All of us, in one way or another, have a hero. A
knight in shining armour. At karaniwan na, sila iyong mga mahal natin sa buhay.
I'll tell you an anecdote about my real life hero. My husband. Minsan ay nagdidilig ako ng hanging plants na nakasabit sa mga puno sa harap ng bahay namin. My husband was working nearby. I was two feet above him. Hindi sinasadya'y nadulas ako. Hindi basta dulas kundi babagsak akong talaga sa mga bato. At wala akong makapitan. Natitiyak kong masasaktan ako kung hindi man mababalian. So I closed my eyes for the inevitable.
But to my surprise and delight, I landed in my
husband's arms who went to my rescue in a flash.
Can you guess a word that would describe my
feeling at that moment? Romantic. Right. I was
feeling romantic. I'm over forty, with four growing kids and all that. But I thought then that time froze. My husband's face was a breath away as he gazed at me. Concern all over his face.
But my knight in shining armour turned into a fire-breathing dragon when he whispered softly: "Ang tanga-tanga mo naman, Ma."
Nang sabihin ko iyon sa mga anak ko, they
shrieked with laughter!
MARTHA CECILIA
BINABASA MO ANG
My Love, My Hero: Mitch 1-2 (1999)
Roman d'amourNakaplano ang pagpapakasal ni Nicole sa kasintahang si Rico. At kuntento siya sa relasyon niya sa kasintahan. Then out of the blue, dumating sa eksena ang pinsan ni Rico, si Mitch Salvatierra, a farmer. Namumula ang balat sa pagtatrabaho sa arawan...
