Mama, Mom, Nanay, Momy, or just a plain named Mother. If you call someone using these names. For sure, they are the person who raises you, protects you, cares for you and everything that loves you. A true mother or there is no fake mother. She will always be with you no matter what kind of person you'll become. You may hate her, forsake her, discriminate against her, or unlove her. A mother will always be there for you to hug you and kiss you. She will always let you feel that she's always been there for you.
It was a clear beautiful day yesterday. It wasn't my intention to witness how a mother treats her daughter. I was moved just by watching them. A daughter who always calls her mother when she's alone. A mother who always wanted to make sure her daughter would not be alone. Even the whole day of work. Even a whole busy day yesterday. A mother will always have time for her children.
I am not a parent yet and I have no idea what parenting means. In my own opinion, a mother is the one who sacrifices everything. From the moment she's bearing a child. Her world changed. The food she will eat. The lifestyle she will do. The actions she needs to do. There are a lot of them that it's hard to count or understand what it means to be a mother.
I came from a poor family and I could tell how hard it was to have food to eat when I was young. Including my mother and father, we were overall 13 in one household. The life we had back then became harder because of the number of people to eat. I saw how my mother became so brave to face everything just to make sure all of us would make it.
I don't want to be unfair to my father but I saw how hard it was for my mother before. She was carrying dirt clothes inside the basin while carrying a baby in her other arm. I witnessed how painful it was to see my mother gulping because she was hungry but decided to let us, her children eat the food. It was not enough so she insisted on not eating. Life is hard especially for the mother who always thinks for her children.
No matter what I do there's no way I can repay my mother. Not just the food I ate. The money I spent and whatever it was. I'm always indebted to my mother because without her. I can't have what I have now. I can't experience how to live life in this world. Above all else, the love of a mother was the reason that I grew up well.
That's why I'm thankful to my mother. Even though she's angry sometimes at me. All I can say is thank you for everything. A simple "thank you" will be enough to make her realize that I'm grateful to her. I want her to know that I appreciate everything she's done for me.
Thank you, Mom.
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