One of the major difficulties of being an overseas worker is to give love, support and care to someone else’s children while your own children need your loving care and you are not around for them.
In these specific conditions, space and gap could widen in our relationship. I know I need to make up for the time I left them behind.
I need to ask my children’s forgiveness. It is hard to understand, but this apology is out of a mother’s unconditional love. It shows an understanding of the pain in their hearts for all those years of my absence.
At the same time, I will start to create new memories. I will spend much time with them to show them how I love them because I know that time will heal the wound of loneliness and longingness. At present, to repair the relationship caused by our separation, I maintain regular communication with my children to make them feel my love and care for them.
Merie Demiao
