Longing for a Mother in a Distance

Hello all dear steemians, I hope that everyone is good. I am glad that I have already enough time to post again on this platform and could even share my thoughts. The purpose of this writing is to encourage everyone to keep strong even though we are miles away from our loved ones most especially to our Mother that gives us strength and redirects us to the right path whenever we are taking the wrong one.

We all know that we are facing a very serious problem nowadays, particularly the pandemic that has hit us for almost 2 years and even hinders our goals and intentions. Today, I will share to everybody how saddened I am for not seeing my beloved and respected mother dear for almost 2 years now. We saw each other last Dec. 2019 and it's our company Christmas party and they take a short vacation here in Cebu. No pandemic at that time so it was very easy for them to travel coast to coast with out any restriction. I took them to the hotel where our company party was held and we had so much fun at that time. She was very proud of me while witnessing me performing our introduction number. I saw her in a teary eyes full of emotions, knowing that one of her daughter was in a good place. The day has ended and we went home happily, one hand were the give a ways and great memories in the other. In the next day, before Christmas day, I gave her a present and so with the whole family and she was feeling so grateful. Until now I still cherish that moment where I can see her genuine smile and it brought me to tears because I was deeply missing her every single day. I wish it was too easy to cross the miles between us so that I can hug her tight and express my longings. I don't have any idea how much destruction the pandemic brings until it come to point that even seeing your mother in the neighboring Island was so good to be true. Up until now I was experiencing depression and have even sleepless nights because I missed a very special person from a distance. But in spite of all the troubles, setbacks, shortcomings and loneliness I may encounter everyday, I still believe that there would always a blue skies waiting for tomorrow. And I wont forget the knowledge that my Nanay has imparted to me, to pray what ever situation you are in. Prayers was always be my foundation so that I may able to face all the circumstances that life has bring even I am faraway to my greatest ally.

I may not blessed with wealthy parents but I know that I was blessed more than that. Though my Nanay could not offer everything in store to me, but then she has the qualities of an ideal mother. Very soft spoken, hardworking, caring and religious. I wont trade her for any expensive treasure in earth because she, herself, for me is the most expensive living gems. And she is something that I cannot lived without just like a flower that needs the rain.

For now what I am praying the most is that she and the rest of the family could live even longer so that when the pandemic is gone we could see each other again. We can celebrate endlessly and could make an everlasting memory.

"Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love". Stevie Wonder