it was during the last week of april 2008 when i received an overseas call from my sister, she excitedly broke the news that she is pregnant and i can feel the excitement in her through her voice.....my heart pounded, i have equally felt the excitement my sister is going through...ganun pala ang pakiramdam, nakaliligaya ng puso...
after our phone conversation, i immediately send text messages to my mother and to all those people closest to us that we know will be equally and eagerly excited as well.
my brother-in-law and my sister would always say, "made in boracay yan" and i believed so because they had their honeymoon on the islands of boracay two days after their wedding on march 8, 2008. they are fortunate enough to be blessed with an angel when they wanted too.
december 1, 2008, raven agatha castro flores was born, it was a pure joy for my ate maileen and kuya pat, to her lola milet and to me her "tiyo".
living in the same roof with my niece is a lot more experience and joy for a tiyo like me, i have witnessed her growth and continuous development as time passes by. nasaksihan ko mula ng dumilat ang kanyang mga mata hanggang sa ngayon na sya ay natututong magsalita. at her age now, 1 year and 5 months she has a lot of those traditional and contemporary gimmicks. close-open of the palms, sino ang maganda, laugh, think, quiet, smile, amen and louder, all of these are like commands to her that she would voluntarily act out. You can watch the video link below..
ngayon mas naiintindihan ko na kung bakit may mga tiyo at tiya na itinuturing na sariling anak ang kanilang mga pamangkin, ngayon naiintidihan ko na kung bakit ang mga tiyo at tiya ay tumatandang dalaga na lamang, ibinubuhos ang buong lakas, atensyon at panahon sa pag-aaruga ng kanilang pamangkin. ngayon mas naiintindihan ko na kung bakit sa kabila ng kani-kaniyang pamilya ay pinaglalaanan pa rin ng panahon at pagkakataon ang kanilang mga pamangkin....ganun pala ang maging tiyo at tiya, ituturing mo silang mga sarili mong anak...
i remember the recent episode of "maala-ala mo kaya" dated may 8, 2010, starring ai-ai delas alas, lauren young and zajian jaranilla. lauren young is a sister to ai-ai and an ofw. nabuntis si lauren, iniwan si zajian sa pangangalaga ni ai-ai, pinalaki, inaruga itinuring na sarili nyang anak....dumating ang panahon na kailangan nang kunin ni lauren ang kanyang anak mula kay ai-ai...it was very painful for ai-ai. she never worried about her personal life for the sake of her nephew, but she never refuse to give back zajian to his real mother. a son always belongs to his mother.
naaala ko din ang abs-cbn station id entitled "bilib sa pinoy" and i quote
" nelda abiera, nagmamaneho para makapagpa-aral ng mga pamangkin...."
there is really a great joy and exquisite happiness of having a nephew or a niece, katuwang ka sa pagpapalaki at paghubog sa kanyang pagkatao. it was not obligatory nor dictated, its voluntary, its willingness...may kagustuhang mula sa puso at pag-aalay ng sarili...
and to raven agatha, nawa ay lumaki kang magalang, mabuting tao at matutong lumingon sa iyong mga magulang at sa akin na rin....
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