Mommy Fleur
Dear Anika,
Today is the start of your week long school fair for this year. You are in first grade and you were very excited.
Today also marks the first time you will go to the school fair all by yourself. No parents. No yaya. No guardian.
I am writing this now because na-sesenti na naman si Nanay mo.
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Dear Anika,
Sweetheart, one day, hopefully when you’re done in school and are already working, you will have a boyfriend. I hope before then, you will be able to read these advice for you. Wag ka mag-alala anak, kahit hindi mo siguro ito mabasa, ibabaon ko ang mga ito sa utak mo.
Continue reading “Dear Anika: Things To Know Before Having A Boyfriend”
Dear Anika,
There was one day when your yaya, Ate Abby, told me that you shouted at her when she was making you sit farther from the television at home. She said when she was making you finish your food, you also shouted at her. She also told me that you told her to leave na lang because you don’t like her. She also told me that you started throwing things at her because you were mad. This made me really angry and upset. What was happening to you? We are not trying to bring you up that way. We want to bring you up as someone who respects other people especially the help.
Continue reading “Dear Anika: When You Feel That I Don’t Love You”
Last weekend, Alvin called me to tell me that one of our wedding godfather is sick. He’s battling with cancer and it all came super sudden lang. The worse part was grabe na daw the cancer when they discovered it. This news saddened us so much because ang bait bait talaga ng ninong namin na iyon. He’s very kind, unassuming and I always see him with a smile on his face.
Eto na naman ako sa ka-praningan ko.
Continue reading “Dear Anika #1: When You Graduate Kindergarten”
Dearest Anika,
Today is your 5th birthday. It’s past midnight already and I’ve just finished going through all your photos since you were born. I realized that I have been doing that every year on the eve of your birthday for the past four years. I enjoy doing that but in the same time, something tugs my heart in a different way.
Naluluha ako ngayon actually, anak.
