Love to love…

It’s almost Valentine’s day so I’m begging for your indulgence because I think I’m about to become ”cheesy” . 

After all, if you’re looking for true love… love that transcends time, distance and even logic (ask Marlene Aguilar )… love that knows no boundaries… love that does not look at color, weight, size or any outwardly appearance… look at how a mother loves her child… unconditional, unwavering, inexplainable. 

I saw a billboard along EDSA once, and it said, “When a child is born, so is a mother.” Oh, I agree! Once a woman becomes a mother her whole life changes… in a really major way!

But apart from giving birth, there is really more to “motherhood”. I gave birth to this boy 2 years ago…

Here he is now… all grown up and looking like a “little” man.

How fast two years flew… but I feel like I’ve only been a “mother” for 10 months… a real mother… a fulltime mom. I have since rid myself of my dependence on a yaya (nanny) since April of last year and boy, has it been a gruelling 10 months since! I feel like I’ve added 10 quick years to my age! I cook, I clean, I do the laundry, I take care of my son, I write and do everything else that needs to be done around the house in between… There is just no rest for the wicked… or more appropriately, ‘there’s just no rest for a work-at-home mom like me”!

But look at my little man… I had to fold and sew his barong and pants because they were a bit long and he looked lost in them. A few days prior to the wedding where he was the ring-bearer I cut his hair. I also cut his nails, give him baths, pick up and clean after him, feed him and teach him his ABCs and 123s. Boy, am I dog-tired after!

But look at him… look at my little man. Quite a fine-looking young boy isn’t he?