Unforgettable Moment with my Mom
Motherhood is a significant milestone in a woman's life; not only because she becomes a parent to her newborn but also because she realizes how good, how great, her own mother is.
"We're going to have a baby," was how I relayed the news to my Mommy, Vilma Quitevis Flores. The "we" does not solely signify my husband and me as parents of the unborn child. It encompasses Mommy, as well. At 53 years, she's going to have a baby, too!
Mommy has been asking for a grandchild for quite some time. Looking back, I think it became more frequent after she turned 50. She doesn't want to look like a grandmother when she becomes a grandmother, she'd say. When I turned 30, she'd comment that she already had 3 kids when she was that age.
Well, she started early, my Mom. Married at 21, had her first child at 22 (that's me!); her only son at 23; and, yes, her second daughter at 30. She passed the bar and became a lawyer after that. Mommy then started a career in housing, besides her other career at home.
When Mommy introduced me to the concept of women's movement, I found it easy to accept the progressive idea of an empowered woman. For my mother is one example: having a career outside the house, away from the bed and the hearth; and at the same time, attending to our needs at home (cooking, waking us up in the mornings, reminding to drink our vitamins and to eat breakfast, among others).
Thus, when I became a wife, and later, a mother myself, I knew things will turn out okay. At times, when I would seem to be overwhelmed with the responsibilities, Mommy is there to give her support. "I understand." "Don't give up." "I've been there, I know." Words of comfort from a woman who have had them all.
Mommy once told me that one's expenses will always increase through the years, as she grows from being an individual to being a part of her own family. But she should not lose hope, my Mommy said, for her means will grow with her expenses. Maybe this was my mother's way of saying I have to continuously strive in life to meet my growing needs.
My pregnancy drew Mommy and I closer to each other. When my baby girl, Luce Domini, came into the picture, my unforgettable moment with my Mom began. As surely as every landmark event Luce achieves would make us thrilled and proud, every moment Mommy, Nanang Vilma to Luce, and I now share as mothers both would make me appreciate her more and more.
Motherhood has been an eye-opening experience for me. Aside from gaining a baby, I also achieved a better perspective of my mother. Life, indeed, is so good.
"We're going to have a baby," was how I relayed the news to my Mommy, Vilma Quitevis Flores. The "we" does not solely signify my husband and me as parents of the unborn child. It encompasses Mommy, as well. At 53 years, she's going to have a baby, too!
Mommy has been asking for a grandchild for quite some time. Looking back, I think it became more frequent after she turned 50. She doesn't want to look like a grandmother when she becomes a grandmother, she'd say. When I turned 30, she'd comment that she already had 3 kids when she was that age.
Well, she started early, my Mom. Married at 21, had her first child at 22 (that's me!); her only son at 23; and, yes, her second daughter at 30. She passed the bar and became a lawyer after that. Mommy then started a career in housing, besides her other career at home.
When Mommy introduced me to the concept of women's movement, I found it easy to accept the progressive idea of an empowered woman. For my mother is one example: having a career outside the house, away from the bed and the hearth; and at the same time, attending to our needs at home (cooking, waking us up in the mornings, reminding to drink our vitamins and to eat breakfast, among others).
Thus, when I became a wife, and later, a mother myself, I knew things will turn out okay. At times, when I would seem to be overwhelmed with the responsibilities, Mommy is there to give her support. "I understand." "Don't give up." "I've been there, I know." Words of comfort from a woman who have had them all.
Mommy once told me that one's expenses will always increase through the years, as she grows from being an individual to being a part of her own family. But she should not lose hope, my Mommy said, for her means will grow with her expenses. Maybe this was my mother's way of saying I have to continuously strive in life to meet my growing needs.
My pregnancy drew Mommy and I closer to each other. When my baby girl, Luce Domini, came into the picture, my unforgettable moment with my Mom began. As surely as every landmark event Luce achieves would make us thrilled and proud, every moment Mommy, Nanang Vilma to Luce, and I now share as mothers both would make me appreciate her more and more.
Motherhood has been an eye-opening experience for me. Aside from gaining a baby, I also achieved a better perspective of my mother. Life, indeed, is so good.
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