"WIND BENEATH MY WINGS!"

Existence always involves difficulty. We always face trials from every step we made in reaching our dreams and goals in life. Sometimes i just want to give up, retreat, surrender, back off. But then someone will come after me, sharing the pain with me, understanding me, cheering me up. She has been a true friend, an adviser, a mentor and most especially a great mother to me.

I grew up without my mom by my side, but then, she always keep in touch with me, sending letters, e-mails and calling me over the phone. As I journey the long long road of my life, it seems my braveness is not enough because still there are times that I can't cope up. I tried so hard but still i failed, I've been doing my best, but i guess it wasn't good enough. And so, I cried, tears rush down my face, I want to give up, but I remember her, she's working all day long for me and my siblings. I imagine how weary she had been, and i know that being strong, conquering all the hurdles in achieving what i want will be the best thing I could give to pay her back. Now, in everything I do, I always put her in my mind, because she's the only thing which pushes me through, to strive harder, to persist in studying. If she will only know, that even if she had never been beside me to watch over me, to help me in answering my homework, to attend my graduation days, to celebrate my birthdays with me, to participate the mass with our whole family, still she is my hero. Without her, i don't know if i can still go on. How Michiko would be without her. Because my mother is the greatest treasure i ever had, the one who fills up the emptiness in me.

I am proud to say that my mother is the wind beneath my wings, she will always be, and will never be replaced.