Saturday, January 22, 2011

Crazy DNA and more




No earthly love is more profound than a mother’s love.

She gives unconditionally. Forgives easily. Cares incessantly. The moment she missed her period, her life stopped becoming only her own.

While she rejoices in each triumph you bagged, or her chin tilts a little too high every time you march on the ramp, her own heart bleeds for every scratch and bruise on your knees and blames herself for your every misstep. And it doesn’t matter for how many children she has to do the routine of rearing, raising and giving away and how much pain she has to endure and how many wounds she has to tend for catching every time each one falls.  

She may pass on crazy DNAs that make you hate her at some point. How she seems to be always looking over your shoulder as if waiting for that perfect moment you bend and she gloats. Or watching for the flaw of every date you take home. Or you may never forget how she criticizes your taste for nail polish and men, for your choice of friends and careers. Blame her for your big hair, for your bow legs or narrow hips. But the extra inches on her waist, the marks after her tummy swelled and shrunk, the ugly sight of veins on her legs, just tell the vanity that she has dropped to lovingly embrace the lifetime title of being a mom.

Win or lose, she will always be there to cheer on the sidelines of your races. And each meal, she has to prepare more than one menu, for one who eats only fried and for one who’s allergic to shrimps. And even if you’re old enough and she’s sick herself, and it’s so obsolete and you don't know the medical explanation, she will advise you to rub on Vicks Vaporub when you have colds.

And to my mom, I love you even if we don’t share the same middle name. Even if I was fed in bottle and not on your breast. Or even if you missed my PTA meetings, the agenda were always the same each year anyway and yeah, it was same set of people who get elected. (Or the fact that our adobos don’t taste the same.)

What I will always remember is the moment you stood for my fight when I was so weak to stand on my own even if it means we will be cut off from the upcoming family reunions.

And I love you even if it’s not yet your birthday… even if it’s not mother’s day… even if I say ‘I love you Tatay’ more often.

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25 comments:

  1. a mother's love will always be unconditional...

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  2. I love the post... i got hook reading it till the end.. it reminds me to call my mom who is a miles away from me to say i love u and thank u for being such a wonderful person and a good friend to me. Thanks to your lovely post,,, keep writing!!!

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  3. Awwwww....... how sweet! Hug and more hugs to all our (crazy) moms! We love you!

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  4. A mom's love is unconditional and they'll always love us no matter how we end up in life.

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  5. It is important to give love to our parents especially when we grow up

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  6. We should love our parents because they are the one who give birth to us. Without them, we couldn't see the world.

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  7. No earthly love is more profound than a mother’s love. I will drink to this and I strongly agree to this. Thanks.

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  8. aw, i can relate. i just wished my kiddos would be so sweet to write touching messages such as yours.

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  9. So sweet and really made me cry. A mother will always love their children no matter what happened.

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  10. Every mom should be honored a lot and those mom who just concer herself should pity and revamp her way

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  11. So many things have been written about a mother's love and I am sure that many are still being written as of this moment. As long as there is a mother, there will be someone who will write about her.

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  12. Love your mother. Family is what everyone has after everything is said and done. :)

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  13. our mothers have been there for our entire life as well as family and they are all there is.. never take them for granted..

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  14. Ang Ilaw ng Tahanan ay hindi kumukupas dahil kahit drug addict ang anak, andyan pa rin ang ina upang maging sandigan at ilaw ng anak.

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  15. The day will come when we have become our mothers...I know I have. And although we stop being children our parents will always be parents.

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  16. Moms can be crazy, but that's exactly what makes them so special. And like what others have said, nothing and no one will ever compare to your own mom.

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  17. we shared our breath and she has become a part of each and everyone. no love can be greater than a mother to a child

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  18. our moms will always be part of our hearts forever!

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  19. very inspiring post. made me love and appreciate my mom more :)

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  20. Nice post..so sweet naman. Hope your mom liked it!

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  21. Agree! a mother's love is worthless; same thing I got from my mom I would like to give the same to my kid. I want him to remember me forever as well.

    I think you're mom is so proud of you and everything nice you say about her.

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  22. Mother's love are always exceptional. I know your mom would give you a lot of hugs and kisses after reading this. ^_^

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  23. Mother knows best, and Mother love is really worthless and Gem at the same time.

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  24. Mother's love is a never ending story. Just like a water in a river or in the sea. Very wide and very deep. Nothing can't stop mother's love.

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  25. Yes, you're correct whether it is not mother's day, a mother should be given always importance. Mother is the best creature God ever created and she deserves to be treated the best too.

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