Dear Mom Cherry,
If
ever I would perform an inventory, record it and put all & every detail
into a set of well-filed documents on how you did your job as a Mother & a
Wife to the four of us in a span of 32 years. This would be my final
evaluation, “That you were just so phenomenal & great on all aspects in
your noble role of being a Mother/Wife to the four of us!” From the exact
moment that you were giving Birth, you have willingly been taking every single
pain & you have been preparing yourself in facing all the known risks, just
to give the three of us a chance to experience living in this world, that is
just exceptionally remarkable and we are so much indebted to you for that
privilege called “Life”… From the time that we were infants, the way you gave
your most special & unique care each second you were carrying us, even if
your womb were still tender & fresh coming from your status post Caesarian
operation, that is just unequaled & unparalleled, Let that scar on your
abdomen serve as your unconditional sacrifice for the three of us... From our
middle school years, your perseverance & tireless efforts in forcing us to
drink our milk & take our multivitamins each & every single night, in
making us sleep early so that we would remain to be the healthiest amongst
every kid out there, for consistently waking us up at 5 in the morning for the
past 20 years, for regularly bringing & fetching us at school, for the unlimited
hugs & kisses that you were giving us before we would leave the house &
for preparing us the most delicious & superb packed meals, that is just the
most sweetest thing that a mother could do for her children… From our teenage
years, your momentous guidance & advices on how we should start shaping our
own future, your untroubled calmness of trusting us & gradually endowing us
our freedom to explore what’s out there in the world, that is just so
inimitable and unrivaled of you, that is why we want to say our most earnest
thank you for letting us discover our true potentials in life… From our young
adult lives, when you & dad could have chosen to live a luxurious lifestyle
spending all of your retirement money by yourselves but instead you readily
sacrificed all of your savings just to put the three of us in medical school,
you solemnly cried together with us while we were facing our most dreaded pains
& disappointments, you cheerfully celebrated with us in our pinnacle of
victories, you easily became selfless when you surrendered your time for
yourself just to be with us in Baguio, watching & providing for our daily
needs even if you don’t need to because we were already grown-ups but still,
you eagerly chose to take care of us, that is just extremely impressive &
astonishing considering your unlimited amount of love for us… I could still
very well remember when you were the first one who cried for me when I was
dealing with the hardest blow of my life. And you were so ecstatically anxious
because you can’t stand seeing me endure those bottomless tortures that I’m
going through in my life and you were desperately crying & suffering
because you can’t do anything to ease & alleviate your son’s distressed
pain. But instead you went with me to the church, you prayed together with me
in the church, you actively involved yourself with me in joining several of
God’s ministries in the church & you wholeheartedly acted as my
indestructible rock. Mom, I think I never said thank you for that but now I am
telling you “THANK YOU…” And now that we are facing our adulthood years, there
is only one request that the four of us would like to ask of you and that is
“Please, don’t ever ever ever change…” I still need you to walk me down the
aisle in order for you to finally meet your new daughter and I would love to
witness that very day when you’d be taking care of your grandchildren, just the
way you have taken care of me, I’d want them to have that piece of experience
that I’ve had when you were caressing me. "You might not be the most perfect or
ideal mother out there but you are by far “OUR MOTHER” and that attribute alone
is enough for us because we truly love & accept you for just you…" Be strong
Ma, Be patient with us… We may not also be the perfect or ideal children that a
mother would desire but if there’s one certain thing that the four of us could
guarantee you, is that we are not going anywhere. Ma, just give us a little
more time to grow so that we would have that opportunity & chance to
fulfill our promise to you, that we’d be the ones taking tremendous care of
you… Thank you for the unconditional love, care, concern & patience that
you are giving us, NO ONE COULD EVER SACRIFICE OR DO SO MUCH THAN WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE FOR US IN OUR ENTIRE LIVES … Thank you for giving us our greatest
inheritance and that is you raising us up in front of our Creator’s eyes,
nothing could ever replace that treasure in our hearts… Happiest Birthday to
you Ma!
Lots of Love,
From the Army of your Life – A.L
- The Thoughful Son
***This Article is dedicated to the "GREAT" ARMANDO Q. LEYVA. Tatay, I always miss you and I love you so much...
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