thank you for the support

Faye won in the 3rd Quarter Battle of the Brains for Spelling, so she made it to the Championship round, where the winners from the 1st to 3rd Quarter will compete.

The Championship Round was held last week and she was so nervous, but I told her that it’s OK if she didn’t win and that she shouldn’t cry, because it just means that it’s not yet her time to win, what’s important is she did her best.

So, the D day came, but after convincing her that everything will be alright and that that it wouldn’t matter whether she wins or not, I guess, I was the one who was more agitated and nervous than her.

Good thing that I was able to tell her to just pray and let God decide whether she will win or not. She didn’t get the 1st place, but I think she just took it lightly, because she just told me, “Mommy, it’s not yet my time”. I assured her that it was alright and that she really did her best.

After her classes, she asked me what prize I was going to give her. I said, OK let’s go to SM and buy something for you. Since she loves books, we went to National Bookstore to add to her collection of pocketbooks.

It was when we reached home and we were already relaxing and having a good time, she was reading her new book, and I was trying to get some sleep, that I got a very touching moment with her. She told me, “Mommy, thank you”. I said, “You’re welcome”. I was thinking that she was thanking me for the book that I gave her. But then, she said, “Mommy, do you know why I said thank you?” I said, “Yes, for the book that I gave you.” She said, “No, Thank you for the support that you gave me.”

Whose heart wouldn’t melt with those words? More so, whose mother’s heart wouldn’t melt with those words? I was just utterly speechless. After about a minute, I just assured her that her Dad and I will always be by her side and will always support her.