Mother’s Day
To this day, there are two (2) women in my life that brought such a massive impact on who I am right now [though they aren’t aware of it yet] - My late Lola “Nanay” Baby and my Super Mom who is geographically distant from me. I have never been the type of son most Mom’s would want to raise or dream of having. I couldn’t claim to have not given my Mom her share of head/heartaches while I was growing up; Perks of motherhood I guess.
However, despite my apparent pain-in-the-ass relationship with these women in my life, I “constructively” rebelled towards them which eventually led me into realizing that I was just being ridiculously selfish. Many would say it’s pretty normal to undergo the rebellion stage but I just can’t help to question why.
For the past Mother’s day celebration that my Mom was away, I’d always send her something useful, considering her lifestyle, through FedEx. Just a couple of days before Mother’s day, I sent her a book discussing the ‘knowabouts’ of Windows Vista.
The reason being in me giving her this specific book is for her to not be intimidated by technology which I think is the number one (1) factor why she comes up with excuses like “it’s too difficult” or “it’s no longer my generation” etc. which prohibits her in actually discovering that it ain’t that complicated after all. Something or anything would really be difficult if in the first place you are not giving it a chance to be understood or learned.
On the other hand, difficulty for me made me realize something more. Difficulty and challenges in my life made me appreciate the fact that even though my reasoning is crooked most of the time, there are but a few very special women in my life who will always be by my side. Always.
To the three (3) very special women in my life [you know who you are], I would want to extend and greet you all a delightful Mother’s Day.
Cheers!