Thank God for Mama!

My mother is heaven sent.

She came just in time to save me from worrying about leaving Elle Marie with our new helper now that I have a new job. It was like a dream. One afternoon, I was praying in Greenbelt chapel when I received a call from GREAT Women saying that they would like me to join their organization the soonest and would like to meet up with me to discuss the details. Of course, I was flattered but I worried about Elle Marie. Then, I got a text from my friend's former helper, Lucy saying that she is joining us sooner than expected. I was a little relieved. But late in the evening, I was ecstatic when I got a call from my mother saying that she can now go to Manila and take care of Elle Marie! Who can better take good care of my daughter than my one and only mother! True to what she said, my mother arrived August 28 just 3 days before my first day with GREAT Women.
But, this is not the only thing that I am grateful of my mother. Now that I have experienced being a full-time mom as well as working mom, my heart goes out to my mother who took care of the four of us while teaching. Of course, my father was there but he was always out for work. My nanay, lolo, titas and tito were there but nothing compares to having your mother take good care of you. My mother said that she and my father are quite contented with life now since all of their children graduated already. Now my parents are reaping what they have sowed a few years back... and they deserve it!My heart bleeds everytime I remember the sacrifices that my mother has to experience so that I can study in Manila. I can't imagine the sleepless nights she had thinking of how I am in Manila while she is in Iloilo. Come to think of it, I can't think straight if I don't see Elle Marie in one day! How much more if I don't see her in more than 6 months?!! I think I would go crazy!There were a couple of times that my mother told me, that she can't feel my love for her. Maybe I am partly to be blamed because I am not expressive. But, if only my Mama could open my heart, she'll see how grateful I am to be her daughter. God knows how much I truly love her! Elle Marie adores her!

I love you Mama!!!