By Lauren V. Macaraeg #LaurenMacDoodles
I celebrated my birthday with my Papa Boy this 2018 even if we are thousands of miles apart, thanks to technology 🐩❤🤴🎂👸🐈📱 Our special guests, Patty the Pink Poodle and Cutie the Cat, made our LDR video chat bonding even more fun & crazy 🐶😂🐱
Thanks, Papa, for your time, your efforts, your gifts (including Patty Poodle, my new stuffed toy, and my new books which I bought with part of my dad’s gift), and your love 
(Tinuruan ko si Papa Boy how to do the Korean heart 🎎❤🏮 In fairness sa tatay ko, game na game siya kahit nagkandapilipit na ang daliri niya lol 😂👌😂 Saranghae!!! 🎎❤🏮)
I love you too! And so does Cutie kahit na ang kulit niya during the video chats lol 
Sa wakas!!! 📷😂🎉 After the nth try 😅 May group photo na kami ni Papa Boy at Cutie the Cat!!! 🤴🐈👸 #Success
And thank You, Lord, for Your grace and love that gives us the new chance to build our friendship and relationship as father and daughter. It’s never too late for second chances with You 
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“My birthday theme for 2018 is #MyFavoriteThings. It may not be obvious, but I have struggled with birthday blues ever since I was a kid. When I was a child and a teenager, I allowed myself to be swept away by the annual birthday blues, while my mom, my relatives and friends all valiantly and patiently tried to cheer me up each time my birthday comes around (and forced me to celebrate with them lol!). As I grew up into an adult and as I grew closer to God, I myself did my part to battle the birthday blues by trying to cheer up other people on my birthday and also by doing the things I like. Yet even if it may not be obvious, it’s still a struggle almost every year, although being more proactive has helped a lot. Some of my personal cheerleaders are still by my side, while some are now far away or are busy or have their own lives and challenges. I am thankful for all of them and how they helped me when I couldn’t help myself. I know they will all be proud of me that I am now trying to help myself too, while acknowledging that I can’t do it totally by myself at the same time. This year, as I try with the Lord’s help to heal and recover from physical and mental challenges alike, I deliberately simplified my birthday in line with my #Live4Infinity #LifeProject. I also intentionally chose to spend time with my favorite hoomans and cats, to do my favorite activities, and to surround myself with my favorite things. I am also trying to relax and chill more. I want to celebrate and appreciate the things that make life beautiful and interesting, not just on my birthday, but in the days to come.
“LAUREN’S DOGGIE BIRTHDAY 2018 W/ PAPA BOY, PATTY THE PINK POODLE & CUTIE THE CAT (PART 2)” is PART 2 of 10 of #MYFAVORITETHINGS Birthday Series. I pray that this series will encourage others who may also struggle with birthday blues.
Thanks again to everybody for your birthday greetings. Thank you even more for being part of my life, my family and friends. Even if I may not see you or talk to you that often these days, I am grateful for each and every one of you and for the role you played in my real-life story and for the role I played in yours, then and now. We love you all!
Flying cat kisses from Lauren, Mama Uni and Cutie the Cat 🐈❤😻”
“In Your presence is fullness of joy.” (Psalm 16:11) #Psalm1611
MORE LDR BONDING PHOTOS:
Video Chat with Papa Boy on 02.05.2018 ❤🤴🎂👸📱 Papa Boy watched Cutie the Cat play 
Bananaaaa potayto-naaaa! 
Video Chat with Papa Boy on Valentine’s Day, 02.14.2018 ❤🤴🎂👸📱 Here’s Papa Boy and I attempting to catch the speedy Cutie the Cat for a group shot 
Ang kulit hahaha!
Spider Cat?!? Ang galing umakyat eh! 
Sa wakas!!! 📷😂🎉 After the nth try 😅 May group photo na kami ni Papa Boy at Cutie the Cat!!! 🤴🐈👸 #Success
Meet Patty the Pink Poodle, my new friend 
Papa Boy & I talked that I would buy a stuffed toy to remind me of him with part of his birthday gift to me 
And here is Patty!
Birthday Gift Shopping at Toy Kingdom 02.18.2018 
The first time I saw Patty, I knew instantly she would be my new friend! Even if I browsed around the toy store before choosing a stuffed toy, I went back for Patty 🤗
Yes, pinabalot ko pa talaga lol 😂🎁🙆 Kinarir ang DIY gift! 😄
At yes, I wrote on the card to show to Papa Boy what his gift is for me 
DIY gift FTW!
Video Chat with Papa Boy on my actual birthday, 02.18.2018 ❤🤴🎂👸📱 Papa Boy meets Patty the Pink Poodle, his gift to me 🤴
Wacky shot!!! 
Tinuruan ko si Papa Boy how to do the Korean heart 🎎❤🏮 In fairness sa tatay ko, game na game siya kahit nagkandapilipit na ang daliri niya lol 😂👌😂 Saranghae!!! 🎎❤🏮
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#Live4Infinity #LifeProject by #LaurenVMacaraeg #LaurenMacDoodles 🌟 : “LAUREN’S DOGGIE BIRTHDAY 2018 W/ PAPA BOY, PATTY THE PINK POODLE & CUTIE THE CAT (PART 2) #MYFAVORITETHINGS” (February 5, 14 & 18, 2018) Written on 2.28.2018 🎂❤🐈
#Birthday #Valentines #2018 #KidsAtHeart #AmazingGrace #LaurenMacScribbles #LaurenMacKulit
#ProjectTIME: #MyFavoriteBeings #Family #PapaBoyAndMe #PattyThePinkPoodle #CutieTheCat #Cutie #LDR #LDRBonding #Love #LoveIsSpelledTIME #GodWithUs 🐈
#ProjectHEAL: #MyFavoriteThings #Pink #Cute #Toys #Books #ChildrensBooks #GeekyJoys #Dogs #Cats
#ProjectHELLO: #Openness #Honesty
#MentalHealthAwareness #Healing #Recovery: #Forgiveness #Renewal #BirthdayBlues #Depression #FightBirthdayBlues #Success! #GodIsGood
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