A moment to pause, reflect, and appreciate
While you're reading this, your parents might be cooking dinner, fixing something at home, calling to check on you, or simply resting after a long day. Their lives are full of quiet acts of love that often go unnoticed.
At 62, she wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare breakfast for her grandchildren before heading to her small sari-sari store. She says, “As long as they’re fed and safe, I’m happy.”
After retiring, he spends his days gardening, volunteering at the community center, and video-calling his kids every Sunday without fail—even if they only talk for five minutes.
They run a small tailoring shop together. In between stitching orders, they save every extra shilling for their children’s education. “We never had much,” they say, “but we want them to dream bigger.”
Think about your parents right now. What might they be doing?