
… has always dreamed of becoming a stay-at-home mother, she is thought of as having a shallow dream. But when you think about it, when your own dream consists of dreaming of a better life for and with someone else, isn’t that the epitome of “going beyond ourselves”?
Even the said “social recognition” to be gained from motherhood is something to be contested. When a good mother is able to raise a child who eventually contributes something of value to the world, she is rarely given credit; yet, even the slightest make of a person is met with, “Anong klaseng magulang ba meron ‘yan?” (“What kind of parents does he/she have?”) or “Anong pagpapalaki ba ginawa sa kanya?” (How did his/her parents raise him/her?”) — as if one’s parents are solely to blame for his decisions. From the day a mother decides to becom…
… this mentality, we have lost the value for meaning — the ability to think and go beyond ourselves. It got me thinking then: for something considered pitiful (as a career), isn’t motherhood the greatest, if not the only, form of selfless contribution there is in society? Do people not realize that in this vocation, there is neither financial gain nor social recognition to be expected? That the only thing that fuels a mother to continue being a mother is an absolute love for someone other than herself — for her child?