Greetings for mothers, this year is the year for mother like us, Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatollahi wa barakatuh. I wonder why, when proper nutrition is being discussed, some eyes focused on us mothers. We, being fully responsible for the health of our children, survive blame and struggles.  We were blamed for having improper nutrition at home with out asking why? We struggle to have proper nutrition and yet we failed because of financial reasons.

We always centered our attention on how to make our family healthy, because we love to compare who among us are effective in motherhood.  At very early stage of our child in school, the very first thing that we set for our financial estimates was to buy an umbrella or a raincoat. We fear that one reason for unconditional health is fever and cold. So, we tried to secure one. We regard ourselves to be the best mother in the world, but when there is circumstance for illness, we carried the blame. No matter how we tried, we can never make it perfect. The image of our child became our trade mark. We missed another factor, the proper nutrition. We mostly concentrate on material things and we neglect the proper nutrition. We know how to do it, but we refuse to follow, it could have for some factors that only family income can justify. They tried to put all the blame on us mother, and yet they forget to verify.

Further more, we struggle far just to have perfect environment at home. We consider cleanliness to be one of the reasons why illness role.  We first consider the water, the foods and then the shelter. We like to be on top, but again, income is the king. We dream to have the most delicious breakfast in the morning but when we feel not moving for the following week, we adjust our meal for “bulad” and sayote as the toppings. This is because, our wallet complained every time we scan on fresh fish crowned with 130-150 pesos a kilo. I like malunggay and other nutritional vegetable, but ampalaya and Talong are disastrous to our pocket…they sometimes range from 60-80 a kilo. We rarely can afford and so we give up planning for the proper nutrition. To make thing simple, we favor to stock noodles and eggs for simplicity and continuity.

What I mentioned to you, ladies and gentlemen are the life in the city.  In the rural areas, no doubt, it may not sound perfect but proper nutrition is almost followed. This is because, they are surrounded by leaves that make their day complete. But wait… to have proper nutrition according to the books is to have fresh fish, meat, milk, eggs and many more. Any way, we have mongo as a substitute for meat. We feel better this way.  So, if we consider to fully follows on proper nutrition, mother at a city could not squarely make it. The income of a family will prevail. We got to be strict on the number of times that meals were being served, rather than what should be the proper meals for the day. Mostly, sustainability is followed rather than planning for the day.

“Sa wastong Nutrisyon ni Mommy, siguradong healthy si Baby”, is a fact. All mommies want to have a healthy baby, but if financial capacity decline, we tried to imagine what we give to our family is the best meal in the world.  We Filipinos lost the real definition of proper nutrition because of economic problem today. For mothers like me, the team for this year’s nutrition is the best team ever I remember, for our children tried to appreciate the foods we prepare for them, not for its delicacy but for the effort that we have done. We manage to prioritize our needs in a day in which our center of emotion was to fill the day and not the contentment. That is how a poor mother can have for their love ones, not to allow sun to set with out foods in the table, regardless of delectability. My advised for mothers in the rural areas are to continue their practice in planting varieties of vegetable in their backyard. This could help and minimize rapid drops of coins. The coins you save can compensate other family needs,other than vegetable. You must be lucky that you have healthy surroundings. This can provide you a mountain of foods with out spending an amount.  What I observe in this program now was that the students that listen to me now qualify to be among of the healthy children in this country. I would like to congratulate all mothers who are around today. You can be the best mother in the world. Do not envy other mothers who sat under a mansion, for your home is the mansion of happiness for you and your family. The healthy surrounding that you have is the most ideal one. You are far from worries, rather an ideal family. You have nothing to fear at night for the family is complete away from hazard. Maintain the effort that you have initiated for, and Allah will bless you for being.

Students, fellow teachers, parents, visitors and guest,  I appreciate it very much that you have lend a minute of your time, listening to some part of my diary as a mother today, which I think could be yours or even part of your mothers diary. I thank you very much and Wassalamu alaykum warahmatollah hi wa barakatuh.
 

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