Dear AJ

I can't believe you're really getting bigger. My heart is torn between wishing that you'll forever remain to be my little baby girl and my eagerness to see you grow. Ngayon pa lang, I can see your independence and maturity. You know when it's time for me to go to work and that I have to leave you for a while. But in the evening, when i come home, you'll just give me a very big hug and a kiss to compensate the long day that I'm not with you. Then you always opt not to leave my side from that time on till the next day that I need to go to work again. Tabi tayo sa matulog palagi. You don't allow anyone to sleep beside you except me.

everyday is an adventure when I'm with you. You're quick to learn kaya everyday you have new tricks and learnings that you were eager to show us. Sabi nila, nagmana ka raw sa kakulitan ko. Just like me, you just wont stay on a spot for a long time, laging busy, laging may ginagawa, laging nangungulit. You're inquisitive young mind does not allow you to be idle. Lahat sila nakukulitan na sa iyo, but not me. I'll never grow tired of you. You have had my energy as a child, So I understand what you want and what you need to grow up properly.

I love you so much anak. I have never known in whole life that I can harness this kind of love that I have for you. It's like having my heart outside my body, to love, to hold, to nurture & to take care of. It's in you that I have found my passion. I always thank God for bringing you into my life. For letting me feel my true worth. Though sometimes, I admit, I am afraid this love is so selfish that there are times that I wish not to have another child so that I can love you alone. Well, sometimes lang naman 'yun. If God wants to give you a baby brother or sister, then It will be a wonderful gift for all of us. Of course, I wanted you to feel how to love your sibling(s) too like the way I love your tito jong and tito jay.

At the end of the day, there's always GOD to thank. I hope that I would be able to bring you up properly with so much respect and love for God. Anak, I may be able to give you all the things that you need and want but i guarantee that it won't give us contentment because eventually, God will always be our happiness. I hope when you grow up, you'll accept God in your heart. He is the stronghold of your character. I may not always be there but GOD will never leave you. That's my faith and I hope you'll have the same faith too. In all the things you do, To God be the Glory!

I love you so much anak. Mama will always take care of you.
Be good always.

Love,
Mama