Ugh……sorry?

I had this conversation with my aunt yesterday…she kept asking me for advice….how to better improve her communication with her kids…who i liked among my mom’s siblings(who she should emulate), and how i manage to stay connected with my own siblings…i think she sensed that i was getting a bit puzzled at why a woman who’s turning 50 in a few days would ask advice from a her nephew who’s half her age….so she told me. "alam mo, sa lahat ninyong magkakapatid, ikaw ang pinaka-mahal ng nanay mo…kasi sa lahat ikaw lang ang tumutulong sa kanya, sa gawaing bahay, sa pakikipag-usap sa mga kapatid mo, pati na rin sa gastusin…"

First time i heard that…first time in my life…nakaka-gulat…didn’t actually think someone would think so highly of me…even say "pinaka-mahal" or most loved among all 4 of us kids when sometimes i would think i’m the least appreciated….makes it all the more important since it came from my mom…she even described me as the sweetest and most thoughtfull of her kids when i don’t even consider myself as sweet since i rarely kiss or hug anyone at home aside from my dad(by default since whenever i don’t he thinks i’m rebelling against him or something…)

at least now i know someone appreciates what i’ve been doing or trying to do almost my whole life….I LOVE YOU MOM;p

i would have wanted it to last longer….but time never does what we want when we want it to right? haaaay