My Tribute to Motherhood
(This was submitted to a newspaper but never saw print) Update: I just realized this was actually published on May 12, 2012 in SunStar Daily. What does motherhood mean to me? Before I got my own share of this “lifetime commitment”, I would’ve answered this question with a wide range of complaints as to why my own mother was very protective, always nagged about budgeting and house expenses, never allowed me to go out with friends, and how things were different during their time. Now that I have a more personal perspective about motherhood, things took quite a turn for me. If there is ever a great lesson that motherhood brought into my life, it is the value of selflessness. Although children rarely see it as it is but really mothers would forgo a lot of things just so they could provide for their children. It is normal for mothers not to dwell on the price tag of milk, diapers, infant’s wear, and all other sorts of nursery stuff and then cringe a...