Comments on: The Day My Dead Mother Wrote Me a Blistering Memo

By: Jan

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:24:00 +0000

@Fifi: Code provision on easements. Sounds painful. hahaha

By: fifi

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:33:00 +0000

there's never a dull moment with my mom around. that must have been the reason why she asked me last night to not stop looking for civil code provisions on easements. lol.

By: Jan

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:57:00 +0000

@ You must have a very exciting household. lol.

Yeah, I'm very lucky in that sense.

By: fifi

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:15:00 +0000

just at this very moment, my mom came from the lupon and complained about a neighbor that encroached our right of way! can't help but relate that about your comment about her being a mother-in-law. :)

maybe at hindsight your mom knows that you don't need the american couple so you could get your way around the english language and become the good writer that you are right now. fortunate you are for having parents who would never even think of giving out their children to other people even at the most trying times.

By: Jan

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:09:00 +0000

@petit: You're right. It's an emotional response. Should have slept on it and then reassess if it's still valid. I posted right away. My mother would have slapped my wrist if she were alive. :)

She only finished Grade 2. But she had a great outlook in life. God knows what she could have achieved if the old folks back then had let her finish her education.

By: Jan

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:00 +0000

@joji: That's a lovely way of paying back your mother's love. First, you have no trouble expressing your love for your mother. And this little matter of putting out there your middle initial for all the world to see. Just splendid.

Sons are different. Well, in my case, I had difficulty saying I love her outright. It just wasn't said, I don't know. But toward the end of her life, I wised up and finally had the guts to tell her. Every day. I hope that still counts. :)

By: jojigirl

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:43:00 +0000

When I was yet single, I always remember putting my middle initial whenever i write down my name. Or correct this person if he missed out my MI in writing or mentioning my name. It was a gesture of acknowledging my mother's special place and part in my life. And one of the compliments that I gave her. I did tell her that my middle name meant to me so much because of her.

By: Petit

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:11:00 +0000

i do understand why you posted it in the first place. you just let it out because you can not sleep until you make your stand too, am i right? whats good with blogs is that you can sulk for the moment, take it back the next day. oh well, you have the memory of your mother to guide you in the right actions and counteractions.
anyway, she's one great mom, she made you not thinking narrow-mindedly.

By: Jan

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:40:00 +0000

@yatot: Like a Brocka scene. lol. Yeah, she was one thoughtful lady.

By: yatot

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:58:00 +0000

i can actually imagine how your mother bring those things from your place to manila... parang isang scene sa pelikula... hehehhe... your mother is very thoughtful indeed! =)