May
14
Posted by malinesky
Mothers’ Day is over, but as for me, remembering and marveling on our moms’ unselfishness should be done everyday. A single day to remember our mothers can not pay off all the hardships of a mother - it’s an everyday devotion for them, right? Er, for us! 
So, how was your mothers’ day? Well, I just stayed in the house with kids coz I was not feeling so well. I rewarded myself Saturday afternoon with a trip to the salon with my daughter Kaye - girl bonding. I thought I needed some pampering - I have never been to the salon, like, for a year? (So now you know why I am not so keen on posting some of my pics here - LOLS!) Hehe, so I had my haircut - a short bob with a side bangs. I had my hair colored light brown, unfortunately, the new color didn’t show much - maybe because my hair was too black? My daughter also had a trim - and of course, a side bangs.
After that, we went to the local Red Ribbon store. I wish to try their new Red Velvet cake - chocolatey goodness. For mothers’ day, I just want to cook some carbonarra for the kids and the cake - simple. So I went there, hoping I could reserve a cake for Sunday. The minute I reached the counter, I immediately asked the staff if I could order the cake for tomorrow, and I will pay for it now. She said no, because during special occasions, there are lots of cake deliveries so they don’t take reservations but only serve customers on a first come-first serve basis. I asked them, even if I pay for the cake now then just get the cake tomorrow? The girl and her co-worker said yes. A little disappointed, my daughter and me left the store. However, I was not so happy, plus my kids always ask me to buy the cake everytime they see the commercial on TV. So after walking about a few meters from the store, we came back and I asked the staff again if I could talk to the manager. So the manager came, and I told her again that I would like to pre-order. She said no, and said the same reason the staff said. Well, I was already settled with that, if that’s really the store policy. But what irked me, as I closed the glass door, I saw the smirks on their face, as if telling, “buti nga” (good for you!). I couldn’t help but, gave them a sullen glance and turned away! I know I shouldn’t have done that, and I didn’t feel so good after, but they shouldn’t have given me that smirk either, right? Well, I think I won’t be buying in that Red Ribbon store for sometime.hehe, even if I am dying to have a slice of that cake! Unless I ask someone to buy for me 
I don’t want the whole day ruined - I have a new haircut afterall - so off we went to do some shopping. Nah, I didn’t buy much for myself, I just bought some gifts for my nephew’s baptism and uncle’s birthday. Ok, I bought a new pair of red Chuck Taylor, hehe, a shirt and a pair of pants - my husband Albert gave me some extra to splurge as a gift for Mothers’ Day (Thanks, Loves!). I also bought a pair of Chucks for my daughter, a pink one. I so love my new Chuck coz this is the first one I had - ever! Growing up, I never had so many shoes, just a pair for a year was enough. So when I started working and even until now, I have become a SHOES addict! While I was still in Australia, I think I amassed about 35 pairs, including a knee-high boots I bought on sale from NineWest, but my dilemma, when will I ever wear that in this tropical country? hehe. Here’s my new Chuck, which I wear the following Monday.Not so excited, no? I liked this pair immediately, coz I have penchant for red, plus I am planning to wear this on my first trip to Bora with some high school friends at the end of the month!
Anyways, after our “mall tour” we went straight to my Uncle Rolly’s birthday. It’s just a simple dinner with some of my cousins. However, by the time we went home, my migraine was really painful, I even threw up 3x. I was still not feeling well that Sunday morning, good thing my kids are there to cheer me up. My daughter Kaye gave me a gift, hehe, a mickey mouse facial towel she wrapped using some tissue paper. My second child Miguel, after seeing Kaye’s gift, became sad and told me he didn’t have a gift. I told him, his kiss and hugs are enough! But of course, for any mother, the kisses and embrace of her children are more than any gifts on this entire world, right!! Even if we didn’t have a grand celebration (I just cooked carbonara for dinner), but I have much to thank for. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTHERS’ DAY GIFT ARE THERE BEFORE MY EYES - MY THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN! THEIR KISSES, SMILES AND BIG HUGS ARE ENOUGH FOR ME!
