(BuyPinoy’s Mothers’ Day Special) Without my mother…

…the BuyPinoy blog would not exist.

You may think I am exaggerating, but I’m not. It’s true, on so many levels. On one level, it’s true because without my mom, I would really not be sitting in front of my laptop, typing away. Without our mothers, none of us would exist! Our mothers carried us in their wombs, brought us into the world, fed us, cared for us, and raised us.

But more than my own physical existence, the BuyPinoy blog would not exist without my mom.

I’ve already written about how I was moved into action by OneTama.com–about how I was reminded of one of the principles I believed in: That buying Philippine-made products is a concrete way of contributing to the growth and improvement of the Philippines.

I got that principle from my mother. But it’s not something that she directly taught and said to me, but it was rather a principle that I saw concretely in her everyday actions–at the grocery, the department store, and even in the kind of gifts she gave. I grew up with a sense of pride in locally-made products, and appreciated their quality and craftsmanship, because I saw my mother appreciating their quality and craftsmanship.

Thank you, Mama, for instilling in me a pride in what Pinoys are capable of doing and making.

Happy Mothers’ Day!

  (photo of sampaguita flowers from http://www.philippinecentral.com/images/sampaguita.jpg)