My career cheerleader and defender

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Dear Mom,

I wish we could be spending Mother’s Day together with you and my two sisters having afternoon tea at a fancy place in Oakville, but we continue our physical distancing act being exactly halfway around the world from each other, something we have been quite used to for 20 years.

When I decided to move to a faraway land, the Philippines, all by myself back in my late 20s, you were the first to resist the idea, but also the first to support me. You have been my career cheerleader and defender since then. I’d like to think I inherited some of your determination, resolve, strength and deep faith.

I am grateful for our long video calls almost twice a week wher…

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