May
09
Posted by malinesky
I found this beautiful story from newlife.net. It tells us how a mother, despite all the hardships she would encounter, still accepts the role of preparing her children how to face realities of life. Reading this simple,and yet so touching story make me remember my mother, my nanay, whom we lost 4 years ago. Nevertheless, I could still feel the warmth of her love. What I am now, and how strong I have been through the years, I take that from my nanay.
I wish, now that I am also a mother of 3, I could do the same for my children and shower them with the right love, care and guidance. I want to prepare them for life so they will be strong and brave through all the storms that will pass them, and steadfast in climbing the hills they need to overcome. At the same time, I want my kids to appreciate the beauty of life - like my own mother has shown me.
I hope you share this story - Happy Mothers’ Day!!!
The Mother
The young Mother set her foot on the path of life. “Is this the long way?” she asked. And her guide said: “Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning.”
But the young Mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried, “Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.”
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the Mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, “Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come.”
And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the Mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children, “A little patience and we are there.” So the children climbed, and when they reached the top they said, “Mother, we would not have done it without you.” And the Mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said, “This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today I have given them strength.”
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth — clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the Mother said: “Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.” And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said,” This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God.”
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the Mother grew old… and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide.
And the Mother said: “I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them.” And the children said, “You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates.”
And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: “We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence.”
Your Mother is always with you. She’s the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street, she’s the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks, she’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter And she’s crystallized in every tear drop. She’s the place you came from, your first home; And she’s the map you follow with every step you take. She’s your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you…
Not time, not space… in Jesus, not even death!
May
06
Posted by malinesky
In celebration of the upcoming Mothers’ Day on Sunday, 11th of April, I wish to share with you this wonderful collection of 50 quotations solely dedicated to mothers. To honor all mothers all over the world, I am dedicating all my posts this week (starting with this one) to all our dear moms who give their hearts and souls in rearing their children - and of course, also to my dear Nanay looking down from above.
50 MOTHER QUOTES
- “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.”
– Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
- “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
– Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
- “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”
– Agatha Christie
- “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.”
– Albert Einstein
- “By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- “Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”
– Aristotle
- “Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.”
– Arnold Bennett
- “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but
whose place no one else can take.”
– Cardinal Mermillod
- “A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”
– Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- “I really learned it all from mothers.”
– Dr. Benjamin Spock
- “If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylum would be filled with mothers.”
– Edgar Watson Howe
- “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
– George Washington (1732-1799)
- “The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
- “What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
- “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
– Honore’ de Balzac
- “Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.”
– Hosea Ballou
- “Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.”
– James Joyce
- “The best academy, a mother’s knee.”
– James Russell Lowell
- “The phrase “working mother” is redundant.”
– Jane Sellman
- “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”
– Jewish proverb
- “Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.”
– John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- “A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
– Joseph Stefano
- “Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.”
– Kate Douglas Wiggin
- “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”
– Lin Yutang
- “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
– Mark Twain
- “Motherhood is like Albania– you can’t trust the descriptions in the books, you have to go there.”
– Marni Jackson
- “We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
– Mary Antin
- “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”
– Maya Angelou
- “Over the years I have learned that motherhood is much like an austere religious order, the joining of which obligates one to relinquish all claims to personal possessions.”
– Nancy Stahl
- “Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes (1775-1817)
- “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”
– Oscar Wilde
- “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
– Pablo Picasso
- “A mother’s hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you, Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.”
– Phyllis McGinley
- “Men are what their mothers made them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- “People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally ‘being lived.’ They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.”
– Stephen R. Covey
- “Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn’t want your mother to hear at your trial.”
– Sydney Biddle Barrows
- “The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes one a mother—which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.”
– Sydney J. Harris
- “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.”
– Spanish proverb
- “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
– Theodore Hesburgh
- “A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love.”
– Thomas C. Haliburton
- “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing.”
– Toni Morrison
- “Children are the sum of what mothers contribute to their lives.”
– Unknown
- “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”
– Victor Hugo
- “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
–Washington Irving
- “The only thing a lawyer won’t question is the legitimacy of his mother.”
– W. C. Fields
- “A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it’s too late to let her know that he sees it.”
– W. D. Howells
- “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
–William Makepeace Thackeray
- “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
– William Ross Wallace
