Re-post: I Shall Not Pass This Way Again by Cecilia Malig Ama (Notes) on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:44pm

Tic! Tac! Tic! Tac!....Time ticked away all the three years in an instant….wow! that was already three years??? It slipped so fast. No sooner my little angel will be in first grade…and now I begin to realize I had been so busy growing old I suddenly felt I am missing all the three years that went away wanting to re-live them all over again. Keep wishing I can hold back the hands of time or freeze it from ticking by. Is this the little bundle I cherished? The cuddly little girl I hummed to sleep? How I hope she won’t grow up so soon. But lo and behold, I am loving what I see before my eyes…my little darling has turned into an adorable angel perfectly honed and prepared to step up to next level. Next year she will turn seven, ably prepared for grade 1. I am so thankful how AdB has prepared her and had been part to all of this beautiful transformation. My big thanks to her teachers with special mention to Teachers Donna & Mich. I continually honor and thank them for the job well done. Seeing my girl, Isabella and her classmates, proved to show the awesome job these mentors have done. Indeed it was truly a love for the job. I knew it. I have seen it. From the first day of school three years ago up to the present day, I made sure I send her off through the door step of this learning place. Three years of ‘Hi’, ‘Hello’ and ‘Good morning’ together with a courteous smile of Manong Santa while he promptly opens the gate in the morning, the ever ready smile and assistance of Ate Sandra and Ate Gwen and of course the refreshing morning greets of the teachers such as the warm yet pang Miss Universe na smile of Teacher Mich. Oh, such a lovely face! I cannot forget her...For me, to have a kind heart as a teacher is already a given factor. I picture-painted this expectation long before. I always thought and regarded all teachers to be like this. Inside the four corners of the classroom the teacher is the rule, the discipline, the knowledge, the parent-- to be so caring and nurturing. I am satisfied. We made the right choice when we opted to choose AdB to be the pre-school of my Isabella. Choosing the school for her three years ago was a major decision I and my husband had to make. Good call. No regret a bit and we loved the outcome. Tic! Tac! Tic! Tac!...I shall not pass this way again. Coming from Fairview via Sauyo to take the long stretch of Mindanao Avenue until making a U-turn near Veterans. Thereafter to turn left at Road 1 and just before approaching the splitting V-road (which is the park) you have to turn right to find Manong Santa who promptly opens the gate. An everyday scenario. Now it has become a hard habit to break. Sooner it will be the past and in a few days from now this is history. I shall not pass this route again. And I will miss this a lot. This has become automatic to me in the last three years that I needed to compete against time and traffic to arrive safely in school on or before 7am. There were only few instances that I was unlucky to have arrived at a little past seven. In hindsight, this day-to-day task became a good training for a new driver such as me. And now that this is slowly slipping by, this will be forever etched in my mind and my heart. Hence, there is always something to look back to and ponder upon. To us parents and to our children as well, these are the great yet so simple moments but truly made marks to keep us inspired, to feel and comprehend the language of love. Noteworthy telling as well are the relationships built in the last three years. The friends we made and the laughters and aches we shared. Such friends I discovered in AdB were Lani (the granny of Alex) and Chris, the mom of Leanne. To the management and staff of AdB thank you so very much and congratulations for a HEARTful job well done. To my special friends who are so close to our hearts, Mel & Aimee, I am beyond words. Saying THANK YOU is such an understatement. Prep school is behind us now but our friendship stays forevermore. May God bless you always.