To My Mother Aurora Matanguihan Flores

If you can’t seem to find me on-line today, chances are good that I’m still composing this entry. I wanted to buy a greeting card and send it though; coz not too many people use or send these cards anymore. Like most of us, I will wait till the last minute to do the one thing that matters most to my Mom: a phone call. (See, today is my Mom's birthday).

Sure, I could call her later, but I personally think that its much better If I can blog about it and let all my friends and family know how much this wonderful woman mean to me :)

Mom, thank you:

For walking with me through the hard times.
For not turning against me when I lost my way.
For being my biggest fan.
For seeing the best and not the worst in me.
For being a voice of truth in my darkness.
For helping me sift through everything in my brokenness.
For telling me when I was wrong, and when I was right.
For showing grace when others condemned.
For showing love when others showed hatred.
For not allowing me to believe that my mistakes defined me.
For not letting me lose faith in who God made me to be.

Mostly, I want to say thank you Mom, for listening, for your kind honesty, and for your friendship. You always know my heart even often times we disagree, and I hope you know that all the advice I give in return comes from the same loving place as yours. I could never repay you for all you’ve done & given me, and I’m just so thankful that you were born. "Happy Birthday Mom, I love you with all my heart."

Mom with my son's; Victor Paulo and Juan Miguel

Happy Birthday Mom

this was supposed to be a status message/shout-out for my Facebook profile but it was too long and exceeded FB's character limit so i post it here as an entry instead;


"Happy Birthday Mom"

..if there is any word or line greater than how lucky and thankful I'am for having you as my Mother and Me as your Son; that would be it! i wish and pray to God that He keep you safe and give you long life :)

words cant explain how much I love You, I miss and thought of you every single day of my life here in SG.

Aurora Matanguihan Flores, you are my pillar of strength..thank you for understanding and always believing in me. you have always been my biggest fan and critic. thank you for in times when i was waging war on myself, you're always there to stop the fight.. and like a baby boy, i never was a man. but you have mold and taught me to be one..:)

God bless you always.. I LOVE YOU OH SO VERY MUCH!