this morning i gave one of my neighbors a ride to school because the rain was pouring and she didn't have an umbrella. since i was all alone in the car i didn't mind.
she asked me my name (tina po.), what i was doing (on my way to school), how law school was (finished).
she said i must be really tough to have survived law school to which i said, hindi naman po, and blushed on cue. then she said "ang hirap pala magpamilya."
heyng??? where did that come from? there i was blushing to the tips of my nice hair (hehehe. vanity.) then she drops that statement. did i look like i would welcome the confidence? must be the glasses. i looked serious and willing to listen. maybe.
alam mo ba yung ibig kong sabihin? (duh?) i said no.
apparently she is currently having problems with her eldest son who is hell-bent on showing his rebellious streak. so i let her talk.
she said she had worked so hard for her family and that she made sure they had things which she never had when she was growing up. she had to ride the karitela (horse-drawn carriage) and wade through floods to get to school. she said she grew up tough.
and now her son was a rebel. and her husband was no help because he just kept quiet.
so she turned to me. she asked me if it was normal.
normal? what is normal? kids these days defy normal. or redefine what is normal. i told her i wasn't sure. maybe it was just a phase and that he will grow out of it.
i didn't know what to say.
so i brought her to econ and bid her goodbye. it was the least i could do considering that i hadn't the faintest idea what to say to comfort her. or if i should even try. maybe it was enough that she said it out loud. oh well. she said thank you and i said it was nothing.
hope things work out for her. i think i will put off the giving of free rides for the moment. it sorta kinda depressed me.
sometimes driving alone is not so bad.
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