| Unofficial Website of Ms. Janice de Belen |
| On Love and Love Lost |
| Ten years of marriage and four kids should be enough to provide for a family�s strong foundation. But the showbiz world, infected as it is with alluring yet sometimes fatal temptations, could make such foundations brittle. And these are probably the reasons behind the marital demise of a number of showbiz marriages. Nevertheless, life goes on. And for Janice de Belen, who earlier in her acting career went through a lot of heartaches, knows that she has to be stronger everytime. Like bamboo trees during stormy weathers, she has never been broken. �Well, I�ve had other things that happened to me in the past that I did not break. I still don�t like this to break me...I�m the person who immediately thinks that when I fall I have to pick myself up. I have to get up by myself,� she said. �And listen to this. I got this from �Sex and the City;� �Love is not a fairy tale. Knights in shining armor don�t always come to rescue us. We end up rescuing ourselves.� And I know that. I�m the only one who can pick myself up. Nobody can do that for me.� In any separation, the aftermath is a daily tribulation one has to reckon with and try to triumph over. She said she�s grateful for her kids, family and friends who serve as her inspiration during her trying moments. �You know what? Even text messaging got me through. My friends would text me inspirational messages and it would get me through. Oy, there�s something good that comes out from a cellphone. And I�m very appreciative sa ganoon. My faith helped me too. I�m a person with so much faith. I always pray. Even if things were going tough, I would thank the Lord for getting me through, for at least when I wake up in the morning I�m still alive and not broken,�she enthused. Nowadays, Janice has already accepted the fate of her marriage. But she knows that those 10 years still matter and so does their children. Annulment is beyond her wishes because she�s not even ready to think about it. She still puts weight on the numerous happy moments she, John and their children shared � memories that no one can ever topple or surpass. Her simple dream is to have a happy family. But who knows, fate could take a nasty turn for the better and grant her just that, the way she was bestowed a new career as a TV host. Who knows, maybe in the future, it will come straight from Janice that she�s found her happy family once again... |
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