mom's retirement

yesterday was mom's first day as an official 'retiree'... she was set to have dinner with some people at work for her despedida... and i imagined myself walking in with a huge bouquet of flowers and giving them to my teary-eyed mom.

recently there have been arguments left and right about the retirement (which she didnt want in the first place), and i just wanted to stop and take time to thank mom for providing for all of us all these years.. she deserves to enjoy her youth and her life now. i 'convinced' my family to pledge money so i could buy her flowers...

i actually got to collect 3K from everyone... i was excited! sabi ko, matutuwa si mommy kasi i dont remember the last time we gave her flowers. and 3K should get me really nice flowers!

but my plans didnt go exactly as i imagined them... i was right about 3K getting me really nice flowers.... ang dumating, pwede nang i-centerpiece sa hotel! so needless to say, i could not glamorously walk in to the restaurant, flowers in hand, and give them to my mom in from of all her officemates for them to see how much we appreciate all that she's done... heck, i couldnt walk out of my office decently! we fit in the car somehow.. the flowers took up a lot of space, but when mom saw them, whe had a huge smile on her face... that was good enough. mission accomplished.

when we got home, nag-pictorial pa kame with the flowers... she loves them that much, we HAD to have our pictures taken with it.

here are some photos...

thanks mom... we love you. :)