Nothing compares to the love of a mother to her children and nothing could replace a mother's place in her children's hearts. I miss my mother so much... nothing in this world could ever replace her. I miss the way she talks to us and the way she takes care of us.

I miss how she makes our super simple dishes which mostly consists of backyard-picked vegetables with dried fish and/or paksiw na isda (fish) into something  that is mouth-watering and to-die-for dishes.

 

For us, life in the province was extra wonderful with our mother around us, giving us all that we need and all that we asked from her. It has been almost 6 years since our beloved mother passed away but her smiles and scents seems to linger on our senses. Every time I miss her, I just close my eyes and feel her presence in my memories and mind.

 

Until now, there are still moments that I feel empty upon realizing how we missed her. If only we could bring back time, we would still want her beside us and so we could give her all the comfort that we could give her right now. 

 

When she was still alive, our financial resources are limited and I was the only one in the family to support her medications and all their needs. When she died, it's as if everything was replaced with all the good things. 

That is why I truly believed in the saying that "Everything happens for a reason".

When she died, we were all able to get new options for finding a better living and that is when we found a better life with much stable income. We don't want her to think that she has been a burden to us while she was bed-ridden but I think she thinks of that most of the times.

 

Wherever you are, Inay, we love you so much...

(Picture was taken last year at her grave...)