The CRIBS Blog

A week ago I received an excited thank you note from a friend. Wondering what she was thankful for, I quickly logged in to my Gmail.

I found out that she was thanking me for her CRIBS experience. I was ecstatic, even though I knew that my involvement with her CRIBS visit was only to send her an entry I wrote about how to volunteer for the Receiving Home.

My friend told me that the kids were extremely sweet, giving hugs even if they didn’t know who were they hugging. It warmed my heart knowing that on that day the kids received much love, while giving back love in return.

So how about you? I know you have a little love inside your heart. Why don’t you share it to the children who need it the most?

Volunteer for CRIBS! Visiting hours are either 9-11 in the morning 2-4 in the afternoon, everyday. Call them up at 6815921 or 6818078 to notify them if you would be passing by. Guidelines for volunteering can be found here: http://cribsfoundation.org/blog/?p=6

If you can’t physically visit the foundation, you can still help through donations. See here how to: http://www.cribsfoundation.org/howtohelp.html

Your beautiful eyes never fail to captivate me. Every time you flap those sweet eyelashes of yours, I can’t help but just look back in awe. And your warm and oh so tender touch, brings warmth to my heart.

Yes, you did it again, every time I see you, I fall in love, again, and again, and again, and again.

And it all began when you smiled at me, and then drooled on my arms.

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Dear all,

our third newsletter is up! You can download it through the following link: http://www.cribsfoundation.org/newsletter/cribs_newsletter3.pdf

CRIBS is again open to visitors and volunteers. Please do visit us some time.

To all beloved volunteers and visitors of CRIBS,

As of now, CRIBS is closed to volunteers and visitors indefinitely. This is in view of the current situation regarding the spreading of the A(H1N1) virus.

Please take care. All of you will be truly missed.

Keep safe, and God bless you always.

Dear readers,

If you haven’t been visiting our main site and haven’t read last year’s newsletters, they could be found in the following links:

First newsletter
Second newsletter

Our newsletter is published bi-annually.  If you want to contribute, please contact the newsletter’s Editorial Board through the following contact details:

Contact Person:                         Maritona V. Labajo
Executive Director
Email Address:                          cribsnet@info.com.ph
Phone No.:                                 681-5921; 681-8078

Legacy of An Adopted Child
Author Unknown

Once there were two women,
Who barely knew each other.
One is in your heart forever,
The other you’ll call mother.

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by Dine Racoma

It has been very cold the past few days, even before the holidays. Some of us like it cold, but not too cold. Like you and me, we have tried our best to keep warm. Those of us who have kids, and babies for that matter, see to it that they are warm, even huddled close to us.

But what about the babies at CRIBS? They have no mothers to give them attention, to keep them warm one-on-one. They have their patient and loving caregivers, who dress them up in their sweaters and pjyamas, but not to to keep them the whole evening cuddled in their arms. There are only 3 of them for 30 infants, crawlers and toddlers–on duty in the evenings, feeding them, changing their diapers, giving medicines to those who are sick, putting to sleep those who are awake and crying. Such a great responsibility for the caregivers.

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by Dine Racoma

Here’s sharing with you a Christmas message–A Perfect Christmas, from Kuya G, a hospital chaplain. He sent this mesage through The D Spot.

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I arrived in the Philippines 18 years ago and soon was greeted by Jose Mary Chan (JMC)’s “A Perfect Christmas” on the Philippine air waves. It has been my theme song since then. Of course one can argue that there is no perfect Christmas, especially now that there are more bad news about global recession and what impacts they may have upon us in the coming year. The world was in a  similar mood of gloom and doom when a baby was born in a manger about 2,000 years ago–almost no one cared except a few shepherds and curious foreigners.“Simple pleasures are made special, too, when they’re shared with you..”  JMC croons on the radio, telling us about his idea of a perfect Christmas.

“Looking through some old photographs, watching busy shopper’s rushing about, sparkling lights all over town, children’s carols in the air…” You can make your own list.

How about embracing a child today? Looking at her eyes and find again in our heart the awe and wonder for life, reminding us that God wants to dwell with us, embracing our humanity, and gives us courage and hope?

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by B.A. Racoma

I never really got the hang of leaving the CRIBS home. After 6 months of regular volunteering, you’d think a person would be used to just having only two hours every week of visiting these kids.

But no.

Every week there is something that pinches my heart whenever I bid and hug and kiss the babies goodbye.

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