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Pasok sa celebration ng Mother’s Day ang pag-ge-guest ni Marjorie Barretto sa YouTube show/vlog ng isa ring nanay na si Toni Gonzaga, ang Toni Talks.  

Si Marjorie ang ina nina Dani, Julia, Claudia, Leon, at Erich. In the show, Inilarawan ng magkakapatid ang ina bilang isang strong, selfless, courageous, at beautiful woman.

(Ang panganay na si Dani ay anak ni Marjorie sa aktor na si Kier Legaspi, habang sina Julia, Claudia, at Leon ay sa estranged husband niyang si Dennis Padilla. Ang bunsong si Erich naman ay bunga ng relasyon nila ni dating Caloocan mayor na si Enrico “Recom” Echiverri.)

Ayon pa kay Dani, ang “wisdom” daw na meron silang magkakapatid ay dahil sa kanilang ina na si Marjorie.

Salag naman ni Marjorie, ang wisdom ng mga anak niya ay galing sa kani-kanilang experiences na na-handle nila properly. 

“I think, a lot of their wisdom comes from experience. Siguro people think that they’re spoiled or madali ang naging buhay nila. Hindi gano’n ‘yun,” saad niya.

“Claudia is so eloquent because she reads so much. And she’s taking up Psychology so she has a better understanding of people,” pagpapatuloy niya.

“She was the child na hindi mo na kailangang alagaan. She’s very independent as a kid, very organized.”

Iba naman daw ang pinanggagalingan ng wisdom ng pangalawang anak niyang si Julia.

“Ang wisdom naman ni Julia came from all her experiences in the industry. And she grew-up in the industry. And when she wanted to enter the business, I said ‘no’ and she really had to cry. I said, ‘It’s cruel, it’s a different world.’ She really was crying and she said, ‘No, I can handle anything.’

“Her wisdom comes from a lot of hurt, a lot of pain, a lot of forgiveness...so much! Si Julia, akala siguro ng tao about her was parang bata lang ‘yan.  You cannot underestimate her strength.”

Minsan nga raw mas siya pa ang talagang nag-aalala para sa anak, lalo na kapag may mga isyu o pinagdadaanan ito.

“That girl, sometimes, ako na ‘yung nagwo-worry for her. But she will say, ‘No, mom, it’s nothing. She’s strong, she’s strong.”

Ang panganay na anak naman niyang si Dani, para kay Marjorie, ang tila naging hasaan niya kung paano maging ina. Kumbaga, Dani grew up as she herself was also growing up.

“Si Dani, her wisdom is probably because she grew-up with me. I think, she was really left with no choice,” lahad pa niya.

“So, amongst all of my children, whatever parenting mistakes that I made, I made it with her. Kasi, she’s my first.”

And base daw sa nawi-witness niyang pagiging mahusay na ina ng tahanan na rin ni Dani, alam niyang she must have done something right.

“I see in Dani’s...now that she’s a mom, she’s a wife, she’s on top of everything,” papuri ni Marjorie sa panganay. “And I thought, growing-up, sabi ko, parang itong si Dani ang rebelde. Ito ‘yung anak ko na hindi nakikinig sa akin. Parang kapag sinabi ko ‘to, baligtad ang gagawin.  But you know, now that she’s a mom and a wife, everything that I told her, hindi man niya siguro sinunod kaagad, but it was in her.”

Ang nag-iisang anak na lalaki naman ni Marjorie na si Leon, aniya, ang nakakuha ng kanyang tapang.

“He’s so tall!” bulalas ng host na si Toni.

“He’s so tall but it has nothing to do with my parenting,” natatawang sagot ni Marjorie.  “But he’s so tall and he’s so handsome, and he’s such a good student.

“And he has such good grades and even without me telling my son, ‘You have to do this, you have to be responsible because you’re the only man in my house’...only one talaga. He’s the man of the house talaga and he became responsible on his own.” 

Aniya, aware siya na kay Leon siya pinaka-maraming pagkukulang.

“Marami akong pagkukulang kay Leon because he’s the boy, no one taught him how to play the basketball or ride the bike.

“And I’m so glad that he forgives me for that. There’s so many things na hindi niya na-experience because it was only me. But he’s so nice about it and so helpful with me.”

In fact, si Leon nga daw ang  tumatayong cameraman niya sa kanyang pagba-vlog.

At sa bunsong anak na si Erich naman, matured at kalmado ang descriptions ni Marjorie para dito. 

“Erich is nine years old but she’s wise beyond her years. She gives us really good advice and she’s strong for us,” papuri ni Marj sa bunso.

“And she knows everything that is happening in the house. Alam niya kung may scandal, kung may ganito, may ganyan...she knows, she’s aware. And she’s very understanding, very wise about it.  And she’s very calm. Kapag nagkakagulo na, calm siya.

“She knows how when to be strong. Hindi siya nagbebe-baby kapag may crisis kami sa bahay.”

Hindi rin biro ang mga pinagdaanan ni Marjorie bilang isang ina. Pero nakikita rin naman ng lahat na sa kabila ng mga isyu o kontrobersiyang kinasangkutan niya at ng kanyang pamilya in the past at napanatili niyang intact at solid ang relasyon nila ng kanyang mga anak. 

In fact, she considers her five children as God’s greatest reward at wala siyang ibang nais kundi ang mabigyan ng mga ito ng katatagan ng loob para harapin ang anumang hamon  ng buhay.

“I think, that’s my reward. God gave me all these kids. At alam ko, yung mga anak ko, all I wanted to do is to equip them for the outside world.

“And I think, they’re more than equipped.”

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