Mother’s Day is coming up and I thought I’d talk about my mothers. I have 3 amazing women in my life who have acted as mothers in their own ways and I thought I’d feature them one at a time.
Let’s start with my Abap.
Her name has an interesting story. VERY INTERESTING. Her name was supposed to be Maria Victoria, that was her name in her birth certificate I believe. She wasn’t allowed to be baptized by the church under that name cause it’s not a name found in the bible or the name of a saint. So she was named Rebecca instead. Her friends called her Rebecca she was called Marivic at home. Until she changed her name to Gretchen…just because.
We cousins would call her Tita Vic. As a child I couldn’t say that name and ended up calling her Ta Bip. Her name to me became Ta Bip. Then when my sister was born a few years ago she couldn’t say Ta Bip as well…so her name became Abap.
The woman with a dozen names. =)
She is the most motherly person I know. When she was in college she would commute all the way to my pre-school just to see me. We lived in the same house most of my life and she pampered me like there was no tomorrow. I would have to say that I was spoiled to some extent but I sure as hell was afraid of her. I wasn’t the only one, even my high school friends were scared of her.
She was probably the person who was most present in my life growing up. She taught me how to read (complete with a pencil hitting if I may add), she tried reading to me every afternoon when I was a toddler (she would often fall asleep though), she took me to ballet lessons, she attended my PTAs. She basically did everything you could think off. She didn’t stop even when I was already a teenager. She would talk to all my high school teachers EVERY SINGLE QUARTER. Can you believe that?
She is the most nurturing and generous person I know. Here’s a picture of her with my little sister. She’s also the one in black in the other photo. (Oh, she’s Andrea’s Ninang as well!!)
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