Being a mother myself, I find it quite difficult to write something about mothers that wouldn’t sound so “self-serving”.
On the other hand, I find yet another voice telling me that it would be a “disservice” to all the wonderful mothers who have touched my life if I relegate this post to a gross generalization of what mothers are. For truly, there have been so many women who have “mothered” me throughout my life apart from my own dear Mama Petite. From them, I learned wisdom and derived strength. Through them, I saw compassion and self-sacrifice. With them, I am grateful to a loving Father for letting me experience motherhood and thus join in such a ”precious league”.
Three generations of “diva-ness” 
Having been blessed with a daughter fairly recently, I pray that I may be able to get the best out of how Mama raised me and pass this on to Marga. I am grateful to Mama for instilling in me a deep faith in God and a genuine sense of fair play. On the practical side, I am now trying (very hard!) to follow in Mama’s footsteps at being a “wiz” in the kitchen for she has always stressed how important it is to “feed your family well”. I hope to go the extra step, however, and get into the habit of not only feeding them well but also ensuring that I serve them healthful, nutritious and delicious food. 
The Scintillating Sys - Loree, Pinky, Dollie and Ayn 
It has been said that when one marries, one marries into a family as well. I have been blessed to have been “married” to a family as giving and loving as the Sys. Being a single parent, I admire Mommy Dollie for raising her three boys into decent and responsible husbands and fathers. Her strength of character and genuine compassion has rubbed off well on her sons - thank God! 
I am also especially thankful to her for treating me like her own - with her, there seems to be no “in-laws” (or ”outlaws” - hahaha! 
) but only ”daughters” coming into the family’s fold.
Millie, Mama and Me!
Lastly, I am thankful to my sisters-in-law, Loree, Millie and Ayn (who, in her third month of pregnancy, recently joined the “motherly ranks”), for treating our children like their own and for making the journey of motherhood much more enjoyable and fun! I certainly look forward to more years of sharing and swapping ”mommy moments” with you.
And to all the mommies, mamas, nanays out there whom I choose not to name but who will always remain special and dear to my heart, Herbert Farnham must’ve thought of you when he wrote this:
God took the fragrance of a flower…
The majesty of a tree…
The gentleness of morning dew…
The calm of a quiet sea…
The beauty of the twilight hour…
The soul of a starry night…
The laughter of a rippling brook…
The grace of a bird in flight…
Then God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other,
And when his masterpiece was through
He called it simply - MOTHER.
A very happy, meaningful and blessed Mother’s Day to us! 
