THE PHILIPPINES IS PREDOMINANTLY A CATHOLIC NATION AND MAYBE THIS IS THE REASON WHY FAMILY IS CONSIDERED AS MATRIARCHAL INSTEAD OF PATRIARCHAL WHERE WOMEN IS AHEAD OF MEN WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY AFFAIRS. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN ARTICLE I READ RECENTLY FROM MANILA BULLETIN ENTITLED ACCEPTANCE BY VERONICA VINE J. AUDINE. IT IS HER PERSONAL STORY ABOUT HER GRANDMOTHER OR LOLA. WHEN SHE WAS A KID SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER LOLA FOR REASONS THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS SCOLDED, ALWAYS NAGGED AND ALWAYS WOKE HER UP EARLY. HER GRANDMOTHER IS A KIND OF A BOSSY PERSON NOT ONLY TO HER BUT ALSO TO HER MOM AND DAD. HER LOLA HAD A SARI-SARI STORE AND ALWAYS ASKED HER TO BUY A MERCHANDISE IN THE MARKET WHICH SHE DOES NOT LIKE. EVEN HER COUSINS DOES NOT LIKE HER LOLA BECAUSE OF HER STUBBORN ATTITUDE SOMEONE WHO DID NOT LISTEN TO ANY ONE'S IDEA AND A KIND OF A SELFISH PERSON. HER MOTHER ALWAYS TELL HER THAT DESPITE OF HER LOLA'S ATTITUDE SHE SHOULD NOT HATE HER GRANDMOTHER OR LOLA. EVEN WHEN
This is how I describe my life. A wanderer, a man without definite purpose and destination. As I move forward, I left behind some foot prints for you...!