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This is for you, Mom…..

I wish Dave and I could be with you to celebrate your birthday. I know it must be tough for you to have all two of your daughters in different places. But it won’t always be this way. Someday, we would all be together during special occasions and be happy. I just want to say how much I appreciate everything you’ve done for us and everything you have taught us.  You gave up your career to be a hands-on Mom and now that we’re all grown up, you are still guiding us and trying to shield us from reality. You have shown us how to be a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister and a friend. I haven’t always made you happy (I know, sometimes we had our arguments!) but now that I’m 9,000 miles away, I miss you.  I know what would make you ecstatic right now is if we have a baby.  It’s not that we’re intentionally trying not to have one, but it’s also that Dave and I have to be stable, emotionally, financially and physically to be able to raise up our child the right way. We want to be able to give him/her a bright future like what you and Dad desired for us girls. I’m sorry, Mom, but please don’t hold your breath on that one =P It will come, in God’s perfect time. For now, I pray that God give you peace, good health and more blessings.  I can’t tell you this over the phone cuz you’d start crying (and we can’t have you crying on your birthday!) so I am writing it down and maybe someday, you’d stumble upon this blog entry. I still find it funny how you tell your friends about your daughters, you are extremely proud of us that sometimes it’s embarrassing! We aren’t super girls but when u tell them about us, you make us sound like we have no flaws.  For that, I learned acceptance and unconditional love.   No one would ever understand the sacrifices of a wife/mother until she herself becomes one. I love you, Ma.