while on the bus on my way to the province, i overheard this family talking....
mommy: daddy what did the doctor say about "boyet" (i can't remember the young boy's name)
daddy: he said it's just ordinary cough
mommy: what medicine did he give
daddy: i forgot and i lost the doctor's prescription
turning towards a girl who is probably just 12 years old
daddy: "girlet"(i can't rememebr the young girl's name), what's the name of the medicine?
girlet: its ________
daddy: oh yeah that's right
wow! the father forgot the name of his son's medicines...tsk...tsk...and he lost the prescription...
after the family got off the bus another family sat behind me....a dad, a son and a daughter...
daddy: (talking to boyie) what do you want to buy in SM...
boyie: (whispering) lunch box
daddy: where is your lunch box?
girlie: he broke it
boyie: but not on purpose
daddy: so what do you bring to school?
boyie: i just buy food at the canteen
daddy: how much is your allowance?
girlie: we bring 70 each
daddy: your mom didn't tell me about that lunch box went we talked...i should have sent money so you could buy one...don't worry...we'll buy a new lunch box...then we'll eat at jollibee....then we'll watch legend of the guardians....then we'll play at the timezone.....
it appears to me that the father does not live with the kids....either he works in another place or he is separated from his wife already.....
on my way back to manila i witnessed yet another story about a father and his kids....
i was seated on the third row....i could hear loud cries from outside the bus...a young boy was wailing.....loud.....very loud.....then after a couple of minutes a mother got on the bus...she was pulling a young boy...he is probably just 6 years old....the boy was trying hard to get away from the mother.....
mommy: stop crying....sit down....
boy: (cry)...(cry)...i want to stay with daddy....
mommy: stop it....we need to go....
then the dad got on the bus as well with another boy who is probably around 10
boyong: daddy i want to stay with you and kuya (big brother)
daddy: "boyong" you cannot stay here...you have to go to school....
boyong: but why can kuya stay with you and i cannot...
daddy: sit down....stop crying.....don't worry you'll come here again next month...
the father kissed the mom and the boy goodbye and left with the kuya.....i saw he was teary-eyed....
three dads....different stories....
first dad.....probably lives with his kids.....they stay together in one house......forgets about his meds....seems to be taking things for granted....
second dad.....obviously trying to make up for lost time......trying to connect with his kids....trying to build a relationship
third dad......heart broken.....torn between letting his son go or allowing him to stay....
three dads....three different stories.....
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