"May I thank YOU for those... sadness that I smiled, struggles that I managed, risks that I survived, and failures that I succeeded...All it’s because YOU were there in those journeys."
There is no other word to say but to thank you for your love forever. Even though I wasn't able to give all the things that I still wanted to give and share with you I was happy because I was who I am today because of your love.
You did not want anything but our welfare ... to protect us and to be proud of us. In each of your stories, you're thrilled to take pride in our achievements. In our shortcomings, you're filling them just for us not to be criticized. You preferred to be hurt or sacrifice, just to uplift our status.
In our sadness, you gave us hope to smile. In our hardship, you were always there whom we could lean on. In any risks or calamities of life, you are kneeling to the Lord to strengthen and protect us, especially me wherever I may be. You did not let us fail because you do everything in your capacity to see us succeed.
I am longing for your hugs; A mother is so excited to see, kiss, and hug us. A mother who was too eager to wait at the door to hug me as I came home from vacation abroad. A mother who never asked for anything but just to see me healthy and happy. But I know you are always in my heart because every day I still feel the embrace of your love.
Although you are not on our side to prepare our bed; fix our pillows, cover us with blankets to ensure that we'll be sleeping well, hang the mosquito net in order for us not to get bitten by mosquitoes, touch the tip of our feet to make sure we are not feeling cold, touching our neck and forehead to make sure our health is okay ... those your thoughtfulness and cares are so priceless and significantly will never be forgotten.
You, my Inang (mother), will stay in our hearts and spirit, now and forever.
[Translated in Filipino Language]
"Maaari ko bang pasalamatan KA para sa... mga kalungkutang ngumiti ako, mga pakikibakang nalagpasan ko, mga panganib na naligtas ako at mga kabiguang pinagtagumpay ko ... Lahat ito ay dahil kasama KA sa aking mga paglalakbay na iyon."
Walang ibang salitang nais kong banggitin kundi ang pasalamatan ka sa iyong pagmamahal magpakailanman. Hindi ko man lahat naipagkaloob ang mga bagay na gusto ko pang ibigay sa iyo ngunit masaya ako dahil ako kung sino man ako ngayon ay ito'y naging bunga ng iyong pagmamahal.
Wala ka bang ninais kundi ang kabutihan at kapakanan namin... ang protektahan kami at ang maipagmalaki kami. Sa bawat kuwento mo, ika'y natutuwang ipagmalaki ang aming naabot. Sa aming pagkukulang, ika'y nagpupuno para lang hindi kami mapintasan. Hindi baleng ikaw nalang ang masaktan o magsakripisyo, maingat lang aming estado.
Sa aming kalungkutan, kami'y napapangitin mo. Sa aming paghihirap, ikaw ay umaagapay. Sa aming kapahamakan, ikaw ay nanikluhod sa Panginoon na gabayan kami lalo na't ako, saan man ako makarating. Hindi mo hinayaang kami'y mabigo pagkat gagawin mo ang lahat makita lang kaming matagumpay.
Ako'y nangungulila sa iyong mga yakap; Ang Inang nananibik makita, mahagkan at mayakap kami. Ang Inang sobrang nag-aabang ng aking pag-uwi pag ako'y nagbabakasyon mula sa ibang bansa. Ang Inang hindi minsan naghangad ng pasalubong kundi ang makita lang akong malusog at masaya. Ngunit mananatili ka sa puso ko dahil araw-araw nararamdaman ko pa rin ay iyong yakap ng pagmamahal.
Bagaman wala ka na sa aming tabi upang ihanda ang aming tulugan; iayos ang aming mga unan, kumutan upang makatulog ng mahimbing, kinukulambuhan ng hindi makagat ng lamok, hinihipo ang dulo ng aming paa para siguraduhing hindi kami nalalamigan, hinihipo ang aming leeg at noo upang siguraduhin maayos ang aming kalusugan... mga pag-arugang hindi kailanman aming makakalimutan.
Ikaw, Inang, ang natatangi at mananatili sa aming puso't diwa, ngayon at magpakailanman.
All Articles of this month, April 2018, will be entirely dedicated to my Mom who just died on April 5, 2018.
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