Emma and Kristel: Mother and Daughter in a Moment of Meditation

San Vicente Ilocos Sur Feature Series

Emma and Kristel: 

Mother and Daughter in a Moment of Meditation

“Mother and daughter - the epitome of human relationship, the core of humanity, and the living spring of unending love.”

A respite from work and school at the Rotor Family Residence, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, August 26, 2019

Verses and Photos by Dr Abe V Rotor

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Indoor floor-to-wall mural of a pristine watershed painted by the author, 2018.  

An hour a day, a day of respite,

of memories past coming to life,

new life rekindled, recharged,

focused to new hope to dream

again - the best life could give. 

 

Mother and daughter pose in a make-believe indoor mural of Nature 

Only love can save the world, sages say;
Nature's shrinking fast in the hands of man,
blindly aware he's not forever here to stay;

creatures orphaned, man looks up to sigh -

whatever happened to his home in the sun,

save some walls of art to remember by.  

Ebony colonial bed of three generations graces the former 
master's bedroom of the Rotor family residence. The bed 
brings back memories in nostalgic reminiscences.

A sanctuary of joy, 

pain and sorrow, too;

lonely at times may be,

but refreshed tomorrow. 

Day after day it awaits

through all the years,

in a span of birth to death

in good cheers and tears.

Memories don't vanish, 

even as life goes on and on;

for the child once before,

one day returns 
to this throne. 

In our postmodern living we are moving away from the natural world which guaranteed our success in evolution as a species. Then, rationality brought us out of the biblical Paradise in search of Utopia. 

We have been travelers searching for this ultimate destination. Even only a moment of rest and pleasant abandon - short as it may - that we are free, free from the cares and worries of a cruel world.

Homage to Apo Resurreccion, an 18th century life size 

icon of the Risen Christ.

Redeemer of our postmodern world,

We come to You, our Recourse

To find peace and accord 

On life’s rugged course.

“Gaze at life in Me the second time, 

whatever the past had been; 

a new beginning is what matters now, 

most beautiful you’ve never seen.”

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 “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend. 

A mother is the only person in the world, who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.” ~