first time =D: mommy

everyday, i never go to sleep without thanking God for the perfect gift of life (as for me, it's perfect!) that i have. i may have problems at times but God has blessed me and surrounded me with people who loves me truly and cares for me so much.

and out of those perfect persons that make my life happy is my mom... the quiet little angel who has been with me since my first breathe of oxygen in this mother earth.

mommy was never a friend to me when i was young. she was my mother. i was not able to tell her who my crushes were and even my secrets. she was my teacher when i was in grade 2 and God has blessed the day when my name would not be included in the list of the most noisy students in the class. nevertheless, inside our room, i would call her mam. i remember that i once forgot to call her mam when she was distributing our journal. instead of giving to me my paper, she asked me, ano ang tinawag mo sa akin? then i said, mommy. she asked again, ano ang tinawag mo sa akin? then i said mam. that's the only time she gave my journal.

my mom is a disciplinarian. when i was in high school, she would not falter to wake me up at 7am. even though i love to wrap myself in my blanket because it's vacation, she would explain that i need to help her with the household chores because someday, i would benefit from all the things that i know. i didn't understand her then. for me, all that my mom did was for her welfare. i was not familiar with the term child abuse then but believe me, if i do know about it, i might have ranted it to her.

mom taught me time management. when i was in grade 4, before i could watch popeye or richie rich on television, i have to make her coffee first. this became a habit that before 3 o'clock in the afternoon when mom was supposed to go home, i would prepare her glass of water and coffee so i would not be late in watching my fave tv program.

mom taught me the value of money. i am a giver because of her. well, i have this dark secret that i only revealed to her recently and she just laughed about it. i told her that whenever i would go inside her classroom when i was in grade 5, i would pretend that i am there to listen to her teach her pupils (mom was aware that i like to become a teacher someday). she didn't know that while my eyes were focused on her, my hand is sinning! i would grasp a handful of coins from her money box and i would use those coins to buy marshmallow with chocolate (like wiggles now =D). i would later on give some mallows to my friends and classmates. yes, am a giver! =D

mommy taught me how to be professional at work by being disciplined. i never caught her being late nor absent, with reason or no reason at all. in her 32 years of teaching, mommy only got absent last january when my dad had his prostate operation. other than that, mommy manages to go to school everyday.

mom is a disciplinarian and a spoiler. i use to get all the things that i need and i want. i don't know how mom did it but despite of being a spoiler, i gained self control over things that i can't really have.

mom taught me the meaning of being selfless by being there before i knew it. there was no single moment in my life that mom was not there. we may have some quarrels when i was young but when i became a mom, i did understand her. more than anything in this world, am happy because mommy is still there, just a text away, just a phone call away and even just a few steps away.

there's so much more to say but i have to save it for next year. happy mother's day to the most wonderful mom in the whole wide world (well, i know your mom is the best too but this is my blog =D =D =D - my mom gets the credit!)