I want to wake up just like how it was 20 years ago but in a different place.
I want to be awaken by the smell of breakfast prepared by my mom.
I want to sit on the table to eat with her and my siblings as we talk about things.
Work, relationships, petty issues in the house, our pet maybe, anything under the sun.
Then I want to go about my day...
I would go to my work and feel secured because I have a stable job.
I don't think of doing anywhere else because I'm doing the type of work that I like.
The people I work with are just as satisfied as I am.
During lunch time, I'll be eating out with my colleagues.
We talk about work but we are generally happy. So, we joke most of the time.
We laugh just like the way I laughed over lunch with my friends back in the university.
Then we go on working til the end of the shift.
After work, we go on our separate lives, although sometimes we still hang out.
I go out on and prepare for my regular evening dates with my fiance.
We talk about the coming wedding and a lot of other things.
We plan to get married in a place by the lake.
Everything is ready. We are prepared financially.
Then he takes me home.
He stays for a while at home to have a short chat with my mom and my siblings.
They are pretty close.
I snuggle close to him on the couch feeling lucky because our future is coming and it is bright.
I feel bubble wrapped watching my loved ones talk.
Then he goes home and I say up a little with my mom for some dessert.
We talk about our days and our plans.
I tell her about the vacation I arranged for her.
She's happy because she can finally see that I'm fulfilling my promise to her when I was young,
the free trips.
I see the contour of her eyes and her face and notice how gracefully she is aging.
I whisper to myself that I'd like to grow old the way she did.
Then I say goodnight.
I wash my face and brush my teeth.
I thank God for my beautiful and peaceful life.
I go to sleep happy knowing that everything is ok and normal.
I have nothing more to ask.
