She who have a big heart

A mom of 7, a single mom since 2007.

She's the most loving woman I know, the most patient one too. A very caring mom who will do everything for her children.

I remember her walking me to school every single day on my primary years. Never did I wake up without breakfast on our table. She's my mom, also a friend of mine. I bully her a lot, but she won't get mad. Maybe being the youngest have a factor on that, the youngest always have their own charms. Lol

Anyways, forgive me for this rumblings of mine. I just want to talk about my mom.

She's a very supportive one. I just thought about this right now, when I was on elementary and I have to compete to other schools, when we need to bring pack lunch, she always cooks friend chicken for me. Oh well, a kid's happiness can be brought by fried chicken. Lol

Kidding aside, she really is supportive. I never asked her about my assignments and such, but with projects, I have nice projects because of her. What's more amazing is when I was on elementary, project such as bringing a sack of animal debris and a bamboo. She's get those for me.

The bamboo thing, I cannot never forget about that. The mere thought of that is making me kind of emotional and it makes me admire my mom even more. Imagine her, getting the bamboo from the tree. Usually, males do that but she did, for me.

I had a great childhood because of her. I lived a comfortable life because of her. I don't even know how she makes that possible, we are not rich but she manage to provide for all our needs, even to my wants actually.

A great mom, a great friend, a great nurse, a great dad, really, she's great at everything.

Not the perfect mom but the best. She really does have a big heart. She can't ignore those who are in need.

She's not just a loving mom, but also the most loving grandma. We really have a big family and right now, she have 14 grandchildren and I've seen her take care to almost all of them.

7 children, 6 sons and daughters in laws, 14 grandchildren and a hundred more relatives. She really does have a big heart to accommodate us all.

Little did we know, that she, having a big heart, becomes literally.

She's already on her early 60's and last Thursday, I went with her for her check up because she have been complaining about her back and shoulder pain. She had an x-ray and the result isn't normal. So we scheduled for a consultation and the doctor found out that her heart is almost twice its size now.

We also found out that she has high blood pressure. All this time, we thought she's low blood.

Going back, the doctor prescribed her some medicine as her maintenance to stop her heart from becoming more bigger. And just like that, many things changed a lot.

I mean, she's okay. Still like before, normal and strong as ever. But the pace of change is really fast. It's like yesterday when she doesn't feel anything on her body then the next day, she needs to drink a lot of medicine.

Yesterday, she can eat everything she wants and today, she have to avoid all those that she want. It feels like in just a snap, everything turns upside down.

She really is okay, but the changes, I can't keep up. Last night she only drinks vitamins then today she's drinking maintenance. I guess, I'm not just used to seeing her like that. The feeling is unfamiliar and I'm not used to it.

And I couldn't imagine how she feels about that. I already have this feeling I can't name and what more if she's the one who's feeling it. I really cannot imagine. Maybe everything is too fast for her too. This is really a big adjustment in a very short period of time. But we can't do anything about it.

Right now, we are just glad that we find out about her condition already so that we could do something about it. There's just this guilty feeling on my part because why didn't we let her go for a check up when she's still 50? Well, I'm just 12 that time that's why I wasn't able to thought about that but still, I'm guilty.

I forgot that she's really getting old and that we really have to take care of her. But it's not yet too late. We're going to schedule her for a general check up so that we can monitor her health, and of course, regular check up from now on.

I'm also the one who's preparing her medicines because she can't remember what are those that she needs to drink. We are all adjusting right now, but maybe I just have to give it time before we can all make peace about this fact.

I feel like she's also having a hard time so we just drop jokes from time to time so that she'll feel lighter about it.

I always tell her that she's a very loving person that's why her heart is big to accommodate us all. Lol

She's fine, all his fine. With proper care, we got this. I just really need to let this all out. I just really feel different. The idea of her growing old hasn't sank into me yet. I always see her as tough and strong woman that she is and now that I'm preparing her medicines, I don't know what to feel.

Time is flying so fast, why does she have to age so fast?

Geez. This makes me feel a little sentimental but at least, I was able to let all these thoughts in my head. This is another part of me that I can't tell anyone on my family. So I'm sharing it to you instead.

Thanks for reading this rumblings of mine. Thanks for reading this thing about her, who have a big heart.

I just want to remind you all to take proper care of your health. And as for your parents, as they reached the age 50, make sure to give them a general check up at least once a year. Even if they don't feel any pain on their body. It is important and their health should be monitored.

Be careful about your diet too. Even for young individuals. We should know our limitations about the foods we eat. Not because we want it and we could have it, we could eat it.

Health is wealth. Take proper care of your health.

Eat healthy foods, do exercise, and don't overuse your body, give it a rest.

Thanks again, folks. And as always, take care. :)