Hello everyone! Hope everything is going well with you. This is my first post here at HivePh. It is nice to be on this platform and connect to every Filipino wherever you are in the world.
I just want to share with you the sweet gesture of my innocent niece, so here it goes...
I didn’t know what my niece was doing at her table next to me in my office room. Every time I have a class, she always does some stuff and plays there. She sneaked in front of me while I was having a class and placed a letter written on scratch paper. I smiled and I was excited to see what was inside. It was a Valentine's card with a sweet message. It may be just a piece of paper but what matters most is the message. It was so thoughtful of her. I felt loved and teary-eyed. I hugged and kissed her.
I included this Mother's Day card she also made for me last year. I will cherish these letters.
Let me tell you about my niece. Her parents had a complicated relationship. She was born out of wedlock. She is a child of my youngest brother. She has no mother. Her mother died in 2018. RIP to her. I felt so sad about what happened. I feel pity for my niece. She was just 1 year old at that time when my brother took her from a province where they stayed because that is what her mother wanted. She didn’t want to leave her daughter to her parents in their hometown. That’s her instruction. She was supposed to go abroad but an unfortunate accident happened. So my brother and his girlfriend took care of her until her girlfriend left. She couldn't bear the betrayal of my brother. I can’t blame her because the child is not hers and the mother of my niece was the other woman at the time they were together. The child felt devastated because, In her entire life, she only knew her as her mother💔. Now, my parents and I help each other take care of my niece.
Okay fast forward, my niece has always been with me and she likes to hang out with me and I feel the same. Every time she comes home from school, she always looks for me. She is now seven. My daughters are all grown up and I missed them when they were babies and toddlers. So I am thankful that my niece is with me.
I just couldn’t abandon my niece. She is a daughter to me and I love her as my own. She may lack tender loving and care from a real mother but I make sure to supply that. I truly hope she will grow up to be a loving, respectful, kind, and successful person. I just want all the best for her.
Thank you for reading!
