Looking Through the Eyes of a Courageous Woman: A Junior’s Perspective (a Vignette) by Carolina Talavera-Gonzales
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Looking Through the Eyes of a Courageous Woman: A Junior’s Perspective
Status: Completed Type: Fiction, Vignette Author: Carolina Talavera-Gonzales Native Language: English
"Our youth we can have time but today we may always find time to grow old." — Bishop George BerkeleyAs we sat eating a hamburger and French fries in Jollibee that afternoon of April 8, 2006, Mom casually told me that she wished to reach her 100th birthday, adding that President Estrada also wished his mother who's now 100 to reach 101. I have yet to see a woman who has manifested so much optimism and endurance for life despite all odds and trials that go with living. The courage to grow old-the most fitting descriptive phrase I can think of for my Mom as she, truly a living exemplar of courage had shown this quality during different periods of her life.
