Moi...a stage mother?

2 days ago, my son and I finally succeeded in going to Intramuros and the Port Area...a place not so familiar to both of us hence the twosome.  Unfortunately, we went there not for a cultural trip nor to go to the Pier and take a cruise somewhere...but we did cruise along as my son tried to look for a job....

Hilarious, isn't it?  that a mother is going with his eldest son looking for a job?  well...that's why my friend Sandra, where we had our first stop at the "Palacio del Gobernador", said i'm such a stage mother.  True maybe...but i would rather think of it like i'm just a life director or life coach, as others would put it for my son who i surmise would one day be a father and head of the family.... will need that direction and guidance (?) to look for work...look for that golden opportunity to have that necessary "work experience" as a chef or cook...
Yes i said right...cruised along for we had a long list of manning agencies for cruise liner but not the ones that Sandra told us right  across her office.  Gino and I thought that it would just be a resume dropping thing but 2/3 that we went to , he was immediately interviewed. oh yes that long list that should run from Intramuros to the port area to Malate...we only managed to do up to the port area.

a life coach...that's what mothers do....make sure that their children goes in the direction that will make them productive citizens of our beloved country or of the world. Someday...the son will fend for his family...just like what my husband does...do the grind daily to feed 7 mouths, to send the children to a good school, to give them the opportunities to hone their talents, to treat them to good restaurants to have a wonderful meal, to let them see value-laden movies, to let them experience the gift of nature etcetera etcetera etcetera.... EVEN if that meant having no pocket money in the parent's wallets, cutting the toothpaste tube to make that expensive toothpaste last for another 4 days, washing the clothes daily to save on laundry cost, pulling the electrical plugs to save Php2000/ month in electricity, foregoing trips to the parlor for a relaxing nail job, buying less expensive shirts, indulging in the UK warehouses (ukay-ukay) etcetera etcetera etcetera....
the nagging....the stage mother label...i don't mind at all...for as long as the kids will be " the man of the family"and " women of substance" in the future...then foregoing that corporate career would have paid off in the future....
i guess that is exactly why i left corporate world...when our Managing Director asked me why I was retiring so early...and asked "what will you do?"
I had one simple answer...be a mother, Sir!