When people say time flies, they are not kidding. It does fly so quick that sometimes you won’t know where it went. Or, how did you spend it? Over four years ago, my girls were just little, looking at these photos below, I can’t believe how we all progressed. My oldest girl just turned 6 years old yesterday, and my youngest one will turn 5 pretty soon. Gosh! I didn’t even feel all these years that had passed. Where was I? Busy blogging, or Facebooking? Maybe, I was occupied playing Farmville, or just been busy hanging out with my friends who I met last year (2011)
Not to sound like bragging but I can tell you that my girls are so smart. There are times that I can’t seem to figure out how did they become the way they are. Their way of thinking is out of this world. Just like the other day, my 4 year old told me why she hates rock and roll. Although we don’t allow them to say the “hate” word, I was so puzzled about her statement. So, I asked her why.. She simply said “Because them too loud” Woa! how did she know that rock and roll is loud? Has she ever been to a rock and roll concert that she can say it’s too loud? Yesterday she told me that she will love me whatever I look like (fat or ugly) even when I am old. That made my day, I tell yah! How many 4-year old will tell you that they will love you regardless of your looks. I do know that when they turn 12 or 15, their perspective will change, especially when I start telling them that they cannot hang out with their tattooed friends at the mall 
But know what? for the meantime, I will enjoy hanging out with my kids, I will make the most out of our daily conversations. I will cherish every nice words that they say about me. I know that in few years time, the words “you ruined my life” will come out and “I can’t wait to move out of this house” will come second. I have to remember that I am raising my kids in this country, and they will get influenced by the outside world. Even if I raise them the way I was raised, I cannot control their behavior once they get out of my door. My husband and I will just make sure that we give them all the love that they need and all the support that will lead them to live a better life.
Taken September 2007
Having kids is not a completion of our being parents…Loving and guiding them to the right path will somehow define how we are as their parents. Giving them everything that they want, is not the measurement of our being great parents. I heard one time that if our kids never hate us at least for once in their lives, we are not doing a good job. (not sure about kids who got raised by those religious people) I am only speaking for myself. I know that there are a lot of kids out there who don’t feel any anger towards their parents, and I don’t know what they do or what they have done.
Taken November 2011
When my 6 year old was asking for something and I didn’t give it to her, she wrote on a paper that she hates me..Why? because she said that I didn’t give her what she wanted. I told her that in life, no one can get everything that they wanted at any given time. Just like, losing is part of life. We need to teach our kids that we cannot win all the time, and that we cannot get everything that we wanted. Life sometimes won’t turn out the way we planned it. Our kids need to feel disappointments that way, they know how if feels when they did it to others. They need to accept the fact that life is not fair and they have to anticipate heartaches. This is the only way that we can shed them from pain. They need to fall and get up on their own. We need to let them know that pain is good, but when the pain is gone, it will make us a better person.
I hope that what I say here help us understand that being a parent is not easy. How they treat others reflects to their parents. How they behave will come back to us, their parents. I know that most of the time I am not a good parent to my kids, since I do more FB than preparing their meals, and I feel bad about that. Just like what they say, nobody is perfect, so I guess, parenting and FBing can be done at the same time, only, we need to know that our kids are more important than commenting on someone’s status, or if we lose on Words With Friends is nothing compare to our kids starving to death
That’s all folks, I just get emotional when it comes to my children. Have a great day ahead of you guys, and Happy New Year!!!
