To all the "lying" mothers out there...

So today is Mother's day and I'm a hundred kilometers away from my mom. It sucks that I didn't go home this weekend because 1) it's just a few days left before summer classes end; 2) I hate riding buses; 3) I have an exam coming up; and 4) I'm too lazy to do so. Anyway, the bottom line is I missed the mini celebration at home. I feel super disappointed and jealous. I deserve it though, because I should have come home despite my reasons. Reasons are reasons; if you want to, you'll always find a way.

I feel I haven't suffered enough, I had to hear mass...alone yet again. I imagined myself being tortured beforehand because I would see moms with their children, all happy and extra sweet. I always feel being tortured every single time I attend mass without my family but today must be "extra painful." Sorry, I'm a legit teenage drama queen. Anyway, I felt oblivious to the fact that the homily is going to be Mother's-Day-related. That didn't cross my mind so I was caught off-guard. At first it was fine, the priest was telling usual jokes that would end up being related to the gospel. Then he was grabbing his phone to share with us a letter of a child to his mother. Apparently the child thinks his mother is a liar. It's quite long to reiterate but the gist is that whenever there's less of everything, the mother "lies" about being hungry, thirsty, tired and even fine. The whole time I tried my best to conceal my emotions. I were so close to crying but of course I was alone and I wouldn't embarrass myself. But seriously, that homily made me so emotional. I regret not coming home. I missed my mom. And I thought of her the whole time the priest was telling us the letter. I miss my mom every single day that I'm away from home, but today made me miss her so much more.

I'm not guilty of telling her just on this day, because I try saying I love her as much as I can. If we can't live without our phones or Internet, we should think about not being able to live without our mothers instead. I am very much dependent on her and I love her so much. Mother's day must not be the only day they are appreciated and told cheesy stuff. They deserve everyday to be told that we love them. After all, they "lie" in order to give us what we want. They "lie" to sustain our needs before theirs. They choose to sin because they love us.

To all the "lying" mothers out there, we appreciate all the things you've done and would keep on doing for us. We certainly do, swear. Even if it seems like we don't. Fighting with you (most of the time) is what we do. That's a rule in life. Haha, just kidding!

So... Happy Mother's day to all of the moms out there, especially to my super mom! I love you very much!