This article appeared on MindaNews November 30 2012 4:56 pm
Tatay-Nanay Tawagan Nila!
Tatay-Nanay Tawagan Nila!
I have always loved family in all shapes and sizes,
economic status and types of crises. But
I’m never so sure if at first glance the relationships discussed are about
celebrities – showbiz or political.
But if family tells me there’s something worth viewing
on the internet, it should be something special. I saw Ram’s post on FB about Zoren-Carmina’s
wedding. I asked Raj if he can share the
link? Oh-kay… When you got highly wired
boys in the Gulo household who I suppose are of marrying age (or shall I say at
least one is) it shouldn’t be a problem especially if Tatay and Nanay beckon
for some further advancement in their computer-internet education.
Ho-hum. I’ve must have seen all those surprises on TV
and YouTube that nothing surprises me anymore.
Or maybe if it did, the moments were fleeting and it is comforting to
note that reality always sinks back in.
After almost two weeks that many netizens have swooned and shed tears
and swooned and shed tears, I gave in to my skeptical self to check out if
there’s really something in the video that makes it stand out. The rock version of growing old together
seemed awry; but credit good editing, the entertainment value went to the back
seat as I later would realize.
“Tatay-Nanay tawagan nila!” My
thoughts sort of jumped to my throat as I took my Pikit coffee when Carmina called
Zoren Tatay. What could be sweeter in this early Wednesday
dawn than this very homegrown term of endearment. I might have missed Zoren calling the mother
of his twins “Nanay” in the clip – though he mentioned Honey more than once. But it really didn’t matter. Mommy is to Daddy as Mama is to Papa as Inâ
is to Amâ as Oma is to Opa in tune with the latest Gangnam fashion.
These guys seem like they are very
very good friends, what can I say. They laugh
and cry; share good humor and are joyful with hugs and kisses. And I’m sure they quarrel too; but they must
have done a lot of work to be able to grow into this level of relationship. Their showbiz veneer must have shielded the
real people in them, people who go through heartaches and pains like many of us
do.
The little more that I know of
the couple are them with those two adorable well-behaved twins on TV
commercials; and it’s also nice to know that there’s a Tatay Reggie in the
picture, who sheds tears of joy seeing his daughter raise a family of her own
and passing the love to the next generation.
However this marriage would go
in the next fifty years, I say a prayer in my heart that they remain strong
together; and so with billions of other families around the world. As it is said, let’s take care of the family;
and society will take care of itself. ##
Cotabato City
28 November 2012
Aveen Acuña-Gulo posts in her Facebook as the Monumental Operations
Manager (MOM) who is a Bukidnon-born Cebuano mother of three (3)
Maguindanao-Ilonggo-Cotabateño children; who will always be a child at heart
even if she is a hundred years old.
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