She smiles, grins, guffaws. She laughs all the time. There is not a day that I don't hear her laughter ringing in our home. It's not that she doesn't have concerns or worries at all, but it's just her. She always makes it a point to laugh (even when I knew or my brother and I would sense that she and Hutsai quarreled).
"Di gyud pwedeng di ko motalidhay sa usa ka adlaw! hahaha"
(I can't let a day pass without me laughing out loud.)
Every time she visits us here, my kids would be laughing out loud, too. Every little thing that we find funny, we would break into unadulterated laughter. And I don't laugh as loudly when I'm not with her.
And this is what I learned through these years. A household run by laughter is really different. Your kids have a happier disposition and they go through life armed with positivity.
I'd like to believe that's how I am: ms positivity :) That no matter how chaotic my world outside my home is I don't worry, I don't get that affected much because I know I have somewhere to go where I'd feel better, and that I'd be okay. That somewhere is home.
In that home, Mama is there to make everything all right---back when I was a kid who would run to her with bruises on the knees and till now when I would go to her with worldly petty
bruises.
She left her career (she'd probably be a VP, EVP, or President in the bank by now ~ hehehe) and has dedicated all her life to making our home a haven for me and my brother Boy, and Hutsai.
I asked her one time if she ever regretted not having a career of her own. Without a pause, she said,
"No. This is my career. My family is my company. And that has given me joy, peace of mind, and love. Where can you find a company like that?" --- Nowhere, Mom. Only in your bossom we find the happiness and love we need.
For us, she is the best mother in the world!
We love you Baliling!
Happy Mother's Day!
