my haponesang niece
I can’t get enough of Shai-shai. I can’t stop looking at her, that is! Can you blame me? I missed her sooo much! Talking to her on the phone is always not enough, and her mom would often tease and ask me how come I have such concrete and so close attachment when I am only an aunt and I have my own daughter now? See, my concern to her is just beyond the sky. When I make a phone call to them or when I receive one from them, the very first thing I ask is “how’s Shai-shai?” It’s like I always fear and worry when she’s sick and I always wish that I am around her in such times. The fact is, yeah, I am just an aunt, and I have my own daughter now, but things I feel for her never changed, and she’ll always be my baby Shai, no doubt about that!
She is seven years old now and soon will be in 2nd grade. She’s growing like a weed; in fact, almost as tall as her 5’2-feet-mom now. And what makes her “my baby”? Well, I took care of her during the first three years of her life. From her birth until she turned 3 years and 1 month old, when I left Philippines to come here and start my own family, I was there for her and with her. She was only three months old when her mom left her with me, and even during my sister’s pregnancy, I was the one shouldering the pains and burdens that she was exhausting on me because her husband was in Japan working. I was the one who did all the grand birthdays she has had, from her first to 3rd birthdays. I knew her full well, and I always hope people around her right now would do as well. It was so hard on Yaya’s [my sister, Shai-s mom] to leave her baby behind but she has all the trust in me that I’ll be able to take care of her 100%. I assured her of that as well, and for a very concrete reason, Yaya and mine’s sisterly bonding and love are just so solid and beyond compare. When I became a mom, my experience with Shai-shai has truly helped big time!
It’s almost been a year since I last saw the whole family. I went home March last year and they’ve been there waiting for me since January. They went back to Japan in June and it was the last time we’ve had our bonding. Now I can’t wait for their next big trip: to come and visit me here later this year or early next year. No definite time and date yet, but if things will turn out the way they’ve been planned, I wish to see them in HK and we’ll come here together. Yay! Thing is, Shai could barely speak Bisaya already because her tongue has been twisted to speak Japanese since she got there in Japan. lol
Right now, Shai is having a slight fever as it’s what I have been told by Yaya when we talked last night. In fact, Shai was in bed, in her room, wasn’t able to get up to talk to me. I wish her well, as I always do all the time, and more than anything else, I hope she’ll continue to be a one fine girl, obedient, beautiful inside and out, and will become one admirable creation to all her peers around her.
Get well soon Shai-shai…
Luoya man sa Aunt oy segi lang gimingaw haha.Pero fingers cross ha,hopefully adto mo magkita sa HK para sabay mo ara sa US.Para pod magkita pod mo sa imo sister in HK.I know mas happy ka in that way.
Gwapahan kaayo ko aning Shai-shai Cel ay. Chubby kaayo ug cheeks cute kaayo. I am sure she is one of the peps that you missed so much when you left. Naa sad ko ig-agaw na ako sad nag-atiman ang when I left sakit kaayo as in. Anyways, hope she feels better soon.