October
19, 2011
Sa
totoo lang, ang hirap maging babae!
Now I
understand kung bakit ganun-ganun na lang ang treatment ng mother and
father-in-laws ko sa sister-in-law ko. She’s older than me by a few months but
we were born the same year. When she was younger, they would always treat her
like a princess. All her other brothers have assigned chores to do in the house
while she sits and relax – this is the part where my husband starts debating
the rules of their parents. My husband would say, “Bakit siya walang ginagawa?
Dapat fair.” And my mother-in-law would say, “Hayaan mo na siya, babae siya eh.”
Before I thought that this kind of
reasoning was absurd. Yun pala, my mother-in-law turned out to be right. You see,
when I was younger, I didn’t realize that when you would have a daughter, you
should take extra good care of her because in the future, she would be a
mother, a friend, a wife, an employee all at the same time. Kaya habang
mapagbibigyan at maalagaan mo ang anak mong babae, alagaan at pagbigyan mo
siya.
The reason
I shared this story to you guys is because today, I literally felt like a
supermom. I took care of my kids, fed them, played with them, managed the
chores in the house, fix and clean things, etc. I had a time of rest, but by
the afternoon, I thought I’d clean up the ref first. Then, I got disappointed
because while I cleaned the ref, I got little time and energy left to finish
arranging the clothes in our cabinet. And then my 2 year old was screaming! So I
took my cigarette and had a little break. After I had my yosi break, I was so
proud of myself for having cleaned my husband’s closet! Yes! Three cabinets,
two drawers and one room to go!
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