//05.13.2018// "A Home Away From Home"

[LIFE]

“There are many things that this life can teach you. But one of the greatest lessons we can learn is to love. For if we can learn this, we can learn what it feels like to live life knowing that you always have a place in this world.”

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A few hours ago, my mother landed in a home away from home, a place where her mother and father raised her in a way that has shaped who she is today. Without shame, it does feel a tad empty in this house while my father and I hold down the fort during her well-deserved vacation. But the sense of warmth she has created still remains in the air, for I know that her love is still with me, no matter where she is.

Mom, I want to wish you a wonderful Mother’s Day in the home and sights of your own youth. I also want to thank you again, Mom, for so many things that a simple message cannot convey. Thank you for your continued support in my endeavors to touch people’s lives the way that you have in your time as a nurse. Thank you for teaching me to brave through any dark unknowns, for there is always a light to guide me. Thank you for teaching me of unconditional patience, for there we never know what a person can be going through at any time. And Mom, thank you for teaching me to love and smile, for the love you have shown and the smile you carry inspire me to share my own love and smile to the people that I come across in my life.

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Mom. You are loved by many and recognized by the countless people you have touched in your blessed years. You are a caring mother of two, a wonderful wife to our equally amazing father, and an inspiration to my journey in life. I hope that the Philippines treats you well, for I can see the light of that radiant smile from all the way here. I love you.

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Happy Mother’s Day, to all the mothers and motherly figures in the past, the present and those to be.

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