happy little things

Yesterday was Mother’s day, though I was surprise to learn that some countries celebrated mother’s day on the last Sunday of May, I still felt that the entire world is celebrating with me.

My Facebook wall was flooded with greetings from everyone whom I know cared for me, just as my mobile phone kept beeping with SMS texts to extend their greetings and my Twitter friends tweeted endless tweets of Happy Mother’s Day which made me feel grateful and honored. My kids and I went to my grandmother’s house where most of the clan gather on special occasions and I, in return kissed, hugged and greeted my aunts and cousins. At the end of the day, my mother got these sweet little things:

A pretty red rose from my cousin Malou and Black Forest Ice Cream Cake which I ordered from FUNTASEE CAKES- a cake shop owned and manage by one of my cousins, Kukkhie.

I on the other hand has my own share of surprise. My kids call me “Mama Toshiba”  because they know that I will be in front of my Toshiba laptop whenever free time I have aside from finding me reading books.  After I had my kids dressed and ready for our visit to my grandmother’s house, I found their little surprise on the top of my laptop that the my son secretly placed while I took a quick shower.

I know it looked like a Valentines Day greeting card but who cares, my children inherit my lack of artistic and creative ability so for them to show their love which they easily  expressed in no other way but to draw hearts. After I took pictures , I turned and saw my son standing by the door checking and waiting to see my reaction of their little surprise. He smiled and greeted my shyly and hugging me at the same time. At that moment, I know I got the most important greeting for the day that no Facebook, SMS and Tweets can ever topped. I wouldn’t be greeted with a “Happy Mother’s Day” if not for them in the first place. Just like all other mother who are proud of their mother’s day presents, I am glad and proud too of my own happy little things that comes with hearts!

Mom’s best lessons in life

 

Life’s lessons in general are always taught by our mothers when we were young. Growing up. the lessons I’ve learned were added up with some of those I eventually earned bumping to situations that I myself needs to handle from time to time. When I was barely two years old, my father died and so my mother raised me and my younger sister on her own. Of what I turned out to be, I owe it all to my mother. I will always be grateful for anything and everything she has done for us. For the unconditional love and selfless sacrifices over the years, for believing in our strengths and encouraging our little hopes and dreams, for simply being a mother the best she can be.

Among the thousands of things that I learned, these are the few that would always make me think of her.

 Love for God – She taught me how to pray and showed me that to be faithfully religious is my only source of strength when times get rough. I grew up not having all the convenience and luxury that life can offer but my mother told me that to be caught in the middle of life’s strongest storms is never a reason to be weak.

To appreciate and be thankful for blessings – “Never bite the hand that feeds you” I once heard this line from her though she never elaborate how that is supposed to mean but my young and innocent mind back then interpreted it as to be always grateful for what I have and for what others has done for me.

To value Education – my mother is a teacher and so it is not a bewilderment to get lectures about doing good in school and studying well. Apart from that, my mother never fails to remind us that education is the only wealth that no one can stole from us and the only wealth a person can take to his grave. I took this advice seriously and constantly remind myself of this thought when I was schooling, however I find it very hard to make my children understand how important education is. I wail and whine to my mother and denounce that my children seems to be taking education for granted.

Respect – She led by example and I learned with her actions that respect is earned only when one knows how to value it. In order to be accepted by others, it is important  to respect one’s self and the people around.

The list is endless when we will talk about our mothers and their greatest lessons in life. As they said, to become a mother is the hardest job on Earth. May it be good or bad, behind every living individual, there’s always a mother’s lesson treasured for life.

Motherhood

 

I know it is not Mother’s Day yet but for every mother on earth everyday is a mother’s day. My husband tells me every time how he appreciates me for what I am doing. For giving up some things important to me personally and making a choice to become a stay-at-home-mom. He knows that it took me some time to get over the idea of  pausing my life as a Med-Tech and to replace my lab coat with an apron. This blog has been my outlet for everything and anything my mind is allowed to dwell on. I am perfectly convinced that being a mother is one of the things I am not good at. With the kids being the way they are, my husband always praise me and tells me I am doing fine. Last night, I was telling him how other moms make motherhood looks easy as turning the light switch on and off and he replied by telling me this:

“It is not easy, it is the hardest, most underpaid job on Earth. Anyone who signed up for this job is crazy!!!!”

I sarcastically replied back with “so you think I am crazy!”

“NO, what I mean is, the reason why MEN aren’t called mothers because being a husband is like another child for mothers to raise…that is why it is crazy”

I still don’t get the logic of it but it sure made me smile. "Whatever!” and “Of course!” were always my reply when I can’t support an argument or conversations that I know would contribute to stress.

Thinking about what he said, I went searching for quotes and I will offer this to all the moms in the world!

In relation with what my husband said… this one surely made sense!! Yeah right! Moms are smarter!

 

Of course! That is why moms are smarter!

Super Mom…. more like having super powers!

That is what the word  “WHATEVER!” is for! Right?!

Could be the reason why mothers make a good call center agent! the talent and ability for the job comes out naturally.

Mothers are not just home builders…. body builders too!

Of course! What are we called stay-at-home-mom for if we are not in the house?

No wonder it is the hardest, most underpaid job ever!

 

According to Morrie Schwatz “There is no experience like having children.There is no substitute for it, you can’t do it with a friend, you can’t do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children”

So to mothers like me out there, no words……..…….can express.