was saying he wishes I have a baby in my tummy. He wants a baby daw! Asus.
re: therese—kiber na lang Sexy Mom… minsan people tend to miss the point… big time.
Therese is such a big fan of yours, I’m sure of that. It’s so obvious. I mean, she reads your posts and bothers to comment. NOW THAT’S LOVE.
And I bet she’s just really really REALLY jealous. Like she’s already eating her heart out. She’s probably as green as the hulk in envy. I do hope she gets to read this. HAHAHA.
Man I hate social climbers. I mean like the people who would ride with other people’s fame or glory or even niceness, and those who seek attention by saying bad things about something which is actually really nice. All the same to me. Hate them all. hahaha!
cute, adorable, want to hugs them and share our time to them.
more power to Cribs…..........
i didn’t know the org allows volunteers, and daily pa. i would love to bring my kids there! thanks for sharing this info, dine.
To Therese:
Flaunting for vanity and personal gain is different from flaunting for awareness. Fix yourself first.
If you continue to hate what we do, then I advise you to move on to another blog. There’s no room for your kind here.
Anyways. To the kind people who want to help CRIBS, please drop by their website (most especially the How to Help section) and see what you can do to help. Besides volunteers, they are in need of donations. So it’s still possible that people who are out of the country can help.
God bless all of you.
oh, what a great place to hung out sometimes and yet it doesn’t cost anything. i wonder if they would recognize you on your next visit. i would love to bring my guitar and sing children song with them.
Hi Dine, it was such a noble thing to do. When we were young, I remember, we used to visit the Hospicio de San Jose and Mother Theresa House of Charity (in Tayuman). We were so happy doing that, visiting the kids and the abandoned elderlies. We even asked our Dad to adopt the babies, boys in particular bec. we don’t have boys in our family. But Dad said it’s better if we just give them some of the things they need in the orphanage. If only, we could adopt them and give them a new home and family, it would be a lot better…
Dine,how about fixing a visit there with the mommy bloggers?
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