Osay, My Inay

Osay, a mother of six, worked very hard and dedicated herself, together with her husband, to give their children the best education for their future.

Her diligence in this objective started very early in her childhood in the Philippines. Trained as a dressmaker and seamstress at aged 8, she helped her parents sustain their family of seven, standing in as the eldest among her siblings. She dutifully pursued this goal from her youth to adulthood in the midst of prosperity and tragedy, of joy and sorrow.

The various unforeseen circumstances in her life will bear on her strong character with every trait that she possesses, her virtues, and her shortcomings.

From her perspective of the world from the 1920s to the beginning of the 2020s, the only thing that matters was the solicitous and enduring love she had for her family. Her story is a testament to this extraordinary motherly love.