I created this video in 2012 for my Mom’s 68th birthday celebration.
Today in Manila – October 14, 2015 marks the 1st Anniversary of my Mom’s passing. I just want to post this video and share to the world how beautiful, strong, talented, loving and compassionate my Mother was.
Ma, I love you. Nobody can ever know how much I miss you. I miss your voice, I miss your smell, I miss you being around us, I miss everything about you… most of all, I miss your warm embrace.
I pray for your eternal rest.
Life is always celebrated by get togethers, banquets, and laughter but when our most beloved Mom is not around anymore to be appreciated and loved on Mother’s Day, there’s emptiness somewhere unexplainable. Looking back, I have so much to thank my Mom for, and the two most important things are for my life and for the unconditional and unending love she gave me. I miss you on this very special day.
Why the late post? It’s because I too celebrated Mother’s Day. I thank my children and my husband for making my life complete. My two most precious girls have brought so much happiness, laughter and love into my life. Because of my girls, I have learned about my strengths that I never knew I had. Now that I’m a Mom, I understand… Now that I am a Mom, I just want to thank back my Mom for everything.
Song for Mommy: “Mama”
I used to not like singing this to my Mom because of the sad words in the song but she loved it a lot everytime I sang it to her. I won my first singing medal when I was in 3rd Grade singing this song by Lea Salonga.
Mama, I miss the days when you were here beside me
Mama, those happy days when you were here to guide me
Safe in the flow of your love
Sent from the heavens above
No one can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace[Chorus]
Oh, mama
Until the days that we`re together once more
I live in this memory
Until the days that we`re together once moreSafe in the flow of your love
Sent from the heavens above
No one can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace[Chorus]
Oh, mama
Once more…
Before I was a Mom … I never felt how it was to instantly love a stranger the moment you held them in your arms after birth. It was a feeling of unfathomable love.
Before I was a mom … I had a shower in the morning and before I went to bed.
Before I was a mom … everything I saw my Mom did for me was a mystery. I questioned every decision she made for me, protested against her strict ways of running the household, felt embarrassed with her when she just wanted to spend time with me, and never quite appreciated her sacrifice for me.
Before I was a mom … I had my career and my professional social life. I wore tailored clothes and high-heeled shoes. I blow-dried my hair everyday and I didn’t smell like baby powder, chicken teriyaki, or Clorox spray.
Before I was a mom … I never had to check on anybody at night and made sure they are warm and snuggled in their blankets. I slept all night long and woke up late specially on weekends.
Before I was a mom … I ironed my jeans.
Before I was a mom … our home was completely clean and neat. No hand prints on the sliding glass doors, no toys under the bed, no rubber duckies in the tub, no colorful mismatched utensils in my kitchen, no dolls and knick knacks anywhere in the house. It was truly immaculate.
Before I was a mom … it wasn’t a diaper bag or an extra-large purse for me…
Before I was a mom … I loved to go window shopping. Spent hours driving around town, store-hopping and shopping.
Before I was a mom … I only have two to three loads of laundry in a week. I didn’t care about the cost of laundry soap, the price of bringing clothes to the cleaners, and the cost of clothes even if I didn’t like the style.
Before I was a mom
~ I was ignorant and life was incomplete. Motherhood taught me honor and made me selfless.
However, this post is not about me nor is it for me. It is for my Mommy.
My Mommy who tried her best to provide us with everything we needed. She sacrificed a lot, thinking that what she was doing was always for the good of her children. She taught me to be ambitious, thrifty, compassionate, honest, God-loving, hardworking, and most importantly, she made sure I know how to love my family with all my heart and commit myself to being a good mother and wife.
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