roll with the punches

Someone told me about her version of the old adage that goes:
"Huwag mong gawin sa iba kung ayaw mong gawain nila sa yo."


and her version goes like this:
"Huwag mong gawin sa iba kung ayaw mong gawain nila sa anak mo."




In English, it means "Don't do unto others what you do not want them to do to your kids."


It got me thinking and I agree with her on this, that sometimes you can take crap from other people because you know in one way you deserved it as you may have done it to some other people too. Now, what if it happens to your kids? It's a different story, right? 


Case in point: If other people bully you, it's OK. It can be annoying but it's OK. If people lie to and steal from you, it's not really OK but you can move on. So what if your own kids get those kinds of crap? Hmm. Some people would say they'd rather be hurt or pained; than seeing their own children suffer. It's just like that. Crappy, ain't it?

I have been missing my sister so much these days. I know she's going through a lot that may be too much for some, but she's a strong and willful woman. So I try to be there for her in spite of, that's what sisters are for. 
I hope she knows how much I love her and support her. All of us in the family do.


That's her in the photo and I can try to come up with a list of what she might be thinking about at this exact moment that this picture was taken. Although I'd rather not share it here... She might read this and may not like it if I did. 
But I can share this --- she could be thinking of her two beautiful kids; Angel Fredelle Mishka and Mikhail Kendric, what the future holds for them. She is a wonderful mother to them; which isn't really surprising as she has shown me her motherly instincts even when we were just kids ourselves. And to think that she's my younger sister, if you didn't know that I'm the eldest child in the family. What did surprise me was that she has turned around her life to try to make it better for them. She never gave up, no matter how hard life pushes her. And I really admire her for that. I don't think I can be half as good as a mother as she is; but she will be my inspiration. That's for sure.




sending my love to you
ster ♥