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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

700 Sundays

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"Now you got me crying too. Reba, you know what it is? Maybe it's not what you dreamt about. It's not what you thought would ever happen when they first hand them to you after they're born. You know?
"Sometimes things work out different than you want for your kids. But you know what...? It is what I wanted, because she's happy. That's it, and that's all, as long as they're happy, and they're so happy, I mean, who's hurting who here? Who's hurting who?"

It reminded me of the conversation that my mom and I had when I was in Manila. I'm pretty sure my parents never thought I'd be living half a world away, married to an American. I think my marriage is the first interracial one on both my mom and dad's sides, so it's bound to raise some eyebrows simply because it goes against what's considered traditional.

My mom was doing the dishes and I was sitting on the kitchen steps talking to her when she looked at me and asked, "Are you happy?"

The question kind of took me aback for a second. My mind goes, "Gosh mom, it's pretty obvious that I am. Can't you tell?" But then I realized that my parents never really got many chances to see me and Steve together. So no, she can't tell. I replied, "Mom, I'm very happy." And she smiled and said, "That's good. That's all parents ever want for their children."

So I read this excerpt from Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays and my eyes welled up with tears. It seems strange that a book excerpt about a family belonging to a culture that's entirely different from mine verifies what my mother said, but it does.

But then again, maybe that's exactly why it does.

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