Thank you Cory Aquino- The greatest Filipinamom
5 Aug
- Former Philippines President: Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (1933-2009) Photo
, a mother and the President of the Philippines
Cory Aquino was the president of my youth. During the my last year in high school, the People power revolution broke out and classes were dismissed and we stayed home for several days, confused and uncertain about the future of our country while my father used to listen to the radio to keep abreast of what was happening in Manila. We keep on asking him when we have to go back in school but he just said that he don’t know we have to pray for miracle. And miracle did happened, Marcos fled the country and Cory became the first woman president not only in the Philippines but in Asia.
She was the president during my college days and what I can remember was the hope and the excitement of finally tasting the freedom from all the years of oppression. If was also turbulent period because her goverment underwent many coup d’etat but she survived it all. Not only man made disasters but the unforgetable natural disasters happened during her presidency like the July 19, 1990 Cabanatuan-Baguio earthquake which hometown, Dagupan City was devastated, the MT. Pinatubo volcano eruption in 1991 and the typhoon Uring which caused the massive flooding in Ormoc which killed thousands of people. Just imagined what she has been through but until the end she still thinks of the Philippines and the future of the Filipino people.
She is not only a mother of Kris Aquino and her siblings but the Filipino nation as well because if not for her courage we will be free from the dictatorship and who knows what will happen to the Philippines if she just keep silent and mind her own business. But even in her sufferings of losing her beloved husband, she also helped the Filipino nation to stand up and say “Tama Na Sobra na” (Stop and that’s Enough).
She is not perfect as a president as I heard several what if’s but like a mother she didn’t abandoned her family despite all the pressures left and right. But she left us hope and faith which will keep the Filipinos united. Despite her popularity she lived a normal life after her term and experienced every ordianary mother will experience family problems. Life is not perfect even her daughter Kris who was her constant companion being the youngest had been through a lot of problems who’s family is not perfect we all made mistakes Cory being truly a filipinamom showed that she wasn not happy of what was happening but she still did support and accepts her with open arms when she asked for forgiveness.
Cory Aquino in the eyes of the world
A Screen shot from the program in DR1
In international telivision she was interviewed by several networks but I can not forget that I happened to watched a program in the Danish national telivision DR1 “De skrev historie” meaning “They wrote history” a series of interview of people who changed the history of the world the likes of Bishop Desmond Tutu, Madeleine Albright, Lech Walesa, Benazir Bhutto, etc. and I felt proud as a Filipina because we had started this trend of bloodless revolution and was led by a Filipina. It was also the way she told her story smiling a lot , even when she told about her husband murder she still glows maybe yellow really suites her. You can watched archived of the program here but I’m not so sure if you can watched it outside Denmark.
In witten media she was also the darling of the press one of them is the Times Magazine. If you browse the Times Magazine homepage , you can find the following
1.Cory’s life in picture gallery .
2. She was cited as the Time Magazine’s Woman of year in 1987, you can read the article here.
My heartfelt condolence to the family that was left behind by the former President of the Philippines, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. I just lost my father so I know how hard to loss one’s parent especially Cory who served as mother and a father to her 5 children since 1989 when her husband, Benigno Aquino was assasinated.
May Cory’s example be the source strenght of millions of Filipinamoms all over the world during this time of financial crisis and to those who are working away from their families the OFW and other migrant families that they should not lose hope and faith.
Thank you Cory and may your soul rest in peace.
I’m not from Philipina, but from indonesia. I remember when Cory Aquino was a president i was still in elementary school, but she so often appeared in television i remember her as somebody whose dedication to her country and her family is to be looked up to.
Before being the first Filipina president, Cory was a plain loving housewife and a nurturing mother to her children. Everybody casted doubt about her candidacy, yet she was the gave hope the Filipino people … thus becoming the mother of the Filipino nation… as you said, a true FILIPINA MOM. sad talaga… yong friend ko, hanggang ngayon umiiyak…!
thanks Cory for inspiring us!
First and foremost she’s a mom and I admire her for raising and loving her kids well.
Hi there. It’s been a while. Hope is well with you and your family. Have a nice day!
@yami.
Her children are lucky.
Thanks for the visit. We are not slowly going back to normal life after the loss of our father. Experiencing the challenges of being a mom like potty training, difficulty to feed my son, wearing only cool clothes etc. I still have along way to go.
When I think about Cory, I think about the People’s Power in EDSA. She brought back the democracy in our country. She will be missed. May her soul rest in eternal peace.
@Marlene,
Just imagine what will happen when if not for her courage we will still be under the dictatorship, we can’t blog. thanks to her.
We salute Cory Aquino for her sterling role in bringing back democracy to the Philippines and for protecting it whenever there were threats to subjugate the rights of the people to full democracy. She shines brightly like a star in the darkness of the present rapacious and thieving administration in the Philippines. Thanks for your post. God bless you always.
isa sa mga magaling at marangal na presidente si dating pangulong Cory Aquino. sana magkaroon pa ng presidente na katulad niya.