what are PARENTS?

There isn't
a better example
of love you can count on,
it seems,
Than the parents
who've always stood by you
to encourage your hopes
and your dreams,
They're still there
whenever you need them
to help with their own
special touch -
Parents are
wonderful people,
and that's why
you love them so much.

Happy, happy birthday to my mom who turned 57 last December 7 and happy 36th Wedding Anniversary to her and my dad.

On December 8, 1973 Mamang and Papang got married via a simple church ceremony somewhere in southern Mindanao. Growing up, i remember looking at their black-and-white wedding pictures every now and then and as soon as i turned 10, i started parading around the house in Mama's wedding gown - a long-sleeved embroidered mini-skirt! so cool!

Their lovestory? I'm not sure...i guess it's something children sometimes ignore or forget. All i know is that mamang, half-ilocano and half-kapampangan but grew up in Tondo, Manila, met papang - a full-blooded bisdak (bisayang dako) from Midsayap, Cotabato - in Manila and had a whirlwind romance. I've asked them many times for the details but i always get different versions - mamang said she didn't know then that papang was taking her to Mindanao (translation: tinanan or forced to elope) but papa claims otherwise...and the story grows more complicated with each telling... ;-)

Anyway, whatever the circumstances that brought them together and however difficult and challenging it has been to keep them together all these years, i am very thankful that we are all still here as a family and we're looking forward to more challenges, experiences and good times ahead. My wish is for mamang and papang to live long and witness Baby Racrac and Baby AJ grow and maybe one or two more grandkids? let's see. :-)

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