Miss Misinformed

Oh my, what a not so guilt-free day!

In my country, they say we Filipinos are very business minded people. Whatever product or service we can offer, we sell them just so we can have the means to feed our families. We sacrifice the time we spent with our children just so we can work abroad as maids or chauffers in order to fulfil the needs of our families, even the needs of our other relatives. Some resort to begging, and I despise nothing more than the parents of young children begging on the streets. The danger that these children face at the roads makes me wonder what kind of parent would send his/her son/daughter to work and beg at the streets? I know… irresponsible ones…

Some children have been lost and found and some say numerous organizations are taking lost kids and making them live like beggars on the streets. I still feel a parent is irresponsible if he/she lost their kid. In the end, somehow the parents still stand on being responsible to whatever happens to their children.

A friend of mine felt really guilty when she forgot to cut her son’s nails on the first day of school. That was even when her son reminded her to cut his nails before school starts. She couldn’t get over it and she felt really guilty. I wonder if the parents of those children who beg on the streets even know the feeling of guilt.
Speaking of guilt, unlike my friend, I did not forget to cut the nails of my son. I forgot to buy him a costume for their Linggo ng Wika celebration. :( To think that I was very pleased with myself because I thought our day’s going to be good… I helped my kids eat breakfast, have the maids clean our room and wash our clothes. I even called our driver to pick us up five minutes before 11 o’clock so that we would make it. When we arrived, I told myself, thank God we made it. But oh, we made it alright… only to find out that my son was the only one not wearing a Filipino inspired costume :( I was in shock, I panicked, and I thought to myself if I would let my son be the only one without a costume. By the way, yesterday, I accidentally brought food which was supposed to be brought today. :( Now I don’t feel any different from those parents who let their children beg on the streets.

So to solve this problem, what I did was the ONLY thing that I could think of doing at that time, and that was not to let my son be humiliated. Yes, it was stupid, irresponsible and was a waste of money. My son has already incurred a lot of absences so not going to school would not be an option… as a result, we headed off to the mall. We went back home first, because I made some phone calls to our credit card. After that, I changed him, and we went to the mall and found him a great Muslim costume. I also bought him a pair of slippers and a sword. Only the slippers and the sword were cheap. After our little rush trip to the mall, we hurried back at school, and because we’re hurrying, my son tripped, fell on his knees and made a hole on his Muslim pants. !@#$%@!!>
I don’t really know if I’m supposed to brag about his costume… I just don’t want him to parade in his uniform. :( Oh, also, I gave smaller dosage of his medicine for his cough that’s why his cough lasted for a week and more. (Now that I remember, I completely forgot to give him medicine an hour ago.) Now I feel worse. :( What I’m certain is that I’ve really learned A VERY VALUABLE LESSON HERE. AND I VOW NEVER TO BE MISINFORMED AND BE FORGETFUL
AGAIN.