TESSA MAURICIO-ARRIOLA
The first month of the New Year has come and gone, but the added holiday pounds have settled quite comfortably on several parts of my body. I was hoping they’d go away in the course of January’s 31 days, but there was plenty of left over goodies in the first week. Then there was the feast of the Wise Men, my nephew’s 10th birthday, my brother’s nth birthday, my cousin’s wedding, and finally my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary right smack on January 31. So I had to eat. And I’m not regretting gorging on throughout the last four weeks because there was certainly much to celebrate.