Smile was Painted on their Faces… And so on Mine

I can’t help but take a look at these pictures again and again. Why not? If checking out these keepsakes give me a big reason to smile, I’d DO it with love again and again—without getting tired or regretting the fact that I took a half day off just to spend time with these teenagers who I call my “children.”

Perhaps it's because I didn't have a breather for the past few weeks—owing to my tight working schedule as a startup freelancer. Or it might be because I’m missing teaching a lot that I really enjoyed a lot this moment with my "children" and the almost-endless photo opts that we had.

I know this, too shall come to pass. I know they'll get tired of me someday (but I don't HOPE for it to happen!). I know they'll make something out of their life. They'll grow up really, really successful. One might become a doctor, accountant, or architect; the other a nurse, public servant, or successful entrepreneur. But whatever becomes of them, I'm happy knowing that I became a part of their lives.

So I'm gathering moments while I can so when I'm old and already forgotten, while I sit on my rocking chair in my porch, I'd have lots and lots of reasons to reminisce my happy past with the youngsters I’ll forever call my own "children."

PS: After all, I'd love it when others refer to us as "ANG TANGING PAMILYA." It makes me chuckle a lot! Right, Miss Ai-ai?



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