ive always had a working mom, and ive always had mixed feelings about it.
my mom would have to go to the province a lot when i was really young. i remember mom bringing home stuffed toys from legaspi and big sampaloc balls from binan as pasalubong. i still have some of those toys with me... smockey my old stuffed dog, strawberry the hot pink stuffed toy with rainbow palms and soles... and i still crave for theose huge sampaloc balls.
as a preschooler, she stopped going to the provinces. so i get to send her off to work every morning with my famous spiel: 'mommy! you have meeting? call you later! come home early! bring home surprise!'. everyday id do that up until gradeschool when i'd leave earlier kasi pasig pa punta ko.
i think i only started to mind that mom works nung gradeschool na ako... when mother-daughter dialogues were a big deal, and mom almost never came because of work... my report cards were always claimed by sisters... pag called off ang classes ng gradeschool (highschool hindi), id have to wait for my sisters to be dismissed before i could go home.. so ganun din! i didnt see the point of her working, coz other moms didnt have to. but i was proud of my mom.. my mom, the banker... i used to tell my friends na my mom gets assigned to the branches that weren't doing so well para more people would deposit their money there.
i guess i got used to it after a while. i never gave it much thought up until recently.
its my mom's last day at work today. tomorrow, she wont have to wake up early and worry about what to wear. she wont have to think about how to get to and from work. she'll stay home starting tomorrow.
on one hand thats a good thing... she'll be able to attend to the things she's been putting off... like her album from her europe trip years ago... her new house... and other stuff. on the other hand, she's been for as long as i remember! sanay yun na 'boss' sya... i anticipate madalas nanaman ang away sa house.. its no one's fault we all like doing things OUR way.
haha. gumising ako kanina worried at what tomorrow will be like for the family. sabi ko, shet angel, matanda ka na talaga.this retirement thing has been a constant topic of discussion at home... we all know the implications and considerations of this development... but now its here!!!! bukas simula na ng bagong chapter sa buhay ng pamilya ko.
aligaga ako. and this post is a clear indication of it. haha. ang labo labo nung sinulat ko. patalon-talon.
things like this i guess i just have to embrace. no point in fighting it. things will fall into place. HOLD ON FOR ONE MORE DAY.
here's to you mom... thanks for always taking care of us. of being the provider for the family. time for you to rest and enjoy the fruits of your hard work. kami naman mag-alaga sayo. :)
